Ain't It Funny What A Difference 1915 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Jun 2006
2006

[He:] We're both in the selfsame fix
in a social way we mix
[She:] In the cocktail sense
we both are sadly lacking
[He:] Now if I may suggest
on experimental test
[She:] 'Tis fair and warmer
I've the ice for cracking
[He:] First you pour in lots of white,
with the green go kind of light
[She:] Here's a pretty bottle,
use a lot of that.
[He:] Now I sort of have a hunch
that this brown stuff has a punch.
[She:] Put some beer in,
doctors say 'twill make you fat.
Now we'll try it,
I think we've done fairly well;
[He:] It's a question that
just time alone can tell.

Ain't it funny what a diff'rence
just a few drinks make?
[She:] Yes, I never realized
that fact before.
[He:] In best circles it is found
[She:] Yes, it makes the room go 'round
[He:] When the glasses pass
we'll have a little more.
[She:] I feel sort of kind of foolish,
kind of gay and happy like,
[He:] It's a gloom destroyer,
there is no mistake.
[She:] You know you never looked so good
I could like you
if I would
[He:] Ain't it funny?
[She:] Ain't it funny?
[Both:] What a diff'rence
just a few drinks make?

[She:] Now I really never knew
What a few cocktails could do,
[He:] Ain't it wonderful,
the way they make you feel, dear?
[She:] Never liked you 'till tonight,
Gee! I wonder if I'm tight?
[He:] You are just a moving picture
in one reel, dear
[She:] Do you see things moving too?
I see two or three of you.
[He:] I think I could do a Charlie Chaplin fall.
[She:] Well, I think we've had enough,
because the party's getting rough.
[He:] What you're saying
it's not very nice at all?
[She:] I'm so dizzy that
you'll have to pardon me,
[He:] Wait 'til Lizzie
sees her hubby on a spree.

[He:] Ain't it funny what a diff'rence
just a few drinks make?
[She:] Yes, I feel that
I could throw myself away.
[He:] You've a philanthropic bun,
that's a cocktail topic pun;
[She:] Why it's getting late
goodnight we'll have to say:
[He:] Would you be so kind
to show me now the proper exit out?
[She:] That's a ticklish proposition,
no mistake.
[He:] Well, I would do as much for you
[She:] Keep our party entre nous
Ain't it funny?
[He:] Ain't it funny?
[Both:] What a diff'rence
just a few drinks make?

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
pizz str bass
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Ain't It Funny What A Difference 1915 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Gene Buck
© MCMXVI by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 27 June 2006 at 22.04
in associatiion with Doug Grierson
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