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alan bell - the minstrel's song lyrics

[verse 1]
when i was a young boy and eager, for the footlights and fortune and fame
i met an old trooper, his name it was sam, and he taught me the rules of the game
yes he taught me the ways of the theatre, how always the show must go on
i leant how to enter, to stand, take a bow, whenever his sang my song

[chorus]
goodbye and adieu and farewell, i’ve loved you and now i must leave you
with a smile and a song as we part, the shows over, its timе to be gone
but perhaps i will see you nеxt year, and i’ll have a new tale to amuse you
and many more tunes you will hear, i’m a minstrel, a peddler of songs

[verse 2]
i worked all the small country theatres, and toured ’round the old music halls
i’ve died in the first house on a wet monday night but lived to take six curtain calls
i’ve starved like a beggar on broadway, and rode broke down the champs de lise
but when the show closed down the curtain came down, i can always smile and say…

[chorus]
goodbye and adieu and farewell, i’ve loved you and now i must leave you
with a smile and a song as we part, the shows over, its time to be gone
but perhaps i will see you next year, and i’ll have a new tale to amuse you
and many more tunes you will hear, i’m a minstrel, a peddler of songs

[verse 3]
i’ve courted the girls from the chorus, and lingered in many [?]
i’ve gazed up in awe in mi name in bright lights, to think i had become a star
i once loved a beauty called nancy, who’s loving was so sweet and strong
but she wanted a house and some kids and a dog, so sadly i sang my song
[chorus]
goodbye and adieu and farewell, i’ve loved you and now i must leave you
with a smile and a song as we part, the shows over, its time to be gone
but perhaps i will see you next year, and i’ll have a new tale to amuse you
and many more tunes you will hear, i’m a minstrel, a peddler of songs

[verse 4]
so i spent all mi life entertaining, and lived by the stage+door routine
though i’ve had many chances and missed quite a few, i’m not yearning for what might have been
now many long nights lie behind me, but i hope there are still some to come
when i stand on a stage with the house lights turned down, as the audience sing my song

- alan bell lyrics

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