[Dixielandjazz] "The Torch"

[David W. Littlefield]

At 02:35 PM 1/10/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Listmates--
>I have a fake book with "The Torch" in it.  No words---just melody and
>chords.  I dimly associate the melody with words about "left alone after
>the gang has all gone home"----something like that.
>Can anyone help?
>Ken Gates 

Here 'tis.

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Torch, (when you carry) The
Verse:
1.  (When the) Gang has turned you   down,/ and you
    Wander `round the   town,///
Longing for some   one in sympa-   thy.///   //As you
Go from place to   place,/ looking   for a friendly   face,///
You can hear the   old town clock strike   three.///   //|Then you
Wish you had your   old gal back a-   gain,///   /// you're]
Lonesome or so   lonesome and your   poor heart cries in   vain./ Oh!/
(Chorus)

2. (When you) Haven't got a   friend/  and your   worries never   end,///
When the future   doesn't look so   bright.///   //As you
Sit there in the   gloom,/ of an   empty, silent   room,///
As the hallway   clock ticks thru' the   night.///   //|Then you
Long to hear a   knock upon your   door.///   ///You're
Weary, oh so   dreary and your   poor heart cries once   more: "Oh!   

Chorus:
Gee,/ but it's   tough,/ when the   gang's/  gone/   home///
Out/ on the   corner/ you   stand/ a-/   lone.///
You/ feel so   blue,// with   no-/thing to   do, you're cravin'
Someone's//   com-/pan-/   y.///   //The/
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Gang/ leaves you   there,/ with an   old/ time/   stall// while
You go home and   gaze/ at the   four/ bare/   walls./ Ev'ry
Tear/ seems to   scorch// when you   car-/ry the   torch,/ and the
Gang's///   gone///   home.///   ///|
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--Sheik
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