A Pal Like You 1917 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Jun 2008
2008

[Jim:] You are such a pal,
don't know, never shall,
why, you out distance
all other women in existence
if you only knew
How I've longed for you,
I never thought you would ever come.
What luck that brought you.

[Jim:] Dozens and dozens
of girls I have met,
Sisters and cousins of men in my set,
tried to be cheerful
and give them an earful
of soft sort of talk, but, Oh gosh!
The strain was something fearful
Always found after a minute or two
just to be civil was all I could do,
Now I know why I could
never be contented,
I was looking for a pal like you.

[Jackey:] I've known so many,
such hundreds of men,
didn't like any except now and then,
flirted a minute
'twas fun to begin it
But found out quite soon
there was nothing,
nothing, nothing in it,
Often and often
I used to get blue,
Just went on flirting
for something to do,
Now I know why I'll
that sense of something missing,
I was looking for a pal like you.

[Jackey:] Oh my friend in need,
you've been friend indeed,
saved me from danger
I can't believe
you're just a stranger.
I've been waiting too,
All these years for you,
I shan't forget you
I mean to keep you
now I've met you.

[Jim:] Dozens and dozens
of girls I have met,
Sisters and cousins of men in my set,
tried to be cheerful
and give them an earful
of soft sort of talk, but, Oh gosh!
The strain was something fearful
Always found after a minute or two
just to be civil was all I could do,
Now I know why I could
never be contented,
I was looking for a pal like you.

[Jackey:] I've known so many,
such hundreds of men,
didn't like any except now and then,
flirted a minute
'twas fun to begin it
But found out quite soon
there was nothing,
nothing, nothing in it,
Often and often
I used to get blue,
Just went on flirting
for something to do,
Now I know why I'll
that sense of something missing,
I was looking for a pal like you.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Pal Like You 1917 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by P.G.Wodehouse
© MCMXVII by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 30 June 2008 at 09.20
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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