My Yiddisha Butterfly 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Sep 2009
2009

A fancy clothing cutter
Abie Perlmutter
heard a song called "Butterfly"
It was such a riot
Abie thought he'd buy it,
he cared for a dime
as much as his right eye.
He tried to buy a copy
in the Ten Cent store,
He found that "Butterfly"
would cost him twenty more,
He said I don't need a Japanese
Poor Butterfly
I know such a rich one
and to her I can sigh.

Flutter, flutter,
flutter 'round your Abie Perlmutter
Oi, my Yiddisha Butterfly!
Ask you Fadder and your Mudder
if they want a clothing cutter
in the fam'ly by and by.
We will go on our honeymoon to Kikikee
far away in "How are you" by the Baltic Sea,
and we'll raise a "Kosher" family
My Yiddisha Butterfly.

Flutter, flutter,
flutter 'round your Abie Perlmutter
Oi, my Yiddisha Butterfly!
Ask you Fadder and your Mudder
if they want a clothing cutter
in the fam'ly by and by.
They are calling for soldiers
I should go I guess,
but they don't want the married men,
come on say "Yes!"
Would they miss one soldier more or less,
My Yiddisha Butterfly.

Now Abe was sentimental,
kind of temp'ramental
He liked Oriental things;
He said, You should own a
Japanese Kimona
you look like a Butterfly
without no wings.
You'd look like
Geraldine Farrar
and that's no lie,
just like she looks when
she plays "Madame Butterly."
Hang some lanterns in the parlor
of your Fadder's home,
So that I can sing to you
when we are alone:

Flutter, flutter,
flutter 'round your Abie Perlmutter
Oi, my Yiddisha Butterfly!
Ask you Fadder and your Mudder
if they want a clothing cutter
in the fam'ly by and by.
We will go on our honeymoon to Kikikee
far away in "How are you" by the Baltic Sea,
and we'll raise a "Kosher" family
My Yiddisha Butterfly.

Flutter, flutter,
flutter 'round your Abie Perlmutter
Oi, my Yiddisha Butterfly!
Ask you Fadder and your Mudder
if they want a clothing cutter
in the fam'ly by and by.
They are calling for soldiers
I should go I guess,
but they don't want the married men,
come on say "Yes!"
Would they miss one soldier more or less,
My Yiddisha Butterfly.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Yiddisha Butterfly 1917
Music by Joseph A.Burke
Lyrics by Al Dubin
© MCMXVII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 18 September 2009 at 10.19
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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