Jeannette And Her Little Wooden Shoes 1913 'Sweethearts'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Mar 2004

The lively Jeannette,
far famed for frivolity,
a sprightly coquette
who lived just for jollity,
had plenty of suitors,
had only to choose:
and being a Dutch girl,
she wore wooden shoes.
When she stole out at night
all the town knew the news,
when they heard the pitpatter
of her wooden shoes.
Then the lads, half asleep,
oh how jealous they'd get,
and they'd say to themselves:
Who is out with Jeannette?"

Clip clop clop! Clip clop clop!
Over the tiles.
Her feet were petite,
but you heard her for miles,
with her pitter, pitter, patter,
clip clop clop,
gossip pursues the secrets betrayed
by Jeannette's wooden shoes!

[Woodenshoe Dance:]

The King's son and heir
found her quite adorable,
Pa thought the affair extremely deplorable;
one cold winter night,
when the town was asleep,
the two stole away
though the snow was quite deep,
the King cried: "Pursue them!
Which way did they go?"
The guards and the courtiers
they ran to and fro;
and he might be pursuing
those two lovers yet,
but those wooden shoetracks
in the snow spelled Jeannette!

Clip clop clop! Clip clop clop!
There in the snow
her feet so petite,
showed them which way to go,
with her pitter, pitter, patter,
clip clop, clop,
they found the clues,
and Jeannette lost her Prince
through the prints of her shoes!

[Woodenshoe Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Jeannette And Her Little Wooden Shoes 1913
Lyrics by Robert B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
© 1913 by G. Schirmer Inc.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 27 March 2004 at 19.32
in association with Doug Grierson
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Presented by Werba & Luescher with Christie Macdonald
in the cast - "Sweethearts"
Comic Opera in Two Acts
Book by Harry B. Smith & Fred. De Gressac
Lyrics by Robert B. Smith. Music by Victor Herbert.
Fred. De Gressac - Robert B. Smith - Victor Herbert Publication:
New York: G. Schirmer, 1913.
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