[00:18.81]Oo oo oo oo ooo oo
[01:08.82]Nineteen twelve in New York
[01:12.24]Took a walk up to Park Avenue Sipped some brew
[01:16.83]With my good friend Maggie the Bohemian
[01:24.48]She was quite the woman of the world
[01:27.66]I was the envy of all the men
[01:34.53]Heaven help the child
[01:40.50]Heaven help the child
[01:45.42]Paris in the twenties it can offer plenty
[01:50.40]To a young man with a vision so they say
[01:56.94]With a friend named fitzgerald
[01:59.19]I was headed for the old world
[02:02.07]On a merchant steamer bound for Biscay Bay
[02:09.57]Heaven help the child
[02:15.48]Heaven help the child
[02:19.80]Take him back to where he has never been
[02:33.96]Nothin' like a freight train get you to a city
[02:50.07]Pick another sad song for me Jim
[02:55.89]Hate to leave the ol' man all alone
[02:59.10]To work the cotton
[03:00.87]But the country never seemed to bother him
[03:13.38]Heaven help the child
[03:18.18]Heaven help the child
[03:20.76]Take us back to where we have never been
[03:28.95]War is hell to live with
[03:31.86]I said to the General
[03:35.10]We made the battle plan out for the day
[03:40.92]This will be the last one if only God be willin'
[03:46.74]We will go back home this time to stay
[04:02.85]So if old acquaintance be forgot
[04:34.17]And never brought to mind
[04:38.34]Let's sip a cup of kindness
[04:43.53]For my friends to days gone by