A Widow Has Ways 1906 'The Red Mill'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11 Feb 2004

Since Adam first made
Mother Eve take the blame
for that little affair in the garden,
the poor married women
have found it the same,
and their mission in life is a hard 'un!
But hard as it is, I am greatly afraid
it's harder to be a neglected old maid,
there's no other state
I would willingly trade,
for that of a wealthy young widow.

For a widow has ways,
don't you see!
Her experience pays,
don't you see!
She knows better now
than to marry again,
she knows better how to inveigle the men.
But the girls can't account for the craze,
as they wonder what system she plays;
It would simply be vain
to attempt to explain;
but a widow has ways.

Young girls must be watched
by some old chaperone,
as ugly and cross as they make them,
The poor married woman can't go out alone,
and their stupid old husbands
won't take them.
A widow is diff'rent!
There's none to say "nay!"
The men all adore her
and give her her way,
It's this man tomorrow
and that man today,
and each one believes he's the real one!

For a widow has ways,
don't you see!
Her experience pays,
don't you see!
She knows better now
than to marry again,
she knows better how to inveigle the men.
But the girls can't account for the craze,
as they wonder what system she plays;
It would simply be vain
to attempt to explain;
but a widow has ways.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Widow Has Ways 1906
Lyrics by Henry Blossom
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMVI by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 11 February 2004 at 15.13
in association with Doug Grierson
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David Montgomery and Fred A. Stone
in Chas. Dillingham's Production - "The Red Mill"
Music by Victor Herbert. Book & Lyrics by Henry Blossom.
Henry Blossom Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1906
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