When I Get My Name in Lights (the Boy From Oz)

When I Get My Name in Lights Peter Allen

Moderate, swing 8ths

5

I’ll

dance and I’ll sing,

rit.

I’ll

do

a - ny n y - thing

I’ve

got

a tempo

8

 just

to

get my name

in

lights.

to

try

to

hit

the

11

heights now

that

I’m

free

as as

the

breeze

a - gain,

old nim - ble knees a - gain.

2

14

And

soon

they’ll

all know my name,

I’ll

have

17 

for - tune and

fame

when

20

I

get

my name

in

lights.

3

It

can hap - pen

o - ver - night

in

these mod - ern

times.

23

So

hold

that

front

page.

This

3

26 

boy

was

made

to

strut

the

stage.

I’ll

tap and

sing

and

play

29

the

pi - an - uh.

Spash my name

a - cross

a

big

bright

ban - nuh.

32

And

that’s

why

I won’t let

go

’til

I’m

on

ra - di - o.

And

35

when they come to

see

the

sights,

that - ’ll

be

my name spelled right

4

38

3

light - ing

up

Times

Square.

I’ll

41

sit on

a flag -

pole;

what - e - ver’s the

rage,

just to get my pic - ture on the

44

front page

and

just

to

get

my name

in

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Just to

get my

name

in

lights.

lights.