Song Name: | A Bird In A Gilded Cage | By: | Shirley Temple |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | C | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2011-01-03 16:01:43 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | A BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE
By: Arthur Lamb & Harry von Tilzer Shirley Temple Key: C 6 -5 5 3 2 The ball-room was filled 5 -4 -3 -1 with fash-ion's throng, 2 -2 3 -4 6 -5 3 It shone with a thous-and lights; 3 -3 3* -3 -5 5 -3 3 -3 -4 And there was a wom-an who passed a-long, 5 6 -5 5 -4 -3 -5 The fair-est of all the sights. 6 -5 5 3 2 3 5 -4 -3 -1 A girl to her lov-er then soft-ly sighed, -1 2 -2 3 -4 -5 -5* 6 "There's rich-es at her com-mand." 6 6 -5 5* -5 -3 "But she mar-ried for wealth, -4 5 3 5 6 not for love," he cried! 3 3* -3 -4 5 -4 -3 -5 "Though she lives in a man-sion grand." cho 3 6 -5* 6 5 -4 5 -5 -2 -3 "She's on-ly a bird in a gild-ed cage, -5 6 -5 -4 3 -5 5 A beau-ti-ful sight to see. 3 3* -3 -3 -5 5 -3 3 -3 -4 You may think she's hap-py and free from care, 5 6 -5 5 -4 -3 -5 She's not, though she seems to be. 3 6 -5* 6 5 -4 5 -5 -2 -3 'Tis sad when you think of her wast-ed life -5 6 -5 -4 3 -5 5 For youth can-not mate with age; 3 3* -3 3* -3 -5 And her beau-ty was sold 5 -3 3 5 6 for an old man's gold, 3 3* -3 -4 5 6 -5 5 She's a bird in a gild-ed cage." I stood in a churchyard just at eve, When sunset adorned the west; And looked at the people who'd come to grieve For loved ones now laid at rest. A tall marble monument marked the grave Of one who'd been fashion's queen; And I thought, "She is happier here at rest, Than to have people say when seen: " |