Bohemia 1912 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London - 23 Jun 2006
2006

In folly and flirtation,
I've a reputation,
ev'rybody knows Praline.
In all the gay cafés I'm seen,
Among the students I'm a queen!
I am a fav'rite daughter,
of the Latin Quarter;
Where good fellows laugh at care,
the Tarbarin entrancing
knows me for my dancing,
ev'ry night you'll find me there,
in that Bohemia,
the people praise in novels and in plays.

Oh it's a very jolly place,
if you can stand the pace,
Bohemia
While you have a lot of money
you have lots of fun,
if you will answer to a touch,
you'll like it very much,
Bohemia.
And the motto there is:
"All for one, and I'm that one!"

Bohemians who borrow,
say they'll pay tomorrow,
but tomorrow never comes,
so you may sit and twirl your thumbs,
while waiting for those little sums.
The friends who gaily toast you,
turn around and roast you!
Soon as you are out of view,
there no one's ever jealous,
so the novels tell us,
but I haven't found it true,
oh that Bohemia,
is just a trap,
it is not on the map.

Oh it's a very jolly place,
if you can stand the pace,
Bohemia
While you have a lot of money
you have lots of fun,
if you will answer to a touch,
you'll like it very much,
Bohemia.
And the motto there is:
"All for one, and I'm that one!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Bohemia 1912 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Robert S.Smith
© MCMXII by T.B.Harms & Francsi, Day & Hunter
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 23 June 2006 at 11.42
in association with Doug Grierson
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