Verse
C# G#
Down the lanes of foggy chimneys
F# C#
Through the little seaside town
C# G#
Strides the east wind like a dragon
F# C#
Strewing leaves of ragged brown
F# C#
Winter planting icicles
D#m G#
Along that barren shore
F# G# C#
But the Punch and Judy man is gone forever
[Chorus]
C#
Mr. Punch and Judy Man
F# C#
Please bring back my childhood land of summer
[Verse 2]
C# G#
In the meadow by the river
F# C#
Where the oak and willow stand
C# G#
Silver mist come creeping down
F# C#
and lullaby our sleeping land
F# C#
Through the bare and brackened branches
D#m G#
Swallows fly no more
F# G# C#
But the Punch and Judy man is gone forever
[Chorus]
C#
Mr. Punch and Judy Man
F# C#
Please bring back my childhood land of summer
[Verse 3]
C# G#
Slot machines and penny arcades
F# C#
Jingle jangle on the pier,
C# G#
Gone the sound of children laughing
F# C#
Fading with each dying year
F# C#
Through the little town he wanders
D#m G#
In the misty morning haze,
F# G# C#
But the Punch and Judy Man is gone for ever
[Chorus]
C#
Mr. Punch and Judy Man
F# C#
Please bring back my childhood land of summer
[Verse 4]
C# G#
Punchinello, Punchinello,
F# C#
Where have you and Judy gone?
C# G#
Gone to join the swelling ranks
F# C#
Of things that they looked back upon
F# C#
Memory can conjure up
D#m G#
those dreams of yesterday,
F# G# C#
But the Punch and Judy Man is gone for ever
[Chorus]
C#
Mr. Punch and Judy Man
F# C#
Please bring back my childhood land of summer
[Chorus]
C#
Mr. Punch and Judy Man
F# C#
Please Bring back my childhood land of summer