BONY05-06 March and Chrous 1897 The Belle of New York

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - Aug 2002

With stately tread,
with stately tread,
and dignified demeanour,
we come this way
they come this way,
with dignified demeanour,
Our foes we slay,
in morality's arena,
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Tzing! Tzing!

With boom of drum,
with boom of drum,
and proudly flying banner
Your souls we save.
Our souls they'll save,
with proudly flying banner,
Observe our grave
and reverential manner.

Boom! Boom!
Boom! Tzing! Tzing!

And now to our Chief
we doff our snowy plumes.
Few men there are
who compare with him in piety,
all evil flees when he command assumes
of the Young Men's Rescue League
and Anti Cigarette Society.

[Ichabod:] From far Cohoes,
where the hopvine grows,
and the youth of the town
are prone to dissipation,
This faithful band,
under my command,
Has embarked on a tour of moral obligation,
Without a pause,
we shall spread our cause,
from the Hudson's shore
to the distant Bay of Biscay,
The world we'll purge,
of that deadly scourge,
of the cold highball,
and the cocktail made of whiskey,
for in the field of moral endeavour,
no competitor can shake a stick at us,
in the game of reform
there never, no never,
were reformers that were so felicitous,
Our virtues continue to strike us,
as qualities magnificent to see,
of course you could never be like us,
but be as like us as you're able to be,
Of course you could never be like us,
but be as like us as you're able to be.

[All:] For in the field of moral endeavour,
no competitor can shake a stick at us,
in the game of reform
there never, no never,
were reformers that were so felicitous,
Our virtues continue to strike us,
as qualities magnificent to see,
[Solo:] Of course you could never be like us,
but be as like us as you're able to be,
[All:] Of course you could never be like us,
but be as like us as you're able to be.

[Ichabod:] We sigh and weep,
with a woe that's deep,
for each of you all
as a miserable sinner,
we long and pray
for the blessed day,
when you'd scorn to be seen drinking
claret with your dinner,
with zeal intense,
and at great expense,
we seek to destroy
vicious habits in our neighbors,
but we regret, that the cigarette,
gives the loud HaHa,
to our Herculean labors,
Yet in the field of moral endeavour,
no competitor can shake a stick at us,
in the game of reform
there never, no never,
were reformers that were so felicitous,
Our virtues continue to strike us,
as qualities magnificent to see,
of course you could never be like us,
but be as like us as you're able to be,
Of course you could never be like us,
but be as like us as you're able to be.

[All:] For in the field of moral endeavour,
no competitor can shake a stick at us,
in the game of reform
there never, no never,
were reformers that were so felicitous,
Our virtues continue to strike us,
as qualities magnificent to see,
[Solo:] Of course you could never be like us,
but be as like us as you're able to be,
[All:] Of course you could never be like us,
but be as like us as you're able to be,
'ble to be.

Soft karaoke
Words
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fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
tympani
bassoon
oboe
piano t clef
tinkle bell
pizz str
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BONY05-6 1897 March and Chorus
Music by Gustave Kerker
Lyrics by Hugh Morton
copyright 1897 by Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Tuesday 13 August 2002 at 09.15
in association with Doug Grierson
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The Belle Of New York 1897
No.5 - March and Chorus
(League and Others)
'We Come This Way'
No.6 - Song (Ichabod)
'The Anti-Cigarette Society'
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