When A Man Is Twenty-One 1897 01 Belle Of New York

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 09 Aug 2002

[All:] When a man is twentyone,
let him drink hot rum;
let him drink it hot and cold.
When a man is twentyone,
let him make things hum;
let his life be free and bold,
for never will you be so gay again,
and never will you see such fun,
as you will when the sparkling cup you drain
on the day when you are twentyone.

Then here's to the day
when you're twentyone years old
and you laugh in the face of sorrow,
when you don't fear liquor
and you drink it hot and cold,
and you don't care a hang for tomorrow.

Then here's to the day
when you're twentyone years old
and you laugh in the face of sorrow,
when you don't fear liquor
and you drink it hot and cold,
and you don't care a hang for tomorrow.

[Harry:] Then let the fiddle,
fife and drum,
the cymbals and bassoon play,
for I am twentyone years old,
and going to be married at noonday.
[All:] And he's going
to be married at noonday.
[Harry:] It's easy enough
to be twentyone, and
it's easy enough to marry;
but when you play both games at once,
it's a pretty big load to carry.
[All:] He's got a big load to carry.

[Harry:] And I guess
I'm just a wee bit woosy, little woo
[All:] Little woo
[Harry:] Trifle woo
[All:] Trifle woo
[Harry:] Couldn't blame you if you
said I'm boosy, little boo
[All:] Little boo
[Harry:] Trifle boo.
[All:] Trifle boo
[Harry:] But I'm just about to
take a bride,
and I'm twentyone years old beside
Hence the highness of this rising tide
Little tide
[All:] Little tide
[Harry:] Tidy tide
[All:] Tidy tide
Oh, we guess he's just a wee bit woosy,
[Harry:] Little woo
[All:] Little woo
[Harry:] Trifle woo
[All:] Trifle woo.
Couldn't blame you if you said
he is boosy,
[Harry:] Little boo
[All:] Little boo
[Harry:] Trifle boo.
[All:] Trifle boo.
But he's just about to take a bride
and he's twentyone years old beside
Hence the highness of his rising tide.
[Harry:] Little tide
[All:] Little tide
[Harry:] Tidy tide.
[All:] Tidy tide.

[Housemaids:] Oh,
naughty Mister Bronson
you haven't been to bed,
and in another hour
you're due, you know, to wed.
The house is topsyturvy,
and our dusting isn't done, not done;
the sweeping and the other things
aren't even yet begun,
no not even yet begun,
no not even yet begun,
not begun, not begun, not begun.
Oh, Fie, fie, fie!
You naughty Mister Bronson,
My, my, my!
You're such a dreadful man!
You'd better stop your tarrying,
today's your day for marrying,
Oh naughty Mister Harry Bronson
Fie, fie, fie!

Oh Fie, fie, fie!
You naughty Mister Bronson,
My, my, my!
You're such a dreadful man!
You'd better stop your tarrying,
today's your day for marrying,
Oh naughty Mister Harry Bronson
Fie, fie, fie!

[Males:] For he's
a jolly good fellow,
Yes, he's a jolly good fellow,
Oh he's a jolly good fellow,
and he'll never be sober again.
Which nobody will deny,
which nobody will deny,
Yes, he's a good fellow,
Yes, he's a jolly good fellow,
Yes, he's a jolly good fellow,
and he'll never be sober again.

[All:] Oh, we guess he's
just a wee bit woosy,
[Harry:] Little woo
[All:] Little woo
[Harry:] Trifle woo
[All:] Trifle woo,
couldn't blame you if you said
he is boosy
[Harry:] Little boo
[All:] Little boo
[Harry:] Trifle boo,
Boo woo, Boo woo,
Boo woo, Boo woo.

Soft karaoke
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BONY01 When A Man Is Twenty-One 1897
Music by Gustave Kerker
Lyrics by Hugh Morton
copyright 1897 by Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew Ltd.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 09 Augst 2002 at 16.15
in association with Doug Grierson
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Introduction and Opening Chorus
'When A Man Is Twenty-One'
The Belle of New York 1897
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