My Girl 1921 Ivor Novello 'The Golden Moth'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 18 Jun 2003

I have a way with the ladies so they say,
I can't deny it; it's true.
None I have met have resisted me as yet,
no use to try it, they knew.
I prefer a courtship brief,
I just throw the handerchief,
for I've no time to woo.

I do not wait when I meet my chosen mate,
I claim her - my girl.
Fierce she may be to the rest but not to me,
I tame her - my girl.
She is my bride,
and she shares with me my throne,
reigns by my side in a kingdom of our own,
her subjects court her,
for who would dare to thwart her
whom I've named my girl.

But I regret that no queen has held as yet
her proud position for long.
I own with grief
that their reigns are rather brief,
for competition is strong.
Charms like mine so highly prized,
must not be monopolized,
that would be very wrong.

Fair tho' she be and tho' passionately she
adores me - my girl.
Yet sure as fate, I discover soon or late
she bores me - my girl.
Then I inform her politely she's dismissed,
and in due course
choose another from the list
and then forget her
as tho' I'd never met her,
she's just one more girl.

Stray tho' I may
Always I come back to you,
you own me - my girl.
I will repay all the love so brave and true
you've shown me - my girl.
You shine apart like the starlight and the sun,
you hold my heart
when light loves are dead and done,
and nothing ever
my life from yours shall sever,
you're my girl, my girl.

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My Girl 1921 Ivor Novello
Music by Ivor Novello
Lyrics by Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse K.B.E.
copyright MCMXXI by Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew Ltd.
Lyrics published by arrangemnent with Harms Inc. N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 18 June 2003 at 11.59
in association with Doug Grierson
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from "The Golden Moth"
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