Enuff 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Jun 2008
2008

Some people do not seem to know
the meaning of the word "enuff"
And, because they lack
this intellectuality,
They frequently get handled ruff.
I remember, very plainly,
when I was a boy
I got into a fearful fight,
Never knew a white man's hands
could move so fast,
and I got trimmed, trimmed right!
My eyes were closed
broken nose,
my face was just all head
when the stars went out
and the sun came back
I very meekly said:

Dat's enuff sooficient!
Dat's all dat's all, I need.
I ain't no pig for punishment
and I'm beat, I'll concede.
I might take another right or leff,
but losin' a decision ain't as bad as deff
so I'm done! I've ceased!
I'm finished! Dat's enuff for me!

Dat's enuff sooficient!
My love for you am dead.
I ain't so strong for frying pans
Jess a bouncin' off my head,
we might get along for 'nother while,
Den you'd go out and get a gat and pop dis chile
so I'm done! I've ceased!
I'm finished! Dat's enuff for me!

When I was young, I married twice
a coloured peach named Lily Rhyme,
I got divorced 'cause of
her neglect and cruelty.
Then married her the second time.
For a while, good people,
we were robins in a nest,
then 'nother battle came along.
In the mouth I got a frying pan
that busted up my robin's song.
We split right there
but in a week she called on me and sighed:
"Honey please come back to Lily,"
but in cold blood I replied:

Dat's enuff sooficient!
Dat's all dat's all, I need.
I ain't no pig for punishment
and I'm beat, I'll concede.
I might take another right or leff,
but losin' a decision ain't as bad as deff
so I'm done! I've ceased!
I'm finished! Dat's enuff for me!

Dat's enuff sooficient!
My love for you am dead.
I ain't so strong for frying pans
Jess a bouncin' off my head,
we might get along for 'nother while,
Den you'd go out and get a gat and pop dis chile
so I'm done! I've ceased!
I'm finished! Dat's enuff for me!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Enuff 1911
Music by R.H.Bassett
Lyrics by W.J.Jacobs
© MCMXI by Jerome H.Remick & Co - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 20 June 2008 at 13.43
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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