By Heck 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Apr 2007
2007

Old Josh
who came to town from Oskaloosa
to sell
his oldest milking brindle cow,
said he:
"Now she's a reg'lar lallapaloosa
Betch yer forty dollars
she will fetch ten beans
By Heck!
Thsi is a rattling lively city,
By Gosh!
just look at all those 'lectric cars,
By Gum!
it surely is a doggone pity,
didn't put a half a dollar in my jeans."

Oh! what a town
makes me feel just like a clown
here I'm walking up and down
with a cow
By Heck! Wow!
I'm some darn fool
I'm a devil as a rule,
guess I'll swap 'er for a mule,
my jewel, it's cruel,
By Heck!
Oh! what a town,
makes me feel just like a clown,
Here I'm walking up and down,
and a cow
by Heck! Wow!
I'm some darn fool
I'm a devil as a rule
Guess I'll swap 'er for a mule
my jewel
it's cruel
By Heck! Wow!

Josh went
into a place that they call "Rector"
The girls wore dresses mostly cut away,
A boy stood at the door
and called him "Hector"
said: "I'll take your hat and coat, sir,
if I may,"
By Heck!
that stirred the blood in Uncle Josh way,
said he: I'm not as foolish as I look,
By Gosh!
my brother used to be a burglar,
knew it in a minute that you was a crook."

Oh! what a town
makes me feel just like a clown
here I'm walking up and down
with a cow
By Heck! Wow!
I'm some darn fool
I'm a devil as a rule,
guess I'll swap 'er for a mule,
my jewel, it's cruel,
By Heck!
Oh! what a town,
makes me feel just like a clown,
Here I'm walking up and down,
and a cow
by Heck! Wow!
I'm some darn fool
I'm a devil as a rule
Guess I'll swap 'er for a mule
my jewel
it's cruel
By Heck! Wow!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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By Heck 1915
Music by S.R.Henry
Lyrics by L.Wolfe Gilbert
© MCMXV by Jos.W.Stern & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 18 April 2007 at 10.34am
in association with Doug Grierson
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