I've Got Five Dollars 1931 America's Sweetheart

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 Sep 2006
2006

[He:] Mister Shylock was stingy,
I was miserly too.
I was more selfish and crabby
than a shellfish,
Oh dear, it's queer
what love can do!
I'd give all my possessions for you:

[He:] I've got five dollars.
I'm in good condition;
and I've got ambition;
that belongs to you;
Six shirts and collars,
debts beyond endurance,
on my life insurance,
that belongs to you.
I've got a heart that must be spurtin'
just be certain I'll be true!
Take my five dollars!
Take my shirts and collars!
Take my heart that hollers,
Ev'rything I've got belongs to you!

[She:] I've got five dollars
eighty five relations,
two lace combinations.
They belong to you!
Two coats with collars
Ma and Grandma wore 'em
all the moths adore 'em
they belong to you;
I've got two lips that care for mating,
therefore waiting will not do!
Take my five dollars
take my coats and collars!
Take my heart that hollers!
Ev'rything I've got belongs to you!

[She:] Peggy Joyce has a bus'ness,
all her husbands have gold.
And Lilyan Tashman is not kissed by an ashman,
but now, somehow,
wealth leaves me cold.
Though you're poor as a church mouse
I'm sold!

[He:] I've got five dollars.
I'm in good condition;
and I've got ambition;
that belongs to you;
Six shirts and collars,
debts beyond endurance,
on my life insurance,
that belongs to you.
I've got a heart that must be spurtin'
just be certain I'll be true!
Take my five dollars!
Take my shirts and collars!
Take my heart that hollers,
Ev'rything I've got belongs to you!

[She:] I've got five dollars
eighty five relations,
two lace combinations.
They belong to you!
Two coats with collars
Ma and Grandma wore 'em
all the moths adore 'em
they belong to you;
I've got two lips that care for mating,
therefore waiting will not do!
Take my five dollars
take my coats and collars!
Take my heart that hollers!
Ev'rything I've got belongs to you!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I've Got Five Dollars 1931
from "America's Sweetheart"
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
© 1931 by Williamson Music & The Estate of Lorenz Hart
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 07 September 2006 at 2.10pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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