I Took My Harp to a Party

I Took My Harp to a Party - Gracie Fields

I took my harp to a party

But nobody asked me to play

The others were jolly and hearty

But I wasn't feelin' so gay

They might have said play as a tune we can sing

But somehow I don't think they noticed the thing

When I took my harp to a party

Nobody asked me to play

So I took the darned thing away

They asked Mrs Morgan to play her mouth-organ

And somebody else did a dance

They Let Mrs Carter perform a sonata

But I wasn't given a chance

Then a north country person called Sandy McPherson

Played bagpipes and took off his coat

While both the Miss Fawcetts bust out of their corsets

In trying to take a top note

They sang Home Sweet Home

And The Banks of Loch Lomond

And All the King's Horses then Trees

While nephews and nieces kept playin' their pieces

And spreadin' their jam on the keys

A daughter called Lena played her concertina

We all played ridiculous games

'Til old Mr Dyer got his whiskers on fire

And a fire engine played on the flames

When I took my harp to a party

Nobody asked me to play

The others were jolly and hearty

But I i wasn't feelin' so gay

I felt so ashamed at not strikin' a note

That I i tried to hide the thing under my coat

When I took my harp to a party

And nobody asked me to play

OH I took the darned thing away

Seems that you wish after all the lessons

I've been i've been been seek the thing of

Never seek it anymore

Hate the sight of meow