It's My Business To Know Them All 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3 June 2011
2011

Rounder Bill he rounded till
he met a little girl,
Proposed to her that day
was married right away;
After honeymooning
they both strolled along the street,
And Billy got a smile
from every girl they chanced to meet,
Now he had never told his wife
the life that he had led,
She couldn't understand those smiles,
so turned to Bill and said:
"Those girlies all know you,
Explain, dear hubby, do,"
Bill hemmed and hawed,
and kicked and pawed
and said: "my pet, it's true:"

Of course I know them all, dear,
it's nothing strange you see,
I never told you the work I do
to make a living for me and you;
You didn't know I'm a lawyer,
and dearie, that ain't all,
I'm a tax collector,
a house inspector, a doctor, a dentist,
a bank director,
and so you see, you can't blame me,
it's my business to know them all.

Billie's wife she left the town,
he thought she'd stay a week,
he whispered, this is fine,
I'll have a gay old time.
He telephoned to all the girlies
whom he used to know,
And bundled them in to a cab
to see a Broadway show,
but unexpectedly his wife
came back to town that night,
and caught him chaperoning girls
beneath the gay white light.
She said: "Why, how d'you do?
I think that I know you,"
Bill sighed and cried,
and tried to hide
a Blonde as he replied:

Of course I know them all, dear,
it's nothing strange you see,
I never told you the work I do
to make a living for me and you;
You didn't know I'm a lawyer,
and dearie, that ain't all,
I've been made committee of New York City,
to census the girls
who are young and pretty,
and so you see, you can't blame me,
it's my business to know them all.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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It's My Business To Know Them All 1912
Music by Geo.W.Meyer
Lyrics by Joe Goodwin
© MCMXII by Leo Feist - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 3 June 2011 at 16.07
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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