Before I Met You 1918 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Jun 2006
2006

Prepare yourself to hear the worst!
I'm sorry but you're not the first
my heart to claim,
I own with shame.
I'm thankful that I have confessed,
my conscience now will be at rest.
You may forgive me
and love me just the same.

To force myself to say so,
I've had an awful tussle,
yet still the fact
I can't conceal.
I once loved Lillian Russell.

But that was before I
met you, dearie, dear.
That was before I met you.
Her image I've banished
all passion has vanished.
I think you're a million times
sweeter that Lillian.
Don't scold me
you told me to tell you the truth,
just count it was one of
the follies of youth;
I thought her a queen
when I was fourteen,
but that was before I met you.

But that was before I
met you, dearie, dear.
That was before I met you.
Her image I've banished
all passion has vanished.
I think you're a million times
sweeter that Lillian.
Don't scold me
you told me to tell you the truth,
just count it was one of
the follies of youth;
I thought her a queen
when I was fourteen,
but that was before I met you.

My pet, I know just how you feel;
for I have something to reveal,
for, dear, I too once loved like you.
I shall be happier, no doubt,
when I have let my secret out.
In days gone by dear
I idolized John Drew.

I used to hope that some day
we might become acquainted.
And when I got his autograph
I thought I should have fainted.

But that was before I
met you, dearie, dear.
That was before I met you.
His wonderful profile
made all girls you know, feel,
that nothing could cheer them
if he wasn't near them.
Romances my fancies
would weave about John!
But love seemed to wane
as the long years went on,
I thought him divine;
but then I was nine,
and that was before I met you.

But that was before I
met you, dearie, dear.
That was before I met you.
His wonderful profile
made all girls you know, feel,
that nothing could cheer them
if he wasn't near them.
Romances my fancies
would weave about John!
But love seemed to wane
as the long years went on,
I thought him divine;
but then I was nine,
and that was before I met you.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Before I Met You 1918 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse
© MCMXVIII by T.B.Harms Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 19 June 2006 at 09.52
in association with Doug Grierson
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