My Adored Cigarette 1894

James Pitt-Payne, LOndon UK - 12 Jul 2004

As I lie on my sofa reclining,
alone with my sweet little friend,
I throw care to the poppies repining,
and lazily wait for an end.
My fingers her sweet waist caressing,
my lips from her kisses still wet,
don't tell me a wife is a blessing,
give me my adored cigarette.

Give me my adored cigarette,
give me my adored cigarette,
don't tell me a wife is a blessing,
give me my adored cigarette.

The warmth of her ardor returning,
her form 'twixt my lips I can press,
for me and me only she's burning,
wrapped round in her little white dress,
her tresses, as blonde as a Rubens,
my own, my particular pet.
Her perfume like piesse and lubens,
still clings to my own cigarette.

Give me my adored cigarette,
give me my adored cigarette,
Her perfume like piesse and lubins,
still clings to my own cigarette.

The only companion ne'er jealous,
for daily she meets with her match,
and in the same case with her fellows,
lie side by side fearless of scratch.
False woman, false friend and false paper,
our faults, one is glad to forget,
but I'll love and I'll die in the vapor,
that clings to my last cigarette.

Give me my adored cigarette,
give me my adored cigarette,
But I'll love and I'll die in the vapor,
that clings to my last cigarette.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Adored Cigarette 1894
Lyrics by The Rhymster
Music by Miss Rolly Price
© MDCCCXCIV by Howley, Haviland & Co., 4 East 20th St.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 12 July 2004 at 21.15
in association with Doug Groierson
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Written for and Sung by [Mollie Fuller] With Tremendous Success
in Hallen and Hart's "Later On" Co.
Words by The Rhymster. Music by Miss Rolly Price.
Mollie Fuller's Famous Cigarette Song. My Adored Cigarette.
Publication: New York: Howley, Haviland & Co., 4 East 20th St., 1894.
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