I'd Like It [Ameer and Chorus] 1899 'The Ameer'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 Mar 2004

[Ameer:] If you've got a busy rabbit's foot
or any kind of charm. I'd like it
[Chorus:] He'd like it.
[Ameer:] That will keep away a creditor
or fill him with alarm, I'd like it:
[Chorus:] He'd like it.
[Ameer:] I'm always spilling salt
or else I break a looking glass;
each time I go out for a walk
I under ladders pass;
If you've got a lucky horseshoe
that will fit a perfect ass
I'd like it.
[Chorus:] He'd like it:

[Ameer:] For I am a human Hoodoo,
I'm a walking museum of queers.
And nothing that's good
would occur if it could
to me in a thousand years.
[Chorus:] For he is a human Hoodoo.
He's a walking museum of queers;
[Ameer:] And nothing that's good
would occur, if it could
[Chorus:] To him in a thousand years.

[Dance:]

[Ameer:] If the whale
that swallowed Jonah
has another vacant place,
I'd like it.
[Chorus:] He'd like it.
[Ameer:] If you ever find a mascot
that you think would fit my case.
I'd like it
[Chorus:] He'd like it.
[Ameer:] For ev'ry kind of trouble
I've a room or two to let;
My bills have run so long
at last they've run me into debt;
If you ever give a medal
for the biggest Hoodoo yet.
I'd like it.
[Chorus:] He'd like it:

[Ameer:] For I am a human Hoodoo,
I'm a walking museum of queers.
And nothing that's good
would occur if it could
to me in a thousand years.
[Chorus:] For he is a human Hoodoo.
He's a walking museum of queers;
[Ameer:] And nothing that's good
would occur, if it could
[Chorus:] To him in a thousand years.

[Dance:]

[Ameer:] If the European critics
would stop lecturing the stage,
I'd like it.
[Chorus:] He'd like it.
[Ameer:] Or the humorists stop joking
of the ballet ladies' age. I'd like it.
[Chorus:] He'd like it.
[Ameer:] When the Rivals is decided
to have fully seen its day:
When good old Rip Van Winkle
has been safely laid away;
If the Dean of our profession
would produce another play.
I'd like it;
[Chorus:] He'd like it.

[Ameer:] For I am a human Hoodoo,
I'm a walking museum of queers.
And nothing that's good
would occur if it could
to me in a thousand years.
[Chorus:] For he is a human Hoodoo.
He's a walking museum of queers;
[Ameer:] And nothing that's good
would occur, if it could
[Chorus:] To him in a thousand years.

[Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I'd Like It 1899
Lyrics by Frederic Ranken and Kirke La Shelle
Music by Voictor Herbert
© MDCCCXIX by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 23 March 2004 at 15.41
in association with Doug Grierson
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As Produced by the Frank Daniels Opera Company
at Wallack's Theatre, New York
"The Ameer" - The New Comic Opera Success in Three Acts
Entrance and Song. I'd Like It. (Ameer and Chorus).
Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Frederic Ranken and Kirke La Shelle.
Frederic Ranken Kirke - La Shelle Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons
1899
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