Mister Butterfly 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Aug 2009
2009

To a garden in Japan
one day came a sailor man,
met a little Geisha,
fair to see,
sipping tea 'neath a cherry tree,
"Pretty Lotus Bloom," said he,
"Will you give a kiss to me?
For my heart is light and fancy free,"
"Ah! That's the very reason
why I won't," said she:

But that painted butterfly
pass the faded flowers by,
yesterday the honey sweet he sipped,
from their lips,
today the visit's skipped
and now they're left alone to pine and sigh,
Love has fled
they'll droop and die, Ah!
Sailor man you'll love today
and then tomorrow sail away,
Goodbye, Mister Butterfly.

But that painted butterfly
pass the faded flowers by,
yesterday the honey sweet he sipped,
from their lips,
today the visit's skipped
and now they're left alone to pine and sigh,
Love has fled
they'll droop and die, Ah!
Sailor man you'll love today
and then tomorrow sail away,
Goodbye, Mister Butterfly.

Tho' it was the old, old tale,
little did his plea avail,
"But I will be ever true," said he,
"Yes," said she, "and you might not be.
There was Madam Butterfly,
just a Geisha such as I,
to a sailor bold
she lost her heart,
and I have not the least desire
to play her part."

But that painted butterfly
pass the faded flowers by,
yesterday the honey sweet he sipped,
from their lips,
today the visit's skipped
and now they're left alone to pine and sigh,
Love has fled
they'll droop and die, Ah!
Sailor man you'll love today
and then tomorrow sail away,
Goodbye, Mister Butterfly.

But that painted butterfly
pass the faded flowers by,
yesterday the honey sweet he sipped,
from their lips,
today the visit's skipped
and now they're left alone to pine and sigh,
Love has fled
they'll droop and die, Ah!
Sailor man you'll love today
and then tomorrow sail away,
Goodbye, Mister Butterfly.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Mister Butterfly 1917
Music by Leo Edwards
Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
© MCMXVII by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 19 August 2009 at 14.03
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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