Floretta 1903 'Babes In Toyland'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 04 Mar 2004

I am a Romany Rye
a timorous sprite of the wildwood.
I dabble in magic
both comic and tragic
a witch I have been from my childhood.

Great is my mystical might
The blizzard and avalanche mind me,
I'm likewise a voodoo
at casting a hoodoo
a qualified artist you'll find me.

Floretta, Floretta the gypsy am I,
The past or the future to tell you I'll try,
your fortune I'll read
from your palm at a glance,
Pray notice I also collect in advance,
Floretta, Floretta the gypsy am I,
the past or the future to tell you I'll try,
your fortune I'll read
from your palm at a glance
pray notice I also collect in advance!

Are you unhappy in love?
And does she presume to ignore you?
I'll give you a philtre
which quickly will wilt her
and cause her to madly adore you,

If to be painfully rich
you find yourself ready and willing,
you may acquire millions
or billions and trillions
by buying this charm for a shilling.

Floretta, Floretta the gypsy am I,
The past or the future to tell you I'll try,
your fortune I'll read
from your palm at a glance,
Pray notice I also collect in advance,
Floretta, Floretta the gypsy am I,
the past or the future to tell you I'll try,
your fortune I'll read
from your palm at a glance
pray notice I also collect in advance!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Floretta 1903
Lyrics by Glen MacDonough
Music by Victor Herbert
© MCMIII by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 04 March 2004 at 23.13
in associatioin with Doug Grierson
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Hamlin & Mitchell's Stupendous Extravaganza
as Produced at the Grand Opera House, Chicago
"Babes in Toy Land."
Music by Victor Herbert. Book and Lyrics by Glen MacDonough.
Glen MacDonough Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1903
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