Running A Modern Hotel 1915 'A Maid And A Myth'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Oct 2004

The man who runs a big hotel's
a most unhappy man.
He'd like to please his patrons,
but of course he never can,
they think when they are registered
their wishes should be law.
One asks for this and one asks for that,
how can he please them all?

Kick, Kick, Kick,
from morn till night they kick,
there's never a thing in the house
that is right,
they say that the service
is simply a fright.

Sacre bleu!
Pray what is a fellow to do,
it's sad to tell,
but life is hell
running a modern hotel

Slick, slick, slick,
I tell you they are slick,
I've been in the bus'ness now
most of my life,
and lost ev'rything
from my towels to wife.

Sacre bleu!
Pray what is a fellow to do,
it's sad to tell,
but life is hell
running a modern hotel

Some drummer steals the office girl
that's worked for you for years,
while others cop the silverware
to keep for souvenirs.
A tourist skips and leaves his bill,
and when you search his trunk
you find he's left in it postal cards
and other worthless junk.

Kick, Kick, Kick,
from morn till night they kick,
there's never a thing in the house
that is right,
they say that the service
is simply a fright.

Sacre bleu!
Pray what is a fellow to do,
it's sad to tell,
but life is hell
running a modern hotel

Slick, slick, slick,
I tell you they are slick,
I've been in the bus'ness now
most of my life,
and lost ev'rything
from my towels to wife.

Sacre bleu!
Pray what is a fellow to do,
it's sad to tell,
but life is hell
running a modern hotel.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
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lyric
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AMAAM04 - Running A Modern Hotel 1915
Music by W.H. Bennett
Lyrics by R.F.Field
© 1915 by C.M.Ferguson
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 30 October 2004 at 13.56
in association with Doug Grierson
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University of Illinois
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