Modern Banditti 1911 'The Wedding Trip'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Sep 2005

The world of men may reprobate us,
my methods they may reprehend.
The hypocrites may fiercely hate us,
but I maintain, that in the main,
I live upon the self same plan,
as ev'ry other man.

I'm a bandit;
and of my profession I'm proud.
So proud!
I despise the cold opinion of the crowd,
the crowd!
Each man has his trade and line,
he thinks it is more honest than mine;
he plays the same, the same old game,
and that is why I'm happy to be,
a bandit free.

All men we meet and greet as brothers,
if we are brigands, so are they;
they live by preying upon others;
they lie and cheat and graft and beat,
each has his own quite legal plan,
to rob his fellow man.

I'm a bandit;
and of my profession I'm proud.
So proud!
I despise the cold opinion of the crowd,
the crowd!
Each man has his trade and line,
he thinks it is more honest than mine;
he plays the same, the same old game,
and that is why I'm happy to be,
a bandit free.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Modern Banditti 1911
Music by Reginald De Koven
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
from "The Wedding Trip"
© MCMXI by Jerome H. Remick & Co., N.Y. & Detroit
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 29 September 2005 at 11.07
in association with Doug Grierson
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