Ballad Of The Robbers 1938 'Knickerbocker Holiday'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 19 Dec 2002

When first men fled from Eden fair
and spread upon the ground,
the honest men were much annoyed
by thieves that hung around.
They stole the horses from the barns,
they stole the eggs and hams,
made inroads on the cattle
and among the sheep and lambs,
and so the honest men sat down
around a pot of ale,
and made a law that all the thieves
should be confined to jail.
Whereat the thieves were all confined
behind those dismal bars
so honest men could walk abroad
for businesses, or wars.
But then there was a clever thief,
who up and said said he
the honest men have grown so few,
so numerous are we.
But if we band together now,
against the honest men,
the honest men will go to jail,
and we'll go free again.
So then the thieves and robbers 'rose
by twos and threes and fours,
and put the honest men away
behind those clanging doors.
And since that time
it has obtained
and will obtain no doubt,
The honest men sit in the jails
The robbers they are out.

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Ballad Of The Robbers 1938 Kurt Weill
Music by Kurt Weill
Lyrics by Maxwell Henderson
copyright 1938 Hampshire House Pub. Corp.
and Chappell and Co.
All Rights Reserved
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Thursday 19 December 2002 at 17.45
in association with Doug Grierson
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from 'Knickerbocker Holiday'
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