[D]Down the lanes of [Em]foggy chimneys,
[G]Through the little [D]seaside [A]town,
[D]Strides the east wind [Em]like
a dragon,
[G]Strewing leaves of [D]ragged [A]brown.
[G]Winter's planting [D]icicles
A[Em]long the barren [A]shore,
And the [G]Punch and [Em]Judy [A]Man
Is gone for [D]ever.
(Chorus)
[D]Mr.Punch and Judy Man,
Bring me back the childhood [G]land of [G]Sum[D]mer
In the meadows
by the river
Where the elm and willow stand
Silver mist is creeping down
To lullaby the sleeping land
Through
the bare and blackened branches
Swallows fly no more
And the Punch and Judy man is gone forever
Slot machines and penny arcades
Jingle jangle on the pier,
Gone the sound of laughing children,
Fading with
the dying year.
Through the town he wanders
In the misty autumn haze,
And the Punch and Judy Man
Is gone for
ever.
Punchinello, Punchinello,
Where have you and Judy gone?
Gone to join the swelling ranks
Of things that
we look back upon.
Memory can conjure you
From dreams of summer days,
But the Punch and Judy Man
Is gone for
ever.
