The Purity Brigade 1897 17a The Belle Of New York

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 27 Aug 2002

[Violet:] I hope I do not shock
my late converted flock
by changing to a costume
that could be described as snappy.
I would not have you think
that I would ever sink
from my high state of piety
to anything claptrappy.
My morals have not changed
as you may guess,
the only thing that's changed
has been my dress.

[All:] We're the ornamental Purity Brigade
to our purity we add a little fashion,
A pretty ribbon of the proper shade
could never hinder real religious passion,
'twould not be flash on a pretty maid;
when we fight to conquer
visciousness and shame
Our shiny trumpets going tooty tooty
we really do not think that we're to blame.
For dressing in a style that suits our beauty
we do our duty just the same.
We do our duty just the same.

[Violet:] Now is it not as well
to be a trifle swell,
or is it necessary
when you're moral to be gawky?
And must a girl employ
the modes that come from Troy,
or is she not entitled
to be stunningly NewYorky?
Oh, mayn't a girl be good
and free from guile and yet
be quite a corker in her style.

[All:] We're the ornamental Purity Brigade
to our purity we add a little fashion,
A pretty ribbon of the proper shade
could never hinder real religious passion,
'twould not be flash on a pretty maid;
when we fight to conquer
visciousness and shame
Our shiny trumpets going tooty tooty
we really do not think that we're to blame.
For dressing in a style that suits our beauty
we do our duty just the same.
We do our duty just the same.

We're the ornamental Purity Brigade
to our purity we add a little fashion,
A pretty ribbon of the proper shade
could never hinder real religious passion,
when we fight to conquer
visciousness and shame
Our shiny trumpets going tooty tooty
we really do not think that we're to blame.
For dressing in a style that suits our beauty
We do our duty just the same.

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
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str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
celeste
bassoon
fiddle
piano t clef
piano b clef
pizz str
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BONY17a 1897 The Purity Brigade
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 Tuesday 27 August 2002 at 17.51
in association with Doug Grierson
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The Belle of New York 1897
No. 17a - Song and Chorus (Violet)
'The Purity Brigade'
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