Rackety Coo!

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. May 2001.

Just beneath the eaves,
'midst ivy leaves,
a little pigeon dwells.

She's very circumspect,
au fait and quite select,
as ev'ry neighbour tells.

Quiet and alone,
as still as stone
she sits the whole day long:

but when the setting sun
shows day is nearly done
it's quite a diff'rent song:

Ev'ry night I hear her sing
"Tweet, tweet!"
this little pigeon true,

then hesitate until her mate says,
"Rackety Coo! Coo, Coo, Coo!"

Then again she'll answer,
"Tweet, Tweet, Tweet!"

which means she'd say;
"I'm all alone, dear,
Come on, now, why stay away?"

Ah, how I wish that I need only say,
"Tweet, Tweet!" whenever I am blue,

and hear an echo answer:
"Rackety coo~oo, Rackety coo!"
and know that "Racky Coo" means you!

Ev'ry night I hear her sing,
"Tweet, tweet!"
this little pigeon true,

then hesitate until her mate says,
"Rackety Coo! Coo, Coo, Coo!"

Then again she'll answer,
"Tweet, Tweet, Tweet!"

which means she'd say;
"I'm all alone, dear,
Come on, now, why stay away?"

Ah, how I wish that I need only say,
"Tweet, Tweet!" whenever I am blue,

and hear an echo answer:
"Rackety coo~oo, Rackety coo!"
and know that "Racky Coo" means you!

When dear Mister Dove
has told his love,
as gallant pigeons do,

he gives his little Miss,
a pretty pigeon kiss,
and coos a fond adieu.

Then away he'll fly,
as tho' he'd try to test her love.

And yet, let her but sound one sigh,
and he's around, to make a little love duet.

Ev'ry night I hear her sing,
"Tweet, tweet!"
this little pigeon true,

then hesitate until her mate says,
"Rackety Coo! Coo, Coo, Coo!"

Then again she'll answer,
"Tweet, Tweet, Tweet!"

which means she'd say;
"I'm all alone, dear,
Come on, now, why stay away?"

Ah, how I wish that I need only say,
"Tweet, Tweet!" whenever I am blue,

and hear an echo answer:
"Rackety coo~oo, Rackety coo!"
and know that "Racky Coo" means you!

Ev'ry night I hear her sing,
"Tweet, tweet!"
this little pigeon true,

then hesitate until her mate says,
"Rackety Coo! Coo, Coo, Coo!"

Then again she'll answer,
"Tweet, Tweet, Tweet!"

which means she'd say;
"I'm all alone, dear,
Come on, now, why stay away?"

Ah, how I wish that I need only say,
"Tweet, Tweet!" whenever I am blue,

and hear an echo answer:
"Rackety coo~oo, Rackety coo!"
and know that "Racky Coo" means you!

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Katinka115 Rackety Coo! 1915 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 10 may 2001

Katinka115 Rackety Coo! 1915 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 10 may 2001
Katinka115 Rackety Coo! 1915
Music by Rudolf Friml
Lyrics by Otto Hauerbach
Copyright 1915 by G. Schirmer, Inc.
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 10 May 2001
in association with Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones