Florabella 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 May 2010
2010

I can't believe each boy I meet
desires to kneel right at my feet,
But still there's something gone amiss
when ev'ry boy will cry like this
"O Florabella"
All the roses of the south
just seem to linger near your mouth.
Won't you invent a cure
to stop my temprature
from thumpin' bumpin' jumpin'
when you're near.

Florabelle,
take me along with you,
Florabelle,
You know I'm strong for you,
Florabelle,
Why I'd go wrong for you,
when you make them wand'ring eyes.
When I start
to reach your lips so sweet,
then my heart
it starts to skip a beat,
all my life I would pay
just to rent for a day
any part of your heart,
Florabelle

Florabelle,
take me along with you,
Florabelle,
You know I'm strong for you,
Florabelle,
Why I'd go wrong for you,
when you make them wand'ring eyes.
When I start
to reach your lips so sweet,
then my heart
it starts to skip a beat,
all my life I would pay
just to rent for a day
any part of your heart,
Florabelle..

They order dinner then they're hurt
unless they've kisses for dessert.
They'll eat up all that's in the place
and then they try to eat my face
"O Florabella"
When I reach my home at night
there's sev'ral dozen still in sight.
And when at last I've said:
"Boys I must go to sleep,"
it's really compromising
when they shout.

Florabelle,
take me along with you,
Florabelle,
You know I'm strong for you,
Florabelle,
Why I'd go wrong for you,
when you make them wand'ring eyes.
When I start
to reach your lips so sweet,
then my heart
it starts to skip a beat,
all my life I would pay
just to rent for a day
any part of your heart,
Florabelle

Florabelle,
take me along with you,
Florabelle,
You know I'm strong for you,
Florabelle,
Why I'd go wrong for you,
when you make them wand'ring eyes.
When I start
to reach your lips so sweet,
then my heart
it starts to skip a beat,
all my life I would pay
just to rent for a day
any part of your heart,
Florabelle....

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Florabella 1916
from "Florabella"
Music by Milton E.Schwarzwald
Lyrics by Earl Carroll
© MCMXVI by Leo Feist Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, london UK
on Sunday 30 May 2010 at 16.07
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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