08 - H.A. - As It Were 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 6 April 2011
2011

I'm always broad minded and fair
It seems to be much the best plan;
I hate to sound boastful, but there
I try to be just if I can.
At present I'm keen on a girl
A maiden as fair as a rose;
Her face is a dream,
she's peaches and cream,
I'll try to describe her; here goes.

On the whole she's a vision of beauty
that is so to speak as it were,
Her eyes in a measure
I mean so to say,
to a certain extent are divine, in a way,
Her nose broadly speaking is perfect
In a manner she's neat as a pin,
Of course in a way
so to speak as it were
on the whole she's as ugly as sin!

I've a great admiration for work,
On that my opinion is strict
I consider those bounders that shirk
Well they ought to be publickly kick'd.
I take off my hat to the Dad
With vim he is just on the boil;
He'd be wild if he knew
I had spoken to you,
But he's simply a glutton for toil.

On the whole he is very hard working
at least, that is, take it all round,
He'll slave like a Turk,
now and then, as it were,
I mean, on and off,
as you'd say, here and there,
Well taking one thing with another,
up and down, in an out of a berth,
now and then on and off
to and from, here and there
he's the laziest devil on earth.

With riches I've never been blest
so I was excited to learn
An uncle of mine had gone West
Who'd always had money to burn.
I rush'd to the lawyers at once.
'Twas somewhere quite near to the bank,
With a smile on his face
He explained the whole case
and he said: "To be perfectly frank."

On the whole you'll get say half a million,
That is thereabouts more or less;
Of course not withstanding
as such heretofore,
As stated aforesaid referr'd to, before.
However to wit with regard to,
in such as agreed on between,
More over where'as in effect with reserve
On the whole, well you won't get a bean!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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08 - H.A. - As It Were 1918
Music by Herman Finck
Lyrics by Clifford Grey
© MCMXVIII by Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew & B.Feldman & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 6 April 2011 at 10.46
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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