With apologies - and indeed thanks - to Broadway, Nickomo, and many jazz greats
Students of popular song have been clamouring for the Fruitcake Miniature College interpretation of the much-covered standard The Sunny Side of the Street (1930, Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh), which was written in response to the 1930s depression. British students have been clamouring too, recently, arguing that if a life of debt is bad for a nation, it is also surely bad for those in that nation in education. FMC supports current non-violent action by protesting students.
Grab your coat and get your hat * Young people never seem to dress up warm
Leave your worries on the doorstep *They're nothing compared to future debt
Just direct your feet
To the sunny side of the street *Yeah, go on, cheer up!
Can’t you hear a pitter-pat?
And that happy tune is your step *Like marching
Life can be so sweet
On the sunny side of the street * and with a large bonus from a job in a bank
I used to walk in the shade
With those blues on parade * But I don't listen to Morrissey these days
But I’m not afraid
This rover crossed over * Nick Clegg has lost all credibility
If I never had a cent
I’d be rich as Rockerfeller * Though philosophically this is a hard position to
maintain in the face of huge tuition fees
Gold dust at my feet * Early use of irony in Broadway musicals
On the sunny side of the street * Threadneedle Street (look it up)
No use scheming and no use dreaming
And no use chasing the rainbow * Maybe join the army
There’s no need to look glum * Grin maniacally as you sofa surf through your
unpaid internship
Take things just as they come * You never know who may offer a sofa
Life’s a holiday, just a jolly day
Made for laughter and play * Until you leave primary school
If you’d have your share of fun
There’s but one thing to be done… * Brew your own and knuckle down to work in a
call centre
Grab your coat…. * Endlessly ....
Next week we will visit The End by the Doors, unless begged not to
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