Chilly Con Carney 1907

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 January 2011
2011

Con Carney was an Irishman
straight ffrom Killarney's lakes,
when he came to this country
he was troubled with the shakes,
for chills and fever
was the only ailment
Con had ever had,
until he met Miss Clancy
when with love he near went mad.
Just as he started to propose
he took an awful chill,
He shook and shook until he took
a ten grain quinine pill.
He started up to go,
Miss Clancy said: "Oh no,
Don't think that you can shake a lady so."

For Chilly Con Carney
sure I'm on to you.
You may think it's awful nice,
shaking girls and shaking dice,
but Chilly Con Carney
I'll tell you what to do,
Throw away them quinine pills,
I can cure them awful chills,
I'll make it so hot for you,
I'll warm you, and when I'm thro'
You'll never be chilly, Con Carney.

Chilly Con Carney
sure I'm on to you.
You may think it's awful nice,
shaking girls and shaking dice,
but Chilly Con Carney
I'll tell you what to do,
Throw away them quinine pills,
I can cure them awful chills,
I'll make it so hot for you,
I'll warm you, and when I'm thro'
You'll never be chilly, Con Carney.

Miss Clancy married Carney,
then she tamed him like a mouse,
she said: "He's such a handy man
to have around the house,
because he shakes the rugs
he shakes the fire,
he shakes the hand of all,
but let him shake his fist at me,
he's bound to get a call.
But when he takes them
awful shakes it always makes me sob,
He shakes so much I sometimes think
perhaps he'll shake his job.
it cuts me like a knife,
but you can bet your life,
He can't shake hard enough
to shake his wife.

For Chilly Con Carney
sure I'm on to you.
You may think it's awful nice,
shaking girls and shaking dice,
but Chilly Con Carney
I'll tell you what to do,
Throw away them quinine pills,
I can cure them awful chills,
I'll make it so hot for you,
I'll warm you, and when I'm thro'
You'll never be chilly, Con Carney.

Chilly Con Carney
sure I'm on to you.
You may think it's awful nice,
shaking girls and shaking dice,
but Chilly Con Carney
I'll tell you what to do,
Throw away them quinine pills,
I can cure them awful chills,
I'll make it so hot for you,
I'll warm you, and when I'm thro'
You'll never be chilly, Con Carney.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Chilly Con Carney 1907
Music by Anna Payson Caldwell
Lyrics by William J.Burke
© MCMVII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 31 January 2011 at 14.34
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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