My Wife's Gone To The Country 1909

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Dec 2006
2006

When Mrs. Brown told hubby:
"I just can't stand the heat,
Please send me to the country, dear,
I know 'twould be a treat."
Next day his wife and fam'ly
were seated on a train,
and when the train had started,
Brownie shouted this refrain:

My wife's gone to the country
Hurrah! Hurrah!
She thought it best,
I need a rest,
That's why she went away,
she took the children with her,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
I don't care what becomes of me,
My wife's gone away.

My wife's gone to the country
Hurrah! Hurrah!
She thought it best,
I need a rest,
That's why she went away,
she took the children with her,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
I don't care what becomes of me,
My wife's gone away.

He kept the 'phone a going,
told ev'ryone he knew,
"It's Mister Brown, come on down town,
I have some news for you."
He told a friend reporter
just why he felt so gay,
next day an advertisement,
in the papers read this way.

My wife's gone to the country
Hurrah! Hurrah!
She thought it best,
I need a rest,
That's why she went away,
she took the children with her,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
I don't care what becomes of me,
My wife's gone away.

My wife's gone to the country
Hurrah! Hurrah!
She thought it best,
I need a rest,
That's why she went away,
she took the children with her,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
I don't care what becomes of me,
My wife's gone away.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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My Wife's Gone To The Country 1909
Music by Ted Snyder
Lyrics by Geo.White & Irving Berlin
© 1909 by Ted Snyder Co.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 17 December 2006 at 5.25pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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