Go While the Goin' Is Good 1906 'The Red Mill'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Feb 2004

Big Jim was a sportin' individual,
a regular gamblin' man!
And if you played with him
he did you all as only a gambler can.
'Cuz Jim he always got the money
on a system that he played;
His explanation may be funny,
but I'll tell you what he said.
You'll always have the price
if you take his advice!

Always go while the goin' is good,
don't wait to even say adoo!
For if you stay there is only one way,
they're bound to put a crimp in you.
That a gamblin' gent
has a large percent is a fact
that is understood!
So cash right in just the minute you win
and go while the goin' is good.

Big Jim, he cherished a conviction,
he could beat the market too!
Right here he found it was a fiction
and his system would hardly do.
He won at first,
but when at last he got
to gamblin' mighty bold,
they took it off of him so fast
he could feel himself catching cold.
He might have had the price
by taking his advice!

Always go while the goin' is good,
don't wait to even say adoo!
For if you stay there is only one way,
they're bound to put a crimp in you.
That a gamblin' gent
has a large percent is a fact
that is understood!
So cash right in just the minute you win
and go while the goin' is good.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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Go While The Goin' Is Good 1906
Lyrics by Henry Blossom
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMVI by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 18 February 2004 at 08.28
in association with Doug Grierson
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David Montgomery and Fred A. Stone in Chas. Dillingham's Production
"The Red Mill"
Music by Victor Herbert. Book & Lyrics by Henry Blossom.
Henry Blossom Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1906.
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