TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
(Jerome Kern (m) P G Wodehouse (l) 1917)

as recorded by
Anne Wheaton & James Harrod
1917


(aw)
I'm so sad to
Think that I have had to
Turn you from your home so coolly.
(jh)
I'd be gaining
Nothing by remaining,
What would Mrs Grundy say?
Her conventions, kindly recollect them,
We must please respect them duly!
(aw)
But my intrusion needs explaining,
I felt my courage waning!
(jh)
Please, I beg don't mention it,
I should not mind a bit,
But it has started raining!

(both)
Oh, the rain comes a-pitter patter,
And I'd like to be safe in bed.
Skies are weeping
While the world is sleeping,
Trouble heaping on our head.
It is vain to remain and chatter
And to wait for a clearer sky.
Helter skelter,
You must fly for shelter
Till the clouds roll by!

It is vain to remain and chatter
And to wait for a clearer sky.
Helter skelter,
You must fly for shelter
Till the clouds roll by!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - April 2020)