Chirp-Chirp! 1928 "That's A Good Girl"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 8 Oct 2007
2007

When Spring puts on her gay apparel,
what is it the song birds carol
neatly, so sweetly, tweettweetly?
Throughout the town with all its blasting,
it's a message they're broadcasting,
pitter, flitflitter, twittwitter!
The music of the air they're all usurping,
this is what they're saying
when they're chirping;

Chirp! Chirp! Get together,
it's the weather meant for love!
Chirp! Chirp! get right in it,
say the linnet and the dove.
It's the mating season
for amorous birds;
you'll be held for treason
if you don't capture lover's rapture.
Chirp! Chirp! why be single?
There's a tingle when you coo!
Chirp! Chirp! People who coo
may be coocoo, still they do.
We are little wise birds
who always have found
Chirp chirping makes the world go 'round.

Chirp! Chirp! Get together,
it's the weather meant for love!
Chirp! Chirp! get right in it,
say the linnet and the dove.
It's the mating season
for amorous birds;
you'll be held for treason
if you don't capture lover's rapture.
Chirp! Chirp! why be single?
There's a tingle when you coo!
Chirp! Chirp! People who coo
may be coocoo, still they do.
We are little wise birds
who always have found
Chirp chirping makes the world go 'round.

Though birds can hold their own at trilling,
man and maid are just as willing,
springtime, means flingtime, p'raps ringtime.
And that's why men with anxious faces
search the land for likely places,
seeming halfdreaming with scheming.
They're planning out a nest for some sweet girlie,
where the little birds sing good and early.

Chirp! Chirp! Get together,
it's the weather meant for love!
Chirp! Chirp! get right in it,
say the linnet and the dove.
It's the mating season
for amorous birds;
you'll be held for treason
if you don't capture lover's rapture.
Chirp! Chirp! why be single?
There's a tingle when you coo!
Chirp! Chirp! People who coo
may be coocoo, still they do.
We are little wise birds
who always have found
Chirp chirping makes the world go 'round.

Chirp! Chirp! Get together,
it's the weather meant for love!
Chirp! Chirp! get right in it,
say the linnet and the dove.
It's the mating season
for amorous birds;
you'll be held for treason
if you don't capture lover's rapture.
Chirp! Chirp! why be single?
There's a tingle when you coo!
Chirp! Chirp! People who coo
may be coocoo, still they do.
We are little wise birds
who always have found
Chirp chirping makes the world go 'round.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Chirp-Chirp! 1928
from "That's A Good Girl"
a new musical play with Jack Buchanan
Music by Joseph Meyer & Philip Charig
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
© MCMXXVIII by Harms Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 8 October 2007 at 4.15pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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