He Wooed Her 1935 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12Jan2014
2014

He was a lad in his twenties
she was a girl in her teens
the time it was when
there was Spring in the air
and ev'ryone knows what that means.
Without any doubt he decided
that she was the one in his life,
so he knelt on his right knee
and twisted his left
and asked her if she'd be his wife.

So he wooed her and wooed her
and wooed her,
she wouldn't say "yes"
there and then,
cos her Mother had said
she was much too young
so he wooed her and wooed her again.

He was a lad in his thirties
she in her twenty third year
he still loved the girl
but she still answered: "No."
so he dropp'd a strong silent tear.
And when he was passing his forties
she said: "I want you for my own."
but t'would break Mother's heart
now if we were to wed
as she'd hate to be left alone.

So he wooed her and wooed her
and wooed her,
she wouldn't say "yes"
there and then,
cos her Mother had said
she was much too young
so he wooed her and wooed her again.

He was a lad in his sixties
She was about fifty three
and he was still crazy to wed
but her Ma still warbled:
"The Isle of Capri."
And when he had grown to the eighties,
he told her that he'd done his best
and although he'd been faithful
for sixty nine years
he was only a man like the rest...

So he wooed her and wooed her
and wooed her,
she wouldn't say "yes"
there and then,
cos her Mother had said
she was much too young
so he wooed her and wooed her again.

He was a hundred and twenty
she about hundred and four
and he had entirely given up hope
till her Ma went and married once more.
At last the girl said she would wed him
and though it may sound very weird,
for the poor stork had waited
for so many years
that it flew down the flue
with a beard.

So he wooed her and wooed her
and wooed her
The wooing had gone to his brain
and he had to lay off for a year or two
before he could woo her again.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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He Wooed Her 1935 JPitt-Payne
by Cecil Harrington & Jack Lupus
© MCMXXXV by The Peter Maurice Music Co.Ltd.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 12 January 2014 at 16.26
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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