I Cain't Say No 1943 Oklahoma

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 13 Jan 2003

It ain't so much a question
of not knowing what to do.
I knowed whut's right and wrong
since I been ten.
I heared a lot of stories
and I reckon they are true
About how girls're put upon by men.
I know I mustn't fall into the pit,
But when I'm with a feller, I fergit!
I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,
I'm in a turrible fix
I always say: "come on, le's go,"
Jist when I orta say nix!
When a person tries to kiss a girl,
I know she orta give his face a smack.
But as soon as someone kisses me,
I somehow, sorta,
wanta kiss him back!
I'm jist a fool when lights are low
I cain't be prissy and quaint
I ain't the type that can faint
How c'n I be whut I ain't?
I cain't say no!

Whut you goin' to do
when a feller gits flirty,
and starts to talk purty?
Whut you goin' to do?
S'posin' 'at he says
'at yer lips're like cherries,
er roses, er berries?
Whut you goin' to do?
S'posin' 'at he says
'at you're sweeter 'n cream,
And he's gotta have cream er die?
Whut you goin' to do
when he talks that way,
Spit in his eye?

I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,
Cain't seem to say it at all
I hate to disserpoint a beau
When he is payin' a call!
Fer a while I ack refined and cool,
A settin on the velveteen settee
Nen I think of thet ol' golden rule,
And do fer him what he would do fer me!
I cain't resist a Romeo
In a sombrero and chaps
Soon as I sit on their laps
Somethin' inside of me snaps
I cain't say no!

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I Cain't Say No 1943 Oklahoma
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
copyright MCMXLIII by Williamson Music Inc. New York
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Monday 13 January 2003 at 17.54
in association with Doug Grierson
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