A Gay Old Oyster 1901

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Feb 2008
2008

Once an oyster lived
in the bottom of the sea,
and of goodly size was he,
he was mum as mum
and this oyster he was dumb,
as an oyster in his shell could be;
But one day this oyster 'woke,
and he found his voice and spoke,
to the oyster fry around him
he did roar
from these waters cold and dark
I am going for a lark
and to see the sights
they say are seen ashore.

For a gay old oyster full of fun am I
and a jolly sport
the girls will love you'll see
and when once I step ashore,
girls will seek me by the score,
and my Oyster Patty
each will want to be,
For I am no lobster,
as you all may guess,
nor a rubber neck clam, no, no!
In a fossilated shell,
I will now no longer dwell,
say tata to me my boys before I go.

And this oyster came
from the bottom of the sea,
in an oyster net came he,
but 'tis sad to state
his was not the happy fate
that he dreamed
an oyster's fate should be;
For he found himself next day,
in a swell New York Café
in a half a ton of ice
they'd packed him tight
where a girl from Boston town
said she'd love him
if he fried brown,
or upon the halfshell
he'd be out of sight.

For a gay old oyster
full of meat was he
he was just the sport
the girls would choose you bet
ere he'd been ashore a day.
this remark he made, they say:
"I was in the sea,
but in the soup I'll get,"
For he was no lobster,
as you all may guess,
nor a rubber neck clam, nay, nay!
And the girl who loved him most,
ate him served up hot on toast,
by a waiter in a swell New York Café.

For a gay old oyster
full of meat was he
he was just the sport
the girls would choose you bet
ere he'd been ashore a day.
this remark he made, they say:
"I was in the sea,
but in the soup I'll get,"
For he was no lobster,
as you all may guess,
nor a rubber neck clam, nay, nay!
And the girl who loved him most,
ate him served up hot on toast,
by a waiter in a swell New York Café.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Gay Old Oyster 1901
A Fable In Song
Words & Music by Charles D.Bingham
© MCMI by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 15 February 2008 at 14.55
in association with Doug Grierson
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