My Landlady 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3 Apr 2013
2013

My Pa and Ma always told me
I should not ignore nobody
but there's one soul
I hates to see
and that is my landlady.
She's there the minute
that you owe
she needs no almanac to show
and don't care
if your funds are low
that sure is my landlady

Just like a ghost
through the hall
she starts a sneakin'
if you owe your rent
round the door
she starts a sweepin'
while you lay in bed
a wondrin' what excuse
to hand your landlady.
She can look directly
in your eyes
seems to know exactly
when you're telling lies
if there's one female
I do despise
it is my, yes,
it's my landlady.

Just like a ghost
through the hall
she starts a sneakin'
if you owe your rent
round the door
she starts a sweepin'
while you lay in bed
a wondrin' what excuse
to hand your landlady.
She can look directly
in your eyes
seems to know exactly
when you're telling lies
if there's one female
I do despise
it is my, yes,
it's my landlady.

While flirting on the old Q.T.
with someone just a block from me
when I got close it proved to be
no one but my landlady.
I wish the law would come and say
the third degrees yours have full sway.
The one I'd put through right away
would be that old landlady.

Just like a ghost
through the hall
she starts a sneakin'
if you owe your rent
round the door
she starts a sweepin'
while you lay in bed
a wondrin' what excuse
to hand your landlady.
She can look directly
in your eyes
seems to know exactly
when you're telling lies
if there's one female
I do despise
it is my, yes,
it's my landlady.

Just like a ghost
through the hall
she starts a sneakin'
if you owe your rent
round the door
she starts a sweepin'
while you lay in bed
a wondrin' what excuse
to hand your landlady.
She can look directly
in your eyes
seems to know exactly
when you're telling lies
if there's one female
I do despise
it is my, yes,
it's my landlady.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Landlady 1912
Music by Bert A.Williams
Lyrics by Ferd E. Mierisch & Jas T. Brymn
© MCMXII by Leo Feist Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 2 April 2013 at 16.30
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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