Napoleon 1916 "Have A Heart"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3 Aug 2007
2007

Napoleon was a little guy,
they used to call him shorty,
he only stood about so high,
his chest was under forty.
But when they started joshing him,
his pride, it didn't injure.
He'd simply say: "Ah, fade away!"
He knew that he had ginger.

Napoleon, Napoleon,
they thought him quite a joke.
"Hey! take a slant at the little pill!"
was the line of chatter
that they used to spill.
But they couldn't hold Napoleon,
when he started in to scrap,
he was five feet high,
but he was one tough guy,
and I take after Nap.

Napoleon was a homely gink,
he hadn't time to doll up,
but though he looked like thirty cents,
he packed an awful wallop.
And all the kings in Europe,
when they came to know his habits,
pulled up their socks,
and ran for blocks,
he'd got 'em scared like rabbits.

Napoleon, Napoleon,
went out and got a "rep"
he had a lot of 'em climbing trees,
though he weighed a hundred in his B.V.D's
It was easy for Napoleon,
and he wiped them off the map.
He was not so tall,
but he could lick them all,
and I take after Nap.

Napoleon was the ladies' pet,
he liked to have them handy,
he used to blow in half his pay,
on violets and candy.
He knew the game from soup to nuts
and worked it on a system!
He'd meet a Queen at five fifteen,
by six o'clock she'd kiss him.

Napoleon, Napoleon,
The ladies thought him great,
they fell for him good and hard, they did.
When he came and handed them the "Oh you kid,"
they were wild about Napoleon,
for his work was full of snap.
He was sawn off short,
but he was one good sport,
and I take after Nap.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Napoleon 1916 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by P.G.Wodehouse
© MCMXVI by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter  N.Y.
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from "Have A Heart"
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 3 August 2007 at 10.24am
in association with Doug Grierson
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