Don't Put A Tax On The Beautiful Girls 1919 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London Uk - 7May2014
2014

Taxes here and there
Taxes ev'rywhere
Taxes ev'ry place that they can be
tho' I'm getting by
still I can't deny
there's a tax I know would ruin me.
I wrote my Congressman a note,
I said: "If you want my vote:"

Don't put a tax on
the beautiful girls
How can I live without love?
You can tax my business
and all that I own
but have a little pity
leave my pleasure alone.
What'll I do
on a beautiful night
if I should happen to fall?
Suppose that I'm about
to kiss a beautiful maid
what if she discovers
that my tax isn't paid?
Don't put a tax
on the beautiful girls
or I won't get
any lovin' at all.

Don't put a tax on
the beautiful girls
How can I live without love?
You can tax my soda
I'll pay it some how
but don't you think
the price of chicken's
high enough now?
What'll I do
on a beautiful night
if I should happen to fall?
But if you have to put
a tax on beautiful vamps
Let me be the guy
who goes around
with the stamps,
Don't put a tax
on the beautiful girls
or I won't get
any lovin' at all.

Ev'ry cent I make
tax collectors take,
they don't leave me
with a single dime
I can get along
without wine or song
but I need the girlies
all the time.
They're not a luxury with me,
They're a great necessity.

Don't put a tax on
the beautiful girls
How can I live without love?
You can tax my business
and all that I own
but have a little pity
leave my pleasure alone.
What'll I do
on a beautiful night
if I should happen to fall?
Suppose that I'm about
to kiss a beautiful maid
what if she discovers
that my tax isn't paid?
Don't put a tax
on the beautiful girls
or I won't get
any lovin' at all.

Don't put a tax on
the beautiful girls
How can I live without love?
You can tax my soda
I'll pay it some how
but don't you think
the price of chicken's
high enough now?
What'll I do
on a beautiful night
if I should happen to fall?
But if you have to put
a tax on beautiful vamps
Let me be the guy
who goes around
with the stamps,
Don't put a tax
on the beautiful girls
or I won't get
any lovin' at all.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Don't Put A Tax On The Beautiful Girls 1919 JPitt-Payne
by Jack Yellen & Milton Ager
© MCMXIX by Leo Feist Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 7 May 2014 at 15.27
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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