Beatrice Barefacts 1903 'Babes In Toyland'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 01 Mar 2004

Dear Beatrice Barefacts,
a country girl am I,
Next month I'm going down to town,
so tell me how to make a gown
of scraps that I've put by.
I've carefully saved up
a skirt of purple plumb,
with this would it be quite in taste
to wear a yellow velvet waist?
Your answer quickly rush.

Tush! Tush! Tush! Tush!

Dear Maud you make me shiver
that dress worn on a ferry boat
would scare away the river,

Oh, write to Beatrice Barefacts
whenever you are in doubt.
Oh she will help you out,
she'll put your doubt to rout.
The talented Miss Barefacts,
she tells a thing or two
in the Perfect Ladies column
of the Woman's Home Magoo!

Dear Beatrice Barefacts,
I am a nice young man,
I do not drink or smoke or swear,
I tint my nails and bang my hair,
and cards and races ban.
My salary weekly
is small, I beg to say
but I'd no longer dwelt alone.
Now would you wed and start a home
on eighty cents a day?

Nay! Nay! Nay! Nay!
Dear Claude there's nothing in it.
A home on eighty cents a day
would last just eighty minutes.

Oh, write to Beatrice Barefacts
whenever you are in doubt.
Oh she will help you out,
she'll put your doubt to rout.
The talented Miss Barefacts,
she tells a thing or two
in the Perfect Ladies column
of the Woman's Home Magoo!

Dear Beatrice Barefacts,
am I in love or not?
Since I a certain party saw
I sleep and smile
and eat no more,
but weep an awful lot.
Whenever I meet him
I'm frozen to the spot,
My blood goes rushing to my head
I know my nose turns fiery red
Can this be Love or what?

Dear me! Dear me!

Louise it is a question,
you have a dreadful case of love
or chronic indigestion.

Oh, write to Beatrice Barefacts
whenever you are in doubt.
Oh she will help you out,
she'll put your doubt to rout.
The talented Miss Barefacts,
she tells a thing or two
in the Perfect Ladies column
of the Woman's Home Magoo!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Beatrice Barefacts 1904
Lyrics by Glen MacDonough
Music by Victor Herbert
© MCMIV by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 01 March 2004 at 14.54
in association with Doug Grierson
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Hamlin & Mitchell's Stupendous Extravaganza
as Produced at the Grand Opera House, Chicago.
"Babes in Toy Land."
Music by Victor Herbert. Book and Lyrics by Glen MacDonough.
Glen MacDonough Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1903.
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