Mammy Jinny's Hall Of Fame 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Jun 2008
2008

Mammy Ginny down in old Virginny
has a patriotic family
ev'ry pick has got a name
of a man of fame,
in the book of history.
Mammy's only got about a dozen
but since all the country went to war
ev'ry little "villin's"
drillin' for a killin'
on Mammy's cabin floor.

Lincoln, Washington and Sherman Jefferson
are fighting in the infantry
Napoleon Sheridan's a busy little man
he's drilling Lafayette and Grant and Lee,
Stonewall Jackson's going into action
with a broom he's taking aim,
John Paul Jones and Woodrow Wilson, Dewey
They've got a rolling pin
that's shooting blooey blooey.
And they're goin to make chop suey
of Snitz and Fritz and Louie
in Mammy Jinney's Hall of Fame.

Desdemona's in a pink kimona
knitten mittens for the boys in blue,
Empress Josephine is at the sewing machine
and she's right there a doing her bit too.
Joan of Arc she sits from dawn to darkness
and she seems to like the game,
Cleopatra youngest girl of Mammy's
the sweetest little lamb of Mammy's little lammies
is making pink pajammies for sailor boys and Sammies
in Mammy Jinney's Hall of Fame.

Mammy Ginny down in old Virginny
has a lot of little girls besides,
when the color'd preacher came
they all got a name
after hist'ry's famous brides.
'Round a sewing circle now they're sitting
Mammy's teaching them to tat and knit,
and ev'ry little girlie
rises bright and early
to do her little bit.

Lincoln, Washington and Sherman Jefferson
are fighting in the infantry
Napoleon Sheridan's a busy little man
he's drilling Lafayette and Grant and Lee,
Stonewall Jackson's going into action
with a broom he's taking aim,
John Paul Jones and Woodrow Wilson, Dewey
They've got a rolling pin
that's shooting blooey blooey.
And they're goin to make chop suey
of Snitz and Fritz and Louie
in Mammy Jinney's Hall of Fame.

Desdemona's in a pink kimona
knitten mittens for the boys in blue,
Empress Josephine is at the sewing machine
and she's right there a doing her bit too.
Joan of Arc she sits from dawn to darkness
and she seems to like the game,
Cleopatra youngest girl of Mammy's
the sweetest little lamb of Mammy's little lammies
is making pink pajammies for sailor boys and Sammies
in Mammy Jinney's Hall of Fame.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Mammy Jinny's Hall Of Fame 1917
Music by Harry Tierney
Lyrics by Stanley Murphy
© MCMXVII by Jerome H.Remick & Co. - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 17 June 2008 at 15.30
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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