Bedelia 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 May 2006
2006

There's a charming Irish lady
with a roguish winning way,
who has kept my heart a bumpin'
and a jumpin' night and day,
she's a flower from Killarney
with a Tipperary smile,
she's the best that ever came from Erin's Isle
and I find myself
a singing all the while.

Bedelia, I want to steal ye,
Bedelia I love you so,
I'll be your Chauncey Olcott
if you'll be my Molly O'
say something sweet Bedelia
your voice I like to hear,
Oh Bedelia, elia, elia,
I've made up my mind to steal ye,
steal ye, steal ye, Bedelia dear.

Bedelia, I want to steal ye,
Bedelia I love you so,
I'll be your Chauncey Olcott
if you'll be my Molly O'
say something sweet Bedelia
your voice I like to hear,
Oh Bedelia, elia, elia,
I've made up my mind to steal ye,
steal ye, steal ye, Bedelia dear.

If you love me Bedelia
half as much as I love you,
there is nothing in this world
can ever cut our love in two,
for I'll give you all my money
on the day that we are wed,
I will cook for you
and even bake the bread
and I'll even bring your breakfast
up to bed.

Bedelia, I want to steal ye,
Bedelia I love you so,
I'll be your Chauncey Olcott
if you'll be my Molly O'
say something sweet Bedelia
your voice I like to hear,
Oh Bedelia, elia, elia,
I've made up my mind to steal ye,
steal ye, steal ye, Bedelia dear.

Bedelia, I want to steal ye,
Bedelia I love you so,
I'll be your Chauncey Olcott
if you'll be my Molly O'
say something sweet Bedelia
your voice I like to hear,
Oh Bedelia, elia, elia,
I've made up my mind to steal ye,
steal ye, steal ye, Bedelia dear.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Bedelia 1903
Music by Jean Schwartz
Lyrics by William Jerome
© 1903 by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 16 May 2006 at 10.19
in association with Doug Grierson
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