Brotherly Love 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12 Feb 2009
2009

I joined a secret society
dar's no use to mention any names,
dey said I'd make a good candidate
and den dey all started wid de game,
Dey brought out a big thick feather bed,
dey tied it around my eyes,
I heard a voice say
let her go be careful
don't lose dis precious prize,
Den all at once my feet
left de floor
dey pulled me way up high
and down I fell,
when I got real mad
dey pulled me up again
dey all laughed
and den began to yell.

Oh my dat's Brotherly Love
great lights are shining way up above,
we try to show and want you to know
just what we think of you
'fore you go
Oh my dat's Brotherly Love
when you are down
we give you a shove
you may have a doubt
but stand up and shout
Oh my dat's Brotherly love.

I never felt so dizzy before,
I seemed to be wrong up in my head,
I thought I saw all kinds of reptiles
and hundreds of demons painted red,
den someone yelled out
bring on de goat,
he must get the golden rule,
I felt something hit me forty times,
I'm sure dat de goat was Maud de Mule,
Dey placed me at a table all sit,
wid Possum Spring Chicken
Quail and wine,
when dey strapped my jaws,
and tied my hands and feet
I heer'd every bodies voice but mine.

Oh my dat's Brotherly Love
great lights are shining way up above,
we try to show and want you to know
just what we think of you
'fore you go
Oh my dat's Brotherly Love
when you are down
we give you a shove
We may break your arm
but mean you no harm
Oh my dat's Brotherly love.

Dey made me eat a whole bar of soap
and swallow a busy Bumble Bee,
dey held raw onions ober my eyes
and tobasco sauce I drank like tea,
dey filled both my shoes with bacon grease
my pockets were filled wid tar,
dey put some fly paper on my head,
den jammed it into a pickle jar,
Dey made me turn my face to de wall,
my nose pressed against a carpet tack,
dey told me to sing,
as loud as I could yell,
while dey poured mollasses down my back.

Oh my dat's Brotherly Love
great lights are shining way up above,
we try to show and want you to know
just what we think of you
'fore you go
Oh my dat's Brotherly Love
when you are down
we give you a shove
If you disappear
you must have no fear
Oh my dat's Brotherly love.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Brotherly Love 1906
by Neil O'Brien
© MCMVI by Lew Dockstader Pub.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 12 February 2009 at 15.20
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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