Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes 1900

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Apr 2010
2010

A black man in a minstrel show
was sitting on the end.
A nice black gal in the very front row,
with heaps of dough to spend,
looked up at him with a silly smile.
He started singing his end song,
forgot most ev'ry line.
The manager hurried back and said:
"You've got to stand a fine."
He lost his job for quite a while.

Just because she made them googoo eyes
I thought I'd won a home and copped a prize
She is the best what is
and I need her in my biz.
Just because she makes them googoo eyes.

Just because she made them googoo eyes
I thought I'd won a home and copped a prize
She is the best what is
and I need her in my biz.
Just because she makes them googoo eyes.

This minstrel man washed up right quick
and meets her at the door.
Tips his hat, says: "How do you do,
I'm with this troupe no more.
It was for you I paid no fine.
I wants to ask one question now,
please let me call you 'dear'..."
It cost a lot to gain a rep.
But I'll blow the road right here,
if you'll be mine, if you'll be mine.

Just because she made them googoo eyes
I know I've won a home and copped a prize
You is the best what is
and I wants you in my biz.
just because you makes them googoo eyes.

Just because she made them googoo eyes
I know I've won a home and copped a prize
You is the best what is
and I wants you in my biz.
just because you makes them googoo eyes.

Next morning when the troupe had left,
this baby throwed him down.
She said to him: "I'll have you 'pinched'
if you stay in this town."
Oh, listen to this tale of woe.
He said: "I'll send a telespatch
to try and join the show.
What can I do in this strange land,
Can't eat without no dough
so here I am out in the snow.

Just because she made them googoo eyes
I thought I had a home and copped a prize.
She was the best what is
but drove me right back in the biz.
Just because she made them googoo eyes.

Just because she made them googoo eyes
I thought I had a home and copped a prize.
She was the best what is
but drove me right back in the biz.
Just because she made them googoo eyes.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes 1900
by John Queen & Hughie Cannon
© MCM by Howley, Haviland & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 29 April 2010 at 15.25
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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