Howdy How'd You Do 1909 "The Golden Widow"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 31 Jul 2007
2007

[Girls:] Ahem!

[Boy:] I don't know whether I am blest
with strong hypnotic power,
or is it only accident
that just about this hour,
I meet these self same little girls
at just this spot each day,

[Girls:] Howdy, how do you do?
How do you do?
[Boy:] who smile as they are smiling now
and nod at me and say,
[Girls:] Howdy, how do you do?
How do you do?
[Boy:] as a matter of fact
I can't recall
when we happen to have met
in the Spring or Fall,

[Girls:] September
Remember
[Boy:] Of course it was
how silly to forget,
just fancy my forgetting that we met,
there's no one in the whole wide world
I'd sooner see than you,
Howdy, how do you do?
How do you do?

[Girls:] I hope you're feeling
quite as well as I do, too,
you might as well say,
Howdy, how do you do, how do you do?
[Boy:] No matter where it is you meet them
that's the way to greet them
with a
[Together:] Howdy, how do you do,
how do you do?

[Girls:] Ahem!

[Boy:] Of course there are a few
who won't believe me
when I say, it isn't by appointment
that I meet them here each day,
In fact it grows embarrassing
and sometimes "Hello Jack!"

[Girls:] Howdy, how do you do?
How do you do?
[Boy:] I thought you were in gay Paree
why when did you get back?
[Girls:] Howdy, how do you do?
How do you do?
[Boy:] as a matter of fact
I can't recall
when he happen to have met
in the Spring or Fall,

[Girls:] November
Remember
[Boy:] Of course it was
how silly to forget,
just fancy my forgetting that we met,
there's no one in the whole wide world
I'd sooner see than you,
Howdy, how do you do?
How do you do?

[Girls:] I hope you're feeling
quite as well as I do, too,
you might as well say,
Howdy, how do you do, how do you do?
[Boy:] No matter where it is you meet them
that's the way to greet them
with a
[Together:] Howdy, how do you do,
how do you do?

[Girls:] Ahem!

[Boy:] You see it's just a habit
for there's no one there I know,
I merely wished to clear myself
and at the same time show,
how easily in trouble
innocent young men may get,

[Girls:] Howdy, how do you do?
How do you do?
[Boy:] Who do not know the methods
of the How d'ye do sextette.
[Girls:] Howdy, how do you do?
How do you do?
[Boy:] as a matter of fact
I can't recall
when he happen to have met
in the Spring or Fall,

[Girls:] December
Remember
[Boy:] Of course it was
how silly to forget,
just fancy my forgetting that we met,
there's no one in the whole wide world
I'd sooner see than you,
Howdy, how do you do?
How do you do?

[Girls:] I hope you're feeling
quite as well as I do, too,
you might as well say,
Howdy, how do you do, how do you do?
[Boy:] No matter where it is you meet them
that's the way to greet them
with a
[Together:] Howdy, how do you do,
how do you do?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Howdy How'd You Do 1909
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by M.E.Rourke
© MCMIX by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
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Sam S. & Lee Shubert's Musical Comedy Success
"The Golden Widow"
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 31 July 2007 at 9.48am
in association with Doug Grierson
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