A Shy Suburban Maid 1906 'Dream City. The Magic Knight'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Jan 2004

When a little maid suburban,
all unused to manners urban,
spends a week in New York town;
'Tis the first of her impressions
that to judge by their expressions,
City folks talk upside down;
for their language seems to vary
from the good old dictionary,
and their words are all their own,
Mine all seemed quite rudimental,
when I overheard the "central,"
use this slanguage on the 'phone.

Oh the ways of New York,
in the matter of talk,
are so strange that I'm much afraid,
the language they speak,
can't be learned in a week,
by a shy suburban maid.

Oh the ways of New York,
in the matter of talk,
are so strange that I'm much afraid,
the language they speak,
can't be learned in a week,
by a shy suburban maid.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Shy Suburban Maid 1906
Lyrics by Edgar Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMVI by Chas K. Harris
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 28 January 2004 at 17.45
in association with Doug Grierson
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"Dream City. The Magic Knight"
Produced by Weber's Theatre Co., New York City [Lillian Blauvelt]
Book & Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Music by Victor Herbert.
Victor Herbert Publication: New York: Chas. K. Harris, 1906.
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