My Honor And My Sword 1903 'Babette'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Mar 2006
2006

Let others waste their time pursuing
the fleeting phantoms wealth and fame.
Such bubbles are not worth the wooing
I leave to others such poor game,
men strive to leave their youth behind them,
they never live, but toil and die,
I take life's joys where'er I find them;
Dame Fortune's errant knight am I!

Borrow trouble pay it double
they may do so but not I,
Love and laughter I am after
youth we know is speeding by.
Fame is fleeting in its greeting,
love is little but a word,
I despise naught still I prize naught,
bid my honor and my sword.

Let others weigh their gold and measure
and struggle for it night and day.
What need have I for sordid treasure,
this good old sword my debts can pay,
ay let who will go woo and marry,
no damsel long I can adore,
I take one kiss but never tarry
the world is wide and there are more!

Borrow trouble pay it double
they may do so but not I,
Love and laughter I am after
youth we know is speeding by.
Fame is fleeting in its greeting,
love is little but a word,
I despise naught still I prize naught,
bid my honor and my sword.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Honor And My Sword 1903
from "Babette"
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© MCMIII by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karake by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 30 March 2006 at 15.17
in association with Doug Grierson
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