I Don't Like A Search-Light 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1 February 2011
2011

A summer's night,
it's my delight,
to stroll the sandy shore,
Where lovers roam,
beside the foam,
and ocean billows roar,
with just the moon
to watch you spoon
with some sweet girl you're dreaming,
But soon you're caught,
for you forgot
the man with the searchlight beaming.

I don't like a searchlight
when I want to spoon,
I don't care for any light
but good old Mister Moon,
Moonlight's so effective,
Searchlight's a detective,
Take away the searchlight
turn on the Moooo oooooooooon
I want to spooooooooooooon
Now really,

I don't like a searchlight
when I want to spoon,
I don't care for any light
but good old Mister Moon,
Moonlight's so effective,
Searchlight's a detective,
Take away the searchlight
turn on the Moon.

With some sweet Miss,
who loves to kiss,
a corner dark you seek,
It's up to you,
to print a few,
sweet kisses on her cheek;
But you don't care
you know it's there,
there's lots of time for wooing.
Just then the searchlight comes along
and so there is nothing doing.

I don't like a searchlight
when I want to spoon,
I don't care for any light
but good old Mister Moon,
Moonlight's so effective,
Searchlight's a detective,
Take away the searchlight
turn on the Moooo oooooooooon
I want to spooooooooooooon
Now really,

I don't like a searchlight
when I want to spoon,
I don't care for any light
but good old Mister Moon,
Moonlight's so effective,
Searchlight's a detective,
Take away the searchlight
turn on the Moon.

The ocean side
where rolls the tide,
is just the proper place,
To work a charm,
and let your arm,
serenely "go to waist"
But when you'd woo
the girlie who,
sets all your senses dizzy,
it means that you,
had best "skidoo"
when the searchlight man gets busy.

I don't like a searchlight
when I want to spoon,
I don't care for any light
but good old Mister Moon,
Moonlight's so effective,
Searchlight's a detective,
Take away the searchlight
turn on the Moooo oooooooooon
I want to spooooooooooooon
Now really,

I don't like a searchlight
when I want to spoon,
I don't care for any light
but good old Mister Moon,
Moonlight's so effective,
Searchlight's a detective,
Take away the searchlight
turn on the Moon.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Don't Like A Search-Light 1906
Music by Anna Caldwell
Lyrics by Arthur Gillespie & James O'Dea
© MCMVI by Jos.W.Stern & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 1 February 2011 at 17.37
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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