Don't Leave Your Wife Alone 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Nov 2006
2006

There are many married men
who lead a double life,
One they lead in cabarets,
the other with their wife.
Staying out till four,
while wifey goes to bed at ten,
looks well on the surface,
but just listen, married men.

Don't leave your wife alone,
waiting for you at home,
when you go out nights,
I'll tell you what,
maybe she's waiting home,
and maybe she's not.
While you're with Flo or May,
hunting a new Café,
she may go out with a feller,
and not drink sarsaparilla,
so don't leave your wife alone.

Don't leave your wife alone,
waiting for you at home,
when you go out nights,
I'll tell you what,
maybe she's waiting home,
and maybe she's not.
When you go out and chase
after a pretty face,
she may go and do some chasin'
with some wise brother mason,
so don't leave your wife alone.

What is good for Mister Gander's
good for Mrs. Goose,
Wives can go as fast as husbands,
once you let them loose.
Wives can paint the town,
and make their husbands look like skates,
They've got paint enough to paint
the whole United States.

Don't leave your wife alone,
waiting for you at home,
when you go out nights,
I'll tell you what,
maybe she's waiting home,
and maybe she's not.
While you're with Flo or May,
hunting a new Café,
she may go out with a feller,
and not drink sarsaparilla,
so don't leave your wife alone.

Don't leave your wife alone,
waiting for you at home,
when you go out nights,
I'll tell you what,
maybe she's waiting home,
and maybe she's not.
When you go out and chase
after a pretty face,
she may go and do some chasin'
with some wise brother mason,
so don't leave your wife alone.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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Don't Leave Your Wife Alone 1912
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© 1912 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 26 November 2006 at 7.20pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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