Cleopatterer 1917 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 June 2008
2008

In days of old
beside the Nile
a famous Queen there dwelt,
her clothes were few,
but full of style,
her figure slim and svelt,
On ev'ry man that wandered by
she pulled the Theda Bara eye,
and ev'ryone observed with awe,
That her work was swift,
but never raw.

I'd be like Cleopatterer
If I could have my way.
Each man she met she went and kissed
and she'd dozens on her waiting list.
I wish that I had lived there,
beside the Pyramid,
For a girl today
don't get the scope
that Cleopatterer did.

And when she tired,
as girls will do,
of Bill or Jack or Jim,
The time had come,
his friends all knew,
to say goodbye to him.
She couldn't stand by any means,
reproachful, stormy, farewell scenes,
to such coarse stuff she would not stoop,
so she just put poison in his soup.

When out with Cleopatterer
Men always made their wills,
they knew there was no time to waste
when the gumbo had that funny taste.
They'd take her hand and squeeze it.
They'd murmur: "Oh, you kid!"
But they never liked to start to feed
till Cleopatterer did.

She danced new dances
now and then,
The sort that make you blush.
Each time she did them,
scores of men
got injured in the rush.
They'd stand there, gaping,
in a line
and watch her agitate her spine.
it simply used to knock them flat
when she went like this
and then like that.

At dancing, Cleopatterer
was always on the spot.
She gave those poor Egyptian ginks
something else to watch besides the Sphinx.
Mark Antony admitted
that what first made him skid
was the wibbly, wobbly,
wiggly dance that Cleopatterer did.

[Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Cleopatterer 1917 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by P.G.Wodehouse
© 1917 by T.B.Harms Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, UK
on Monday 30 June 2008 at 13.26
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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