I've Just Received A Telegram From Baby 1899

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Jun 2004

A coon sat in his lonely cell,
he couldn't sit outside,
until he paid his little fine,
to raise it he had tried.
He'd been out with a minstrel show,
got mixed up in a fight,
and telegraphed his baby
for some coin on Saturday night.
On Sunday and Monday
that coon he had the blues,
'twould double his trouble
if baby should refuse;
but the next day, just at noontime,
he was singing songs in coontime,
and he said: "I've got more money now
than I know how to use."

For I've just received a telegram from Baby,
an answer to the one she got from me.
I found she was a most obliging lady,
just as I expected her to be.
I knew my baby wouldn't disappoint me,
I never gave her cause to turn me down;
She wired me on a twenty,
and I guess that will be plenty,
for to take me back to town.

For I've just received a telegram from Baby,
an answer to the one she got from me.
I found she was a most obliging lady,
just as I expected her to be.
I knew my baby wouldn't disappoint me,
I never gave her cause to turn me down;
She wired me on a twenty,
and I guess that will be plenty,
for to take me back to town.

They turned him loose
but first they split
his bankroll just in half,
he roamed around the jail
to give the other coons the laugh,
He said: "It's very wrong of you
to get in such a scrape,
unless you've got a baby
for to help you make your escape.
I've got one, she's not one
that is the least bit slow,
to save me she gave me
this little roll of dough.
If my train leaves at the right time,
why I'll get back home by night time,
so goodbye, my friends,
I'm sorry, but I've really got to go."

For I've just received a telegram from Baby,
an answer to the one she got from me.
I found she was a most obliging lady,
just as I expected her to be.
I knew my baby wouldn't disappoint me,
I never gave her cause to turn me down;
She wired me on a twenty,
and I guess that will be plenty,
for to take me back to town.

For I've just received a telegram from Baby,
an answer to the one she got from me.
I found she was a most obliging lady,
just as I expected her to be.
I knew my baby wouldn't disappoint me,
I never gave her cause to turn me down;
She wired me on a twenty,
and I guess that will be plenty,
for to take me back to town.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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I've Just Received A Telegram From Baby 1899
Lyrics by Will A. Heelan
Music by Harry Von Tilzer
© 1899 by Shapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 30 June 2004 at 19.41
in association with Doug Grierson
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