If It's A Lady Thumbs Up! 1914 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1Jan2014
2014

What to do and what to say
all depends today
on circumstances,
the fact you cannot shirk;
In a motor bus you ride,
Find a seat inside,
but some are standing
when the motor gives a jerk
and on your knee
there drops a person
you don't even know
well, if that person is a man
you feel annoyed
but oh,

If it's a Lady, thumbs up!
If it's a lady, Thumbs up!
Don't start kicking up a row,
kicking up a row
just say: "Wow! Wow!"
If it's a lady alright,
ev'rything is sure to be sublime
if she whispers in your ear:
"Hold me tight, Georgie dear,"
Thumbs up! every time!

If it's a Lady, thumbs up!
If it's a lady, Thumbs up!
Don't start kicking up a row,
kicking up a row
just say: "Wow! Wow!"
If it's a lady alright,
ev'rything is sure to be sublime
if she whispers in your ear:
"Hold me tight, Georgie dear,"
Thumbs up! every time!

When you're down beside the spray
for a holiday
upon the ocean
you venture for a sail;
Tho' it's calm beside the quay
when you get to sea
a storm arises
and your face turns rather pale;
the steamer rolls
and if upon your feet
you cannot stand
you wildly fling your arms
around the nearest thing at hand.

If it's a Lady, thumbs up!
If it's a lady, Thumbs up!
Don't start kicking up a row,
kicking up a row
just say: "Wow! Wow!"
If it's a lady alright,
ev'rything is sure to be sublime
if she whispers in your ear:
"Hold me tight, Georgie dear,"
Thumbs up! every time!

If it's a Lady, thumbs up!
If it's a lady, Thumbs up!
Don't start kicking up a row,
kicking up a row
just say: "Wow! Wow!"
If it's a lady alright,
ev'rything is sure to be sublime
if she whispers in your ear:
"Hold me tight, Georgie dear,"
Thumbs up! every time!

Ladies ev'ry where today
seem to hold the sway.
We've lady clerks now
and lady doctors too;
You are feeling rather bad
touch of flu you've had
so for the doctor
you've to send to pull you thro'
but if to come around himself
is quite beyond his powers
and he sends an assistant there
who holds your hand for hours.

If it's a Lady, thumbs up!
If it's a lady, Thumbs up!
Don't start kicking up a row,
kicking up a row
just say: "Wow! Wow!"
If it's a lady alright,
ev'rything is sure to be sublime
if she whispers in your ear:
"Hold me tight, Georgie dear,"
Thumbs up! every time!

If it's a Lady, thumbs up!
If it's a lady, Thumbs up!
Don't start kicking up a row,
kicking up a row
just say: "Wow! Wow!"
If it's a lady alright,
ev'rything is sure to be sublime
if she whispers in your ear:
"Hold me tight, Georgie dear,"
Thumbs up! every time!

At the zoo in Regents Park,
just to have a lark
into the maze there
you go but soon you find,
when you've wandered round about
Keeper starts to shout:
"It's closing time please."
in the maze you're left behind;
he locks the gates
with you inside
and you look rather blue,
but when you find
there's someone else there
locked inside with you.

If it's a Lady, thumbs up!
If it's a lady, Thumbs up!
Don't start kicking up a row,
kicking up a row
just say: "Wow! Wow!"
If it's a lady alright,
ev'rything is sure to be sublime
if she whispers in your ear:
"Hold me tight, Georgie dear,"
Thumbs up! every time!

If it's a Lady, thumbs up!
If it's a lady, Thumbs up!
Don't start kicking up a row,
kicking up a row
just say: "Wow! Wow!"
If it's a lady alright,
ev'rything is sure to be sublime
if she whispers in your ear:
"Hold me tight, Georgie dear,"
Thumbs up! every time!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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If It's A Lady Thumbs Up! 1914 JPitt-Payne
by Worton David & Bert Lee
© 1914 by B.Feldman & Co.
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Sung by Florrie Forde in Music Hall
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 1 January 2014 at 12.54
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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