Ain't Nature Grand? 1921

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Dec 2009
2009

My big brother
never went to college,
but I'll say,
that he is quite a student
in his own peculiar way,
for when I ask him
why he leaves our house
when it grows dark,
he says: "To study nature
with my teacher in the park."

I hold her hand and she holds mine
ain't nature grand?
I feel a chill run down my spine,
ain't nature grand?
Then I look into her eyes,
listen to the way she sighs,
and she believes my pretty lies,
ain't nature grand?
Do we kiss?
I'll say we do, To beat the band,
Mother nature taught us to,
ain't nature grand?
When her dad with all his might,
yells: "It's time to say goodnight!!"
She says: "Don't go,"
and holds me tight,
ain't nature grand.

I hold her hand and she holds mine
ain't nature grand?
I feel a chill run down my spine,
ain't nature grand?
Nature made her as it should,
not too bad and not too good,
with me it did the best it could,
ain't nature grand?
She sings sour
in my ear
to beat the band,
But I'm deaf
and I can't hear,
ain't nature grand?
She wears skirts
that catch the eye,
I'll admit she wears them high,
but she's got two good reasons why,
ain't nature grand.

Birds and trees
and humming bees
and little babbling brooks,
Mean much more to my brother
than the knowledge found in books,
and by the way he acts,
his joy is certainly complete,
for even when he's sleeping,
you can hear that nut repeat.

I hold her hand and she holds mine
ain't nature grand?
I feel a chill run down my spine,
ain't nature grand?
Then I look into her eyes,
listen to the way she sighs,
and she believes my pretty lies,
ain't nature grand?
Do we kiss?
I'll say we do, To beat the band,
Mother nature taught us to,
ain't nature grand?
When her dad with all his might,
yells: "It's time to say goodnight!!"
She says: "Don't go,"
and holds me tight,
ain't nature grand.

I hold her hand and she holds mine
ain't nature grand?
I feel a chill run down my spine,
ain't nature grand?
Nature made her as it should,
not too bad and not too good,
with me it did the best it could,
ain't nature grand?
She sings sour
in my ear
to beat the band,
But I'm deaf
and I can't hear,
ain't nature grand?
She wears skirts
that catch the eye,
I'll admit she wears them high,
but she's got two good reasons why,
ain't nature grand.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ain't Nature Grand? 1921
Music by Irving Bibo
Lyrics by Billy Rose & Ben Ryan
© MCMXXI by Leo Feist Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 19 December 2009 at 10.43
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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from "The Ziegfeld Follies" 1921
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