Mummer Band (Recorded by the Choir Artifact CD)

A song about the Philadelphia Mummer Band 

I just saw a Mummer Band;

the music, it was grand -

They made me smile

As they did their show.

They went into their Mummer dance -

It made my father smile.

And all along I wanted to say,

"Even though I’m younger

I still love your mummer band."

I love rock n roll

And rhythm and blues,

But oh that mummer band.

Young and old were in the group,

All with a smiling face.

In unison they did their steps.

You’ll never know my feelings as

I watched that mummer band,

But all along I wanted to sing.

Chorus:

The feeling hasn’t left me,

I miss them to this day.

The only costume was their clothes.

I wish that I could meet them,

Then I could learn to smile,

then I’d be able to say…