LAST

NIGHT ON THE BACK PORCH

(I LOVED HER BEST OF ALL)
(1923)
Words and Music by LEW BROWN

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Arrangement by WILLIAM LUU and CARL SCHRAUBSTADER

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        
bout, a bout,

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Verse 1

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Not too fast

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Tenor
Lead

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         
There's a girl I'm wild a bout, ev 'ry

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Bari
Bass

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a bout, a bout,

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                 
             
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    
     
                
time I take her out, I hug her, I squeeze her,

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     
out, take her out,

    

  
out, I hug, I squeeze, I

                  
      
   
found, be found

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    
                

I tease her so and we al ways can be found where there's

       
     
tease, tease found, be found

This Arrangement © 2019 by William Luu

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                         
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2 Last Night on the Back Porch

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 a round,
  round.
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       
no one else a round. Do we cud dle? Do we pet? You

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                
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else a

     
 

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cud dle, no sir.

                 
         
yet, not yet.
Chorus 1

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         
     
ain't heard noth in' yet. I love her in the morn ing and I

         
  
yet, not yet.

             
             
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             
love her at night. I love her, yes I love her when the

           


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                 
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   
stars are shin ing bright. I love her in the spring time and I

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            
    
shin ing, shin ing bright.

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                   
   
Last Night on the Back Porch 3

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love her in the fall, but last night on the backporch I loved her best of

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 
 
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the, in the fall,

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   
        
           
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Verse 2

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         
            
all. time that she's a lone, a lone,

       
   
all, best of all.

  Ev 'ry 

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time that she's a lone when I

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               
       
      
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          
                      
call her on the phone, the phone, I hur ry, I scur ry,

     
call her on the phone, I I

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                
 
             
  
I'm a fraid that I might see

    
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               
I wor ry so. 'fraid that I might see, I'll see

     
    
I
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4 Last Night on the Back Porch

     
        
      
      
 
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there in place of me.

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    
   
                
there in place of me, oh no! If I lost her I don't know, I

      
        
  
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      

  
                          
Chorus 2

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 
      
love her. Oh, oh, oh! Woah! I love her in the morn ing and I

 
        
      
      
 
Woah!

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    
         
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        
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 
love her at night. I love her, yes I love her when the

          
       
           
night, at night.

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              
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  
 
stars are shin ing bright. I love her in the spring time and I

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
       
shin ing, shin ing bright

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Last Night on the Back Porch 5

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Tag

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               
love her in the fall, but last night on the backporch I loved her best of

                 

 

                   
        
best, the best of all.
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         
all. Yes, I love her best of all, best of all.

           
    

  
all!

 
Yes, best, the best of all.

                     

ritard

     
On the back porch I loved her best of all!

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On the back porch I loved her best of all!

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On the back porch I loved her best of all!