Mister Breezy Was An Easy Mark 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Nov 2011
2011

To the city free and easy
from the West came Col'nel Breezy
with broad brim hat
and Buff'lo Bill's moustache,
Was a wealthy cattle ranger,
and he struck the town a stranger
but 'twas strange how he parted with his cash;
Said his wife when he left Texas
"While away, do naught to vex us
and don't forget you've got a wife out here."
He replied: "My dearest treasure
now this trip is not for pleasure!"
But that's where he gave his wife
a Texas steer.

Mister Breezy
he was easy
to hush things up
he thought was always best.
Keep his capers from the papers,
and his fam'ly 'way out West in Texas,
Legal tender he'd surrender
in a minute just to keep things dark.
It was worth his life
if it reached his wife,
Mister Breezy
was an easy mark.

In the park he met a lady
sitting in a grotto shady
the lady's somewhat shady too, they say,
She grew spoony with the stranger,
Col'nel Breezy saw no danger
thought the only danger was she'd get away
in a loving pose it happened
Kodak fellow chanced to snap 'em
as pictures for the paper don't you know.
"Smash that photo!" Col'nel thundered,
slipped the Kodak man a hundred
and he'll never know
that girl got half the dough.

Mister Breezy
he was easy
to hush things up
he thought was always best.
Keep his capers from the papers,
and his fam'ly 'way out West in Texas,
Legal tender he'd surrender
in a minute just to keep things dark.
It was worth his life
if it reached his wife,
Mister Breezy
was an easy mark.

In the West he chased the cattle
now I'll tell you, but don't tattle,
He came to town
to chase the little deers,
Judging live stock was a wonder,
and he never made a blunder
until he struck a herd of "bunco steers"
First a lady called Miss Dunhim
at the hotel quickly won him,
said: "Cash a cheque for me,
I knew you would."
Banker told him, cheque was shifty
said: "You're out one fifty,"
That lady called Miss Dunbin done him good.

Mister Breezy
he was easy
to hush things up
he thought was always best.
Keep his capers from the papers,
and his fam'ly 'way out West in Texas,
Legal tender he'd surrender
in a minute just to keep things dark.
It was worth his life
if it reached his wife,
Mister Breezy
was an easy mark.

A grass widow so confiding
in an auto he took riding,
He ought to know that auto's often smash
soon the pesky thing exploded
and its precious freight unloaded
in the Subway Breezy landed with his mash;
all the papers then reported
Col'nel Breezy nearly slaughtered
they even said the widow was his wife.
But he'll get his soler plexus
from his real wife out in Texas
only single men should lead a double life.

Mister Breezy
he was easy
to hush things up
he thought was always best.
Keep his capers from the papers,
and his fam'ly 'way out West in Texas,
Legal tender he'd surrender
in a minute just to keep things dark.
It was worth his life
if it reached his wife,
Mister Breezy
was an easy mark.

Mister Breezy
he was easy
to hush things up
he thought was always best.
Keep his capers from the papers,
and his fam'ly 'way out West in Texas,
Legal tender he'd surrender
in a minute just to keep things dark.
It was worth his life
if it reached his wife,
Mister Breezy
was an easy mark.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Mister Breezy Was An Easy Mark 1903
Music by M.Melville Ellis
Lyrics by Ed Gardenier
© MCMIII by The Rogers Bros.Music Pub.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 17 November 2011 at 22.22
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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