Title : Careers
Key : C
Words under music line : I'd like to be a pieman, and ring a little bell,
Words under music line : Calling out, "Hot pies! Hot pies to sell!"
Words under music line : Apple-pies and Meat-pies, Cherry-pies as well,
Words under music line : Lots and lots and lots of pies-more than you can tell.
Words under music line : Big, rich Pork-pies! Oh, the lovely smell!
Words under music line : But I wouldn't be a pieman if
Words under music line : I wasn't very well.
Words under music line : Would you?
Words below the tune : THE PIEMAN
Words below the tune : I'd like to be a pieman, and ring a little bell,
Words below the tune : Calling out, "Hot pies! Hot pies to sell!"
Words below the tune : Apple-pies and Meat-pies, Cherry-pies as well,
Words below the tune : Lots and lots and lots of pies-more than you can tell.
Words below the tune : Big, rich Pork-pies! Oh, the lovely smell!
Words below the tune : But I wouldn't be a pieman if
Words below the tune : I wasn't very well.
Words below the tune : Would you?
Words below the tune :
Words below the tune : THE TRAM-MAN
Words below the tune : I'd like to be a Tram-man, and ride about all day,
Words below the tune : Calling out, "Fares, please!" in quite a 'ficious way,
Words below the tune : With pockets full of pennies which I'd make the people pay.
Words below the tune : But in the hottest days I'd take my tram down to the Bay;
Words below the tune : And when I saw the nice cool sea I'd shout "Hip, hip, hooray!"
Words below the tune : But I wouldn't be a tram-man if
Words below the tune : I couldn't stop and play.
Words below the tune : Would you ?
Words below the tune :
Words below the tune : THE PORTER
Words below the tune : I'd like to be a porter, and always on the run,
Words below the tune : Calling out, "Stand aside!" and asking leave of none,
Words below the tune : Shoving trucks on people's toes, and having splendid fun;
Words below the tune : Slamming all the carriage doors and locking every one-
Words below the tune : And, when they asked to be let in, I'd say, "It can't be done."
Words below the tune : But I wouldn't be a porter if
Words below the tune : The luggage weighed a ton.
Words below the tune : Would you?
Words below the tune :
Words below the tune : THE POSTMAN
Words below the tune : I'd like to be a postman, and walk along the street,
Words below the tune : Calling out, "Good Morning, Sir," to gentlemen I meet
Words below the tune : Ringing every door-bell all along my beat,
Words below the tune : In my cap and uniform so very nice and neat.
Words below the tune : Perhaps I'd have a parasol in case of rain or heat;
Words below the tune : But I wouldn't be a postman if
Words below the tune : The walking hurt my feet.
Words below the tune : Would you?
Words below the tune :
Words below the tune : THE TEACHER
Words below the tune : I'd like to be a teacher, and have a clever brain,
Words below the tune : Calling out, "Attention, please!" and "Must I speak in vain?"
Words below the tune : I'd be quite strict with boys and girls whose minds I had to train,
Words below the tune : And all the books and maps and things I'd carefully explain;
Words below the tune : I'd make them learn the dates of kings, and all the capes of Spain;
Words below the tune : But I wouldn't be a teacher if
Words below the tune : I couldn't use the cane.
Words below the tune : Would you?
Words below the tune :
Words below the tune : THE BARBER
Words below the tune : I'd like to be a barber, and learn to shave and clip,
Words below the tune : Calling out, "Next, please!" and pocketing my tip.
Words below the tune : All day you'd hear my scissors going, "Snip, Snip, Snip;"
Words below the tune : I'd lather people's faces, and their noses I would grip
Words below the tune : While I shaved most carefully along the upper lip.
Words below the tune : But I wouldn't be a barber if
Words below the tune : The razor was to slip.
Words below the tune : Would you?
Words below the tune :
Words below the tune : THE SAILOR
Words below the tune : I'd like to be a sailor-a sailor bold and bluff-
Words below the tune : Calling out "Ship ahoy!" in manly tones and gruff.
Words below the tune : I'd learn to box the compass, and to reef and tack and luff;
Words below the tune : I'd sniff and sniff the briny breeze and never get enough.
Words below the tune : Perhaps I'd chew tobacco, or an old black pipe I'd puff;
Words below the tune : But I wouldn't be a sailor if
Words below the tune : The sea was very rough.
Words below the tune : Would you?
