I'd Rather Go To Jail 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 4 August 2012
2012

I used to have a brother Ned,
got married to a skirt,
her eyes were green
and her hair was red,
She had a face that hurt.
Ned said: "She has a sister, Sue,
who'd make a lovely bride,
she looks just like my wifey too."
Then quickly I replied:

I'd rather go to jail, boy,
I'd rather go to jail!
I'd rather stay there,
spend night and day there,
nobody on my bail;
I know it is confining,
and it makes you rather pale,
but a face like that
in a four room flat,
I'd rather go to jail!

I'd rather go to jail, judge,
I'd rather go to jail!
I'd rather stay there,
spend night and day there,
nobody on my bail;
I know it is confining,
and it makes you rather pale,
but to face one wife
with a carving knife,
I'd rather go to jail!

One night my brother went home late,
His wifey wore a grin,
she hit him with a dinner plate,
And then the cops came in.
The judge said: "You're a naughty man
to act so to your bride,
so kiss her and go home again."
But sadly Ned replied:

I'd rather go to jail, boy,
I'd rather go to jail!
I'd rather stay there,
spend night and day there,
nobody on my bail;
I know it is confining,
and it makes you rather pale,
but a face like that
in a four room flat,
I'd rather go to jail!

I'd rather go to jail, judge,
I'd rather go to jail!
I'd rather stay there,
spend night and day there,
nobody on my bail;
I know it is confining,
and it makes you rather pale,
but to face one wife
with a carving knife,
I'd rather go to jail!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I'd Rather Go To Jail 1911
from "Let George Do It"
Music by Nat D.Ayer
Lyrics by Paul West
© MCMXI by Jerome H.Remick & Co. New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 4 August 2012 at 17.23
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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