Entracte and Oh Sonny 1897 15 The Belle of New York

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 25 Aug 2002

[Chorus:] Oh Sonny, Sonny,
Sonny, can't you work a little fast;
Oh Sonny, Sonny, Sonny,
don't you leave me to the last.
Oh I've got a fearful thirst,
and I'm just about to burst
Why little boy you're getting very lazy.
Oh hurry, hurry, hurry,
and put on a lot of steam,
Oh hurry, hurry, hurry,
and put on a lot of cream,
Oh it's getting very late,
and I haven't time to wait
now then hurry up
or you will drive me crazy, crazy,

Oh Sonny, Sonny,
Sonny, can't you work a little fast;
Oh Sonny, Sonny, Sonny,
don't you leave me to the last.
Oh I've got a fearful thirst,
and I'm just about to burst
Why little boy you're getting very lazy.
Oh hurry, hurry, hurry,
and put on a lot of steam,
Oh hurry, hurry, hurry,
and put on a lot of cream,
Oh it's getting very late,
and I haven't time to wait
now then hurry up
or you will drive me crazy, crazy,

[Harry:] Oh ladies
you are rushing me to death,
I have to work as hard as any paviour;
just stop a bit and let me get my breath,
then let her go again and name your flavour.
What's your flavour?
What's your flavour?
Now let her go again
and name your flavour,
now let her go again and
name your flavour.
Now let her go again and
name your flavour.

A glass of sars' parilla,
and another of vanilla,
and another glass of orange,
and another glass of peach,
Oh you want to make 'em sizzy,
and you want to make it fizzy,
and you want to serve 'em, sonny,
with a lot of cream in each,

[All:] A glass of sars' parilla,
and another of vanilla,
and another glass of orange,
and another glass of peach,
Oh you want to make 'em sizzy,
and you want to make it fizzy,
and you want to serve 'em, sonny,
with a lot of cream in each,

Oh you want to serve 'em, sonny,
with a lot of cream in each,

[Harry:] Oh bitter is man's lot,
to suicide a goader,
when he works in weather hot
at squirting ice cream soda;
It's very sad to know
that I must dig and delve it,
when only a month ago, alas!
I was on velvet.

When a man has nothing but wealth,
The girls all say as he walks Broadway
Oh ain't he a nice young man?
When a man has nothing but health,
the girls cut loose for they have no use,
for a poor little broke young man.

Oh I used to roll as high as the clouds,
when I had plenty of money,
and I could number my friends by crowds,
and the world was always sunny,
Most any girl would have been my bride,
they thought me as sweet as honey
but oh I went right out with the tide,
when I had lost my money,
but oh I went right out with the tide,
when I had lost my money.

[All:] Oh he used to roll as high as the clouds,
when he had plenty of money,
and he could number his friends by crowds,
and the world was always sunny,
Most any girl would have been his bride,
they thought him as sweet as honey
but oh he went right out with the tide,
when he had lost his money,
but oh he went right out with the tide,
when he had lost his money.
when he had lost his money.
when he had lost his money.

A glass of sars' parilla,
and another of vanilla,
and another glass of orange,
and another glass of peach,
Oh you want to make 'em sizzy,
and you want to make it fizzy,
and you want to serve 'em, sonny,
with a lot of cream in each,
and you want to serve 'em, sonny,
with a lot of cream in each.

Soft karaoke
Words
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fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
celeste
bassoon
fiddle
piano t clef
piano b clef
pizz str
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BONY15 1897 Entr'act and Oh Sonny
Music by Gustave Kerker
Lyrics by Hugh Morton
copyright 1897 Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 25 August 2002 at 16.34
in association with Doug Grierson
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The Belle of New York 1897
Act 2 Entr'act and Opening Chorus
'Oh Sonny'
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