I Want A Man From The Mainland 1957 'Free As Air'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 22 Feb 2002

Why am I so restless
Why do I gaze and gaze
At a land I cannot even see?
Hoping that happiness comes to me
one of these lazy days.

I want a man from the mainland
I am wilting rather sadly
For I'm certain that another land
is the land for me.
I do want a man from the mainland
And I want him pretty badly
To remove me to the motherland
of the brave and free.
Take me away over the channel
Where nobody sleeps
In calico or flannel.
Hurry! Hurry! Oh
I do want a man from the mainland
I am pining for him madly
To escort me to that other land
far across the sea.

Here am I imploring
Nobody seems to hear
I am keen to live and keen to learn,
I want a bath with a tap I can turn,
When will my man appear?

I want a man from the mainland
Very handsome very witty
Who will pluck at mandolins with me
in a coffee bar.
I do want a man from the mainland
Spick and spansome from the city
Who will go for little spins with me
in a horseless car.
Take me away
Past the horizon
And buy me a skirt
with little hooks and eyes on.
Hurry! Hurry! Oh
I do want a man from the mainland
where the men folk are so pretty
To remove me from this plain land
To the sacred and profane land
For I'm certain that this mainland
is the land for me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Man From The Mainland 1957
Lyrics by Dorothy Reynolds & Julian Slade
Music by Julian Slade
copyright 1957 by Francis, Day & Hunter
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 22 February 2004 at 00.33
in association with Doug Grierson
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Linnit & Dundee Ltd present a musical
"Free As Air"
directed by Denis Carey
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