Oh! Frenchy 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Aug 2009
2009

Rosie Green was a village queen
who enlisted as a nurse
she waited for a chance
and left for France
with an ambulance,
Rosie Green met a chap named Jean
a soldier from Paree,
when he said: "Parlez vous, my pet,"
she said: "I will, but not just yet!"
When he'd speak in French to her
she'd answer lovingly,

Oh! Frenchy, Oh, Frenchy, Frenchy
although your language is so new to me,
when you say: "Oui, oui, la la,"
"We" means you and me, la la,
Oh! Frenchy, Oh! Frenchy, Frenchy
you've won my love with your bravery
March on, March on,
with any girl you see
but when you la la la la la,
Oh! Frenchy save
your la la la's for me.

Oh! Frenchy, Oh, Frenchy, Frenchy
although your language is so new to me,
when you say: "Oui, oui, la la,"
"We" means you and me, la la,
Oh! Frenchy, Oh! Frenchy, Frenchy
you've won my love with your bravery
March on, March on,
with any girl you see
but when you la la la la la,
Oh! Frenchy save
your la la la's for me.

Rosie Green married soldier Jean
when his furlough time arrived
she said: "Go pack your grip
we'll take a trip
on a big steam ship,"
Rosie Green took her soldier Jean
down home somewhere in Maine
they say her rural Ma and Pa,
refused to do that oo la la,
but when she's alone with him
you'll hear this same refrain,

Oh! Frenchy, Oh, Frenchy, Frenchy
although your language is so new to me,
when you say: "Oui, oui, la la,"
"We" means you and me, la la,
Oh! Frenchy, Oh! Frenchy, Frenchy
you've won my love with your bravery
March on, March on,
with any girl you see
but when you la la la la la,
Oh! Frenchy save
your la la la's for me.

Oh! Frenchy, Oh, Frenchy, Frenchy
although your language is so new to me,
when you say: "Oui, oui, la la,"
"We" means you and me, la la,
Oh! Frenchy, Oh! Frenchy, Frenchy
you've won my love with your bravery
March on, March on,
with any girl you see
but when you la la la la la,
Oh! Frenchy save
your la la la's for me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Oh! Frenchy 1918
Music by Con Conrad
Lyrics by Sam Ehrlich
© MCMXVIII by Broadway Mus.Corp. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 24 August 2009 at 11.50
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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