Mosha from Nova Scotia 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Feb 2005

Way up south almost in Alaska
there lives Moses Cohen,
like a bear he lives there he should care.
Ev'ry night he goes to the dances,
down in Snowball Hall,
Becky Klein dressed up fine,
he takes there,
She is so happy with him,
right by her side,
she's glad to hear them saying ev'rywhere.

Mosha from Nova Scotia
the kid is koscher
he's on his way ev'ry day,
Cabaret in a sleigh,
Coon songs he sings her Moon songs,
those ragtime tune songs,
he heard one day,
while away in New York
so they say;
And if it starts to snow here,
he takes his reindeer,
and then he'll go in the snow,
like a Jewish Eskimo.
That's why Becky threw down Max,
told him to go to Halifax,
I love Mosha,
he's the koscher kid from Nova Scotia.

Mosha from Nova Scotia
the kid is koscher
he's on his way ev'ry day,
Cabaret in a sleigh,
Coon songs he sings her Moon songs,
those ragtime tune songs,
he heard one day,
while away in New York
so they say;
And if it starts to snow here,
he takes his reindeer,
and then he'll go in the snow,
like a Jewish Eskimo.
That's why Becky threw down Max,
told him to go to Halifax,
I love Mosha,
he's the koscher kid from Nova Scotia.

Mosha goes out most ev'ry morning
fishing in the lake.
For his meals catches seals mostly eels.
Always keeps his hands in his pockets,
never talks a word.
Always Mum deaf and dumb that's going some.
And when the neighbors ask him
"Won't you talk please?"
He says: "I can't because my hands will freeze."

Mosha from Nova Scotia
the kid is koscher
he's on his way ev'ry day,
Cabaret in a sleigh,
Coon songs he sings her Moon songs,
those ragtime tune songs,
he heard one day,
while away in New York
so they say;
And if it starts to snow here,
he takes his reindeer,
and then he'll go in the snow,
like a Jewish Eskimo.
That's why Becky threw down Max,
told him to go to Halifax,
I love Mosha,
he's the koscher kid from Nova Scotia.

Mosha from Nova Scotia
the kid is koscher
he's on his way ev'ry day,
Cabaret in a sleigh,
Coon songs he sings her Moon songs,
those ragtime tune songs,
he heard one day,
while away in New York
so they say;
And if it starts to snow here,
he takes his reindeer,
and then he'll go in the snow,
like a Jewish Eskimo.
That's why Becky threw down Max,
told him to go to Halifax,
I love Mosha,
he's the koscher kid from Nova Scotia.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Mosha from Nova Scotia 1915
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert. Music by Malvin Franklin.
© MCMXV by Jos. W. Stern & Co., 102-104 W. 38th St., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, LOndon UK
on Sunday 27 February 2005 at 10.47
in associaqtion with Doug Grierson
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