BY A LAZY COUNTRY LANE
(Bud Green / Sam H. Stept)


Grace Johnston - 1931
Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orch. (vocal: Loyce Whiteman) - 1931
Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (vocal: Elmer Feldkamp & Ed Kirkeby) - 1931
Goodwin Goldie, Lew Reynolds & The Flexo Orch. - 1931 
Billy Cotton & His Band - 1931





Looking through a city window
Makes me feel so all alone
Life seems so hollow and I wish I could follow
Every glad little swallow back home

Through the weary day I picture
Child scenes I used to know
I could be happy like I used to be happy
In a place I was happy long ago

I wanta wander in clover
Wanta hear a robin's refrain
I know that I'll be in clover
By a lazy country lane

I wanta stroll by a brookside
Wanta feel I'm dreaming again
I know the shadiest brookside
By a lazy country lane

I'm tired of roses drooping in a flower store
I miss those roses rambling round a cottage door
What's more....

I wanta peek into heaven
In its arms I wanta remain
I'll find a corner of heaven
By a lazy country lane

(Orchestral Interlude)

I'm tired of roses drooping in a flower store
I miss those roses rambling round a cottage door
What's more....

I want to peek into heaven
In its arms I wanta remain
I'll find a corner of heaven
By a lazy country lane






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2013)