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