Hannibal 1909

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Mar 2009
2009

There was a coon in Tennessee
who was as lazy as he could be,
and the hardest work he'd do
was when at meals.
When he was asked how he got by,
said with a twinkle in his eye:
"Indigestion is the only thing I feels,
I never under sleep,
in fact I always seem to oversleep,
and when the moon does peep,
out from my bed I creep,
and hunt for bread and meat.
Oh what a lazy life!
I'm awful glad I got a healthy wife,
One that can wash for me,
chuck squash for me and say:

Hannibal, canniball,
Hannibal
you're a carnivorous animal,
living on honey
never got money,
dodging the sunbeams all day.
But if you ever should lose your pull,
you'll find the diff'rence
'tween empty and full,
but if you ever slip,
you surely have to eat your liver lip,
Oh my! my Hannibal
you cannibal, beware!

Hannibal, canniball,
Hannibal
you're a carnivorous animal,
living on honey
never got money,
dodging the sunbeams all day.
But if you ever should lose your pull,
you'll find the diff'rence
'tween empty and full,
but if you ever slip,
you surely have to eat your liver lip,
Oh my! my Hannibal
you cannibal, beware!

A fortune teller came that way
and told that coon to never stray,
for if he did,
he'd surely whistle "Home Sweet Home."
Alas for this poor foolish lad,
he got a feeling mighty bad,
that around this hemisphere
he'd have to roam.
Alas! His foolish mind,
no ham and egg trees did he ever find,
there was no turkey rare,
not even bones to spare,
Oh how that coon did fare!
And since he's walked the track,
a reg'lar ham has grown up on his back,
And when he wanders in
chuck full of gin, he'll hear:

Hannibal, canniball,
Hannibal
you're a carnivorous animal,
living on honey
never got money,
dodging the sunbeams all day.
But if you ever should lose your pull,
you'll find the diff'rence
'tween empty and full,
but if you ever slip,
you surely have to eat your liver lip,
Oh my! my Hannibal
you cannibal, beware!

Hannibal, canniball,
Hannibal
you're a carnivorous animal,
living on honey
never got money,
dodging the sunbeams all day.
But if you ever should lose your pull,
you'll find the diff'rence
'tween empty and full,
but if you ever slip,
you surely have to eat your liver lip,
Oh my! my Hannibal
you cannibal, beware!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Hannibal 1909
by Bert Noble
© MCMIX by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 28 March 2009 at 22.29
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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