All For The Sake Of A Girl 1914 'The Débutante'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12 Jan 2004

[Marquis:] Ladies fair,
you're most unfair to us.
April skies are like your changeful eyes.
Love's a snare bringing despair to us,
and your smile is just a wile of guile.
Man may swear love's a sealed book to him,
and all foresworn are its sighs and mirth;
Then a rare pair of eyes look to him
diff'rent from all other eyes on earth.

It is all for the sake of a girl
that we dream and we fret and we sigh,
all for the sake of a kiss, a smile,
all very silly we know all the while.
We believe that a goose is a swan,
we believe that a bead is a pearl.
Why, the world's wisest men
have been fools now and then,
all for the sake of a girl!

[Girls:] It is all for the sake of a girl
that we dream and we fret and we sigh,
all for the sake of a kiss, a smile,
all very silly we know all the while.
We believe that a goose is a swan,
we believe that a bead is a pearl.
Why, the world's wisest men
have been fools now and then,
all for the sake of a girl!

[Marquis:] Ladies fair,
Nature's divinity.
At your shrine we must all fall in line.
Ev'rywhere in your vicinity
folly reigns within our hearts and brains.
Grief and care you often bring to us.
Breaking hearts you find is splendid fun.
Siren songs you softly sing to us.
Who can turn from them?
Not I, for one.

It is all for the sake of a girl
that we dream and we fret and we sigh,
all for the sake of a kiss, a smile,
all very silly we know all the while.
We believe that a goose is a swan,
we believe that a bead is a pearl.
Why, the world's wisest men
have been fools now and then,
all for the sake of a girl!

[Girls:] It is all for the sake of a girl
that we dream and we fret and we sigh,
all for the sake of a kiss, a smile,
all very silly we know all the while.
We believe that a goose is a swan,
we believe that a bead is a pearl.
Why, the world's wisest men
have been fools now and then,
all for the sake of a girl!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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All For The Sake Of A Girl 1914
Lyrics by Robert B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright 1914 by G. Schirmer
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 12 January 2004 at 23.50
in association with Doug Grierson
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John C. Fisher Presents Miss Hazel Dawn in "The Debutante"
A Musical Comedy in Two Acts.
Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert.
Robert B. Smith Victor Herbert Publication:
New York: G. Schirmer, 1914.
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