Fairy Tales 1897 'The Idol's Eye'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Sep 2004

You know the yarn of PussInBoots,
Of Jack who climbed the beanstalk shoots,
Of Orpheus, who charmed the brutes;
all popular fairy tales.
There are BoPeep and Riding Hood,
likewise the Babies in the Wood,
and Jack who 'gainst the giant stood,
all favorite fairy tales.

Fairy Tales, fairy tales,
we hear them every day,
List! for a while, with pitying smile,
then wink, and walk away.
Pharaoh's fair daughter said she found
Moses in the pond halfdrowned
Fairy Tales, Fairy tales
'Tis only a fairy tale.

[Dance:]

A girl's complexion fair, you guess,
is all her own. Well, more or less,
It "comes and goes"? In boxes, yes.
'Tis only a fairy tale.
A dark girl says she will be fair.
If you hint "bleached"
she says: "You dare!"
She'll fib, and never turn a hair,
It's only a fairy tale.

Fairy Tales, fairy tales,
we hear them every day,
List! for a while, with pitying smile,
then wink, and walk away.
When e'er a lady, fair and fat,
says: "Peroxide! What is that?"

Fairy Tales, Fairy tales
'Tis only a fairy tale.

[Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Fairy Tales 1897
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
© 1897 by Edward Schuberth & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 15 September 2004 at 11.02
in association with Doug Grierson
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"The Idol's Eye" -  Comic Opera in Three Acts.
As Performed by the Frank Daniels Comic Opera Company
Music by Victor Herbert. Libretto by Harry B. Smith.
Harry B. Smith Publication: New York: Edward Schuberth & Co., 1897
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