I Like It 1921

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Oct 2006
2006

Mary Greene, seventeen,
Mother's only child;
Mother's cross just because
Mary's running wild.
Sits and spoons afternoons
with the boy next door,
Mother cries: "You mustn't do it,"
and Mary starts to roar.

I'm gonna do it
if I like it
and I like it,
I'll let him hold me
tho' you scold me
when I'm through.
I hate to make Mother and Dad
so terribly mad
but there are times
when it's good to be bad.
I'm gonna hold hands
if I like it
and I like it
a little squeezing
is so pleasing
when you're blue,
and since the boy next door
first realised
I'd let him kiss me
well you'd be surprised,
I'm gonna do it
if I like it
and I do.

I'm gonna do it
if I like it
and I like it,
I'll let him hold me
tho' you scold me
when I'm through.
I hate to make Mother and Dad
so terribly mad
but there are times
when it's good to be bad.
I'm gonna hold hands
if I like it
and I like it
a little squeezing
is so pleasing
when you're blue,
and since the boy next door
first realised
I'd let him kiss me
well you'd be surprised,
I'm gonna do it
if I like it
and I do.

Mary's beau worries so
more and more each day
Mary flirts and it hurts
more than he can say.
She enjoys vamping boys
with her roguish eyes.
When her beau says: "Please don't do it,"
she looks at him and cries:

I'm gonna do it
if I like it
and I like it,
I'll let him hold me
tho' you scold me
when I'm through.
I hate to make Mother and Dad
so terribly mad
but there are times
when it's good to be bad.
I'm gonna hold hands
if I like it
and I like it
a little squeezing
is so pleasing
when you're blue,
and since the boy next door
first realised
I'd let him kiss me
well you'd be surprised,
I'm gonna do it
if I like it
and I do.

I'm gonna do it
if I like it
and I like it,
I'll let him hold me
tho' you scold me
when I'm through.
I hate to make Mother and Dad
so terribly mad
but there are times
when it's good to be bad.
I'm gonna hold hands
if I like it
and I like it
a little squeezing
is so pleasing
when you're blue,
and since the boy next door
first realised
I'd let him kiss me
well you'd be surprised,
I'm gonna do it
if I like it
and I do.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
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I Like It 1921
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© MCMXXI by Irving Berlin Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 16 October 2006 at 9.58am
in association with Doug Grierson
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