The Bilbao Song
(From "HAPPY END")
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English Words by MICHAEL FEINGOLD Original German Words by BERT BRECHT Music by KURT WEILL
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was the most fan ■ tas ■ tic place I've e - ver known, came   a day the end  of   May rn Nine-teen eight,
how they've cleaned it    up and made it   mid - die class.
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want   - ed gold dnst, bour - geois.
of what - ev - er kind of joy you called your awn, and the time they showed us all was real ■ ly great! just an    -    oth - er    place_       to    put your ass!
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But if you had been a round to join the fun, well, I don't But if you had heen a - round to watch the fun, well, I don't But        if        you should come a    -   round to see   the fun, well, I don't
know if you'd have liked what you'd have : know if you'd have liked what you'd have know, you might not find   it    such a
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The stools      at   the   bar were damp with rye,
The bran dy bot ties smash-ing   ev - 'ry   - where.
They've       mopped up all   the booze and bro - ken glass.
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dance   floor the grass    grew high, chairs   fly - ing through the air, par-quet floors you can't    grow grass,
through the roof the moon was shin - tng through the roof the moon still shin - ing They've shut   the green moon out be - cause of
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And   the       mu - sic real - 1y gave you some re   -   turn on what you paid! Hey 'Nthosefour     guys  all   go - Ing era - zy  with their       pis - tolsblaz-ing high!   {spoken freely} And   the       mu - sic makes youcringe nowwhen you     think  of what you paid! Hey
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Joe, playthat old song they al-ways     played! 1. (Piano only, words as indicated)
Think you can stop'em? Well, go right ahead and try! 2,3. That   old       Bil     - ba
Joe, play that old song they al-ways played!
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That old Bil - ba - o moon! Down where we     used     to go.
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Down where we used to go. . Cast - ing    its      gold - en glow
(spoken freely J Who remembers the words?
That old     Bil       ba   ■   o moon,
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