Johnny I'll Take You 1904

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 May 2011
2011

Hear my tale of woe,
I have lost my beau,
He was so rich and so rare,
I used to handle with care
I didn't want him broke,
and that's no stage joke,
One day I dropped him too hard
now he don't play in my yard
No more little bright eyes me.

I've lost my honey
my ready money,
I must find another like him,
wonder where I'm going to strike him,
You're just his size sir,
You've got his eyes sir,
If I can't have my Sammy,
Then Johnny I'll take you.

I've lost my honey
my ready money,
I must find another like him,
wonder where I'm going to strike him,
You're just his size sir,
You've got his eyes sir,
If I can't have my Sammy,
Then Johnny I'll take you.

Hear, oh, hear my loss,
My poor Charlie Ross,
He was so handsome and fair,
He used to sit over there
at the old stage door,
when the play was o'er
Happy I'd feel when I'd wheel,
home in his automobile
Guess I'll have to walk tonight.

I've lost my honey
my ready money,
I must find another like him,
wonder where I'm going to strike him,
You're just his size sir,
You've got his eyes sir,
If I can't have my Sammy,
Then Johnny I'll take you.

I've lost my honey
my ready money,
I must find another like him,
wonder where I'm going to strike him,
You're just his size sir,
You've got his eyes sir,
If I can't have my Sammy,
Then Johnny I'll take you.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Johnny I'll Take You 1904
Music by Gus Edwards
Lyrics by Will D. Cobb
© 1904 by Shapiro, Remick & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 14 May 2011 at 09.51
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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