Tenement Symphony

Tenement Symphony - Geraldo & His Orchestra

Schubert wrote a symphony

Too bad he didn't finish it

Gershwin took a chord in g

Proceeded to diminish it

I sought a variation

On a theme that i thought pretty

And i found my inspiration

On the east side of the city

The cohens and the kellys

The campbells and vermicellis

All form a part of my tenement symphony

The cohen's pianola

The kellys and their victrola

All warm the heart of my tenement symphony

The campbells come tumb'lin down the stairs

Hoodlie ah hoodlie ah hoodlie ah

Oh marie oh marie

You'll be late for your date with izzy

And from this confusion

I dreamed of a grand illusion

It's my tenement symphony in four flats

And from this confusion

I dreamed of a grand illusion

It's my tenement symphony in four flats