PARTY, THE
(Gordon Jenkins)

as recorded by Patti Page
with Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra
1956


[spoken]
Gaiety of'en found it's way into my tower, night after night it was filled
with happy people; then happy people, tall happy people, short happy people,
old or young, many races from many places. 
My tower was filled with nice neighbourly sounds, phones ringing,
knocks on the door, many conversations competing madly for attention,
and the heart warming sound of people laughing out loud.
We talked mostly about New York, the concerts we had attended, (the humidity!),
the plays we had seen, (the humidity!), the musicals on Broadway and
(the humidity!).
We had artists, we had business men, we had musicians and we had a
wonderful waiter, a waiter named Noah!

[sung]
Noah!, (Noah!),
Where is Noah?, (where is Noah?),
Where is Noah?, (where is Noah?),
Here comes Noah now!

Empty the ashtrays,
Get out some ice,
'Cause we're havin' a party
And the people are nice!

Clear off the table,
Order some chow,
'Cause we're havin' a party
Right now!

Empty the ashtrays,
Get out some ice,
'Cause we're havin' a party
And the people are nice!

Clear off the table,
Order some chow,
'Cause we're havin' a party
Right now!

Yeah! 
We're havin' a party,
Empty the ashtrays,
We're havin' a party,
Get out some ice,
'Cause we're havin' a party
And the people are nice, nice, nice!

Clear off the table, (clear off the table),
Order some chow,
'Cause we're havin' a party right now!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2017)