NORM WALKER

Sweet Velzoe Brown

(words and music by Norman G. Walker - 2007 © SOCAN)

Hear that piano, who can it be? Velzoe Brown
Well-known to ebony and ivory? Velzoe Brown
Tin Pan Alley and parlor tunes
Classical sonata and barrelhouse blues
Spanish fandango or songs of love
Anything under the stars above.

Who is it the singers all gather round? Velzoe Brown
She and that piano make such a sound, Velzoe Brown
She can play all night with the songs she led
More than four score and ten puts us all to bed *
Drift off to sleep with the songs in our heads
Velzoe Brown.

Now when you see that gal come by your way,
Say, “What’s your secret to live?”
With a gleam in her eye she’ll probably say
“By a road less traveled, more music to give”.

Who turns the night time into day? Velzoe Brown
Who’s gonna steal your heart away? Velzoe Brown
Of all the musicians that ever were
Some well known and some obscure
I wanna grow up and be just like her
Velzoe Brown.

Now when you see that gal come by your way,
Say, “What’s your secret to live?”
With a gleam in her eye she’ll probably say
“By a road less traveled, more music to give”.

Who turns the night time into day? Velzoe Brown
Who’s gonna steal your heart away? Velzoe Brown
Of all the human beings that ever were
Some well known and some obscure
I wanna grow up and be just like her
Sweet Velzoe,
Sweet Velzoe,
Sweet Velzoe Brown.