Fever's On 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 July 2010
2010

Bill Johnson went one night
to the church upon the hill
And listened to the good man preach and pray.
Bill had been a wicked coon
and he listened there until
He felt 'twas time to cast his sins away.
So when the parson called for souls
Bill shuffled up the aisle
And humbly at the altar there he stooped.
And Bill went home a singin'
Hallelujah all the while.
Until he spied a lonesome chicken coop.
With an agonising look
this view of things Bill took.

Oh my!
Stealin fever's on
Oh my!
I'm nearly gone
If one of them fowls should make a sound
while those feet of mine are hanging around
Next morn his feathers would be found
'cause that stealin' fevers on.

Oh my,
Melon fever's on
Oh my!
Here's where I'm gone,
If you want to save my soul tonight Lord!
You got to hide that old moon's light,
When I see melons I ain't right
'cause that melon fever's on.

No chicken moved a foot
for of Bill they all were shy,
He hurried on for fear he'd go astray,
Passed some coons a rollin' bones
gamblin' fever made him sigh
No craps for me, so long I'm on my way.
But resolutions sometimes fade,
temptations hanging 'round,
Devil comes to us just when we're doin' fine.
Old moon in all her glory
then so brightly shining down,
Exposed some melons clinging to the vine.
Bill cried as he climbed the fence:
"I can't pass up this chance!"

Oh my!
Stealin fever's on
Oh my!
I'm nearly gone
If one of them fowls should make a sound
while those feet of mine are hanging around
Next morn his feathers would be found
'cause that stealin' fevers on.

Oh my,
Melon fever's on
Oh my!
Here's where I'm gone,
If you want to save my soul tonight Lord!
You got to hide that old moon's light,
When I see melons I ain't right
'cause that melon fever's on.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Fever's On 1906
Music by George Fairman
Lyrics by Arthur Longbrake
© MCMVI by Jos.Morris - Phila, Pa.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 20 July 2010 at 16.07
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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