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