Poppy - Alibi Baby - 1923

by James Pitt-Payne for Todd Robbins - 6 Aug 2011
2011

Small town girls
if they want some fun,
take it on the sly,
So I have a system neat,
and my technique so discreet,
Fools the critic's eye.
Tho' I dread all gossip's noise,
Still I'm fond of stolen joys,
that's the reason that the boys
call me Alibi;
So I cry:

Alibi Baby,
I only say be mine, dear!
Alibi Baby,
I'll buy you, maybe,
wine, dear!
Hot summer's day
when pitching the hay
They sue me,
Cold winter grey
tucked close in the sleigh
they woo;
Should a rube say:
"Come, let's slip away,"
be brave, dear!
Come take a dare,
you're scared
that I won't behave, dear,
I bet you think I'm gay
then I say:
"Oh, don't such a jay be,
John, Mike and Abie
call me their baby,
Just like you!"

Alibi Baby,
I only say be mine, dear!
Alibi Baby,
I'll buy you, maybe,
wine, dear!
Hot summer's day
when pitching the hay
They sue me,
Cold winter grey
tucked close in the sleigh
they woo;
Should a rube say:
"Come, let's slip away,"
be brave, dear!
Come take a dare,
you're scared
that I won't behave, dear,
I bet you think I'm gay
then I say:
"Oh, don't such a jay be,
John, Mike and Abie
call me their baby,
Just like you!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Poppy - Alibi Baby - 1923
Music by Arthur Samuels
Lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly
© 1923
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sequenced for Todd Robbins by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 6 August 2011 at 13.56
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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