Isn't It Nasty Of Papa 1911 'The Rose Shop'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 Feb 2004

[Paravente:] Now isn't it nasty of Papaw
to reject such a beautiful daughterinlaw?
My brain's in a whirl
at the loss of the girl,
you'll pardon the slang,
it's exceedingly raw!
[Rose:] Don't think for a moment
that I am upset,
the matter won't cause me the slightest regret
let doting "Papa"
choose his daughterinlaw;
now the incident's closed,
you must try to forget.
[Paravente:] I can't!
It drives me wild!
[Aristide:] Let me speak to him,
my child! You may tell your doting father,
that I'd see my daughter rather
in a cloister or a nunnery for life;
that her heart cannot be won
by his cabbageheaded son;
I would not consent that she
should be his wife!
This old octogeranium is flimsy
in his cranium;
Tell him, I'm not beset with foolish fears.
If he should come into my shop,
I'd make him wiggle, wail, and hop,
for threatening to cut off both my ears!
[Paravente:] Ah, woe is me,
it drives me wild,
why was I ever born a child?
[Aristide:] To judge by contents of this note,
I think that you were born a goat!
[Paravente:] Of what avail my tears, regret?
[Rose:] Cheer up!
You may be happy yet:

[All:] "There is a divinity
that shapes our ends,
Roughhew them as we may!"
Though the skies may darken
and the rain descends,
there's still another day.
Do not rail at your Papa
for each one comprehends,
'Twas fate that gave us relatives,
Thank Heav'n we choose our friends!

"There is a divinity
that shapes our ends,
Roughhew them as we may!"
Though the skies may darken
and the rain descends,
there's still another day.
Do not rail at your Papa
for each one comprehends,
'Twas fate that gave us relatives,
Thank Heav'n we choose our friends!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Isn't It Nasty Of Papa 1911
Lyrics by Joseph Herbert
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMXI by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 26 February 2004 at 00.15
in association wi8th Doug Grierson
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Sam S. and Lee Shubert Inc. Present Fritzi Scheff
in the New Comic Opera - "The Rose Shop"
Lyric by Joseph Herbert. Music by Victor Herbert.
"Isn't is Nasty of Papa?"
Trio. (Rose, Paravente, and Aristide).
Victor Herbert Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1911.
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