Oh How She Can Sing 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Sep 2009
2009

Next door to me
there lives a girl named Marie,
that all the boys are crazy for,
tho' they are girls
who are sweeter than she
she's the one they all adore
it's not her looks
that make her such a hit
she has a certain charm
and this is it.

Oh how she can sing
oh how she can sing
she's wonderful at Opera
or anything like that
she doesn't like the key of "G"
but when she's in "A Flat"
oh how she can sing
Almost anything.
I called on her one night
we tried to harmonize
the little devil started in
to roll her eyes
I lost my voice an' ev'rything
but oh how she can sing.

Oh how she can sing
oh how she can sing
she isn't much on learning
and she doesn't care for books
I never heard of anybody
asking how she cooks
but oh how she can sing.
Almost anything.
In looks she's not as beautiful
as she might be
but ev'ry time that she begins
to "do re me"
then I forget 'most ev'rything
but oh how she can sing.

Her great renown
is spreading all over town
and it's a very funny sight
to see the boys
all come flocking around
to her home most ev'ry night,
And on the corners
when she passes by
the fellows start to
roll their eyes and sigh.

Oh how she can sing
oh how she can sing
she's wonderful at Opera
or anything like that
she doesn't like the key of "G"
but when she's in "A Flat"
oh how she can sing
Almost anything.
I called on her one night
we tried to harmonize
the little devil started in
to roll her eyes
I lost my voice an' ev'rything
but oh how she can sing.

Oh how she can sing
oh how she can sing
she isn't much on learning
and she doesn't care for books
I never heard of anybody
asking how she cooks
but oh how she can sing.
Almost anything.
In looks she's not as beautiful
as she might be
but ev'ry time that she begins
to "do re me"
then I forget 'most ev'rything
but oh how she can sing.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Oh How She Can Sing 1919
Music by Gus Van & Joe Schenck
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
© MCMXIX by Harry von Tilzer Mus.Pub.Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 26 September 2009 at 22.07
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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