A Broadway Blonde 1896

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 Sep 2004

On the rialto one day
I encountered a beautiful maid
of a style I admire
with a top knot of fire
one who took the entire promenade.
Everyone turned as she passed
to discover who e'er she might be
"It's LaLoie," said a few
"Cissy Fitz," one or two
but all I could say was: "Gee!"
When a copper who stood on the corner
made this explanation to me:

She is a Broadway Blonde
and her hair is shining gold
it's eighteen carats red they say
and it cost her a lot I'm told;
she is a Broadway Blonde
all the boys of her are fond
some say it's a wig
but she don't care a fig
just because she's a Broadway Blonde.

"Tell me," said I, "what's her name?
What's her name and her address as well,
does she come o'er the sea
from the nobility
does she stop at the "Waldorf Hotel?"
Is she the talk of the town
as she gracefully sails up and down
of the girls I have seen
she is easily queen
this nymph of the auburn crown
but the copper who stood on the corner
gave this information to me:

She is a Broadway Blonde
and her hair is shining gold
it's eighteen carats red they say
and it cost her a lot I'm told;
she is a Broadway Blonde
all the boys of her are fond
some say it's a wig
but she don't care a fig
just because she's a Broadway Blonde.

Then to the theatre I went
and I sought for her near and afar
for I felt on the stage she was surely the rage
quite the bright and particular star.
But when she greeted my eyes
there was naught to express my surprise
when at last 'twas disclosed
in the chorus she posed
this maid with the swell disguise.
And I thought of the cop
on the corner and his information to me:

She is a Broadway Blonde
and her hair is shining gold
it's eighteen carats red they say
and it cost her a lot I'm told;
she is a Broadway Blonde
all the boys of her are fond
some say it's a wig
but she don't care a fig
just because she's a Broadway Blonde.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Broadway Blonde 1896
Words & Music by Safford Waters
© 1896 by Howley, Haviland & Co., 4 East 20th Street
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sequence & karaoke by james Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 23 September 2004 at 15.44
in association with Doug Grierson
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