Oh! Where Is My Wife Tonight? 1909

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Dec 2006
2006

You've heard about Foxy old Brownie
who sent his whole fam'ly away,
well you can just bet
that I envied old Brown
when I heard him shouting Hooray!
I borrowed some money from Brownie
induced my old lady to pack,
it's now been a month
and I can't raise the price
to pay for her fare coming back.

Oh, where is my wife tonight,
oh, why did she leave my sight?
I'm sorry to say
I shouted Hooray!
Oh, why did I ever let her go away,
she never would leave the town,
if it hadn't have been for Brown,
bring back, bring back,
bring back my wifey to me.

Oh, where is my wife tonight,
oh, why did she leave my sight?
I'm sorry to say
I shouted Hooray!
Oh, why did I ever let her go away,
she never would leave the town,
if it hadn't have been for Brown,
bring back, bring back,
bring back my wifey to me.

I've tried ev'ry way to raise money
but none of my friends are in town,
excepting the one man that started this thing,
so I called around to see Brown,
He answered: "I'm sorry, old fellow,
I'll have to refuse you this time,
I just have enough money
left in the bank
to send for that fam'ly of mine."

Oh, where is my wife tonight,
oh, why did she leave my sight?
I'm sorry to say
I shouted Hooray!
Oh, why did I ever let her go away,
she never would leave the town,
if it hadn't have been for Brown,
bring back, bring back,
bring back my wifey to me.

Oh, where is my wife tonight,
oh, why did she leave my sight?
I'm sorry to say
I shouted Hooray!
Oh, why did I ever let her go away,
she never would leave the town,
if it hadn't have been for Brown,
bring back, bring back,
bring back my wifey to me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
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Oh! Where Is My Wife Tonight? 1909
by George Whiting, Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
© 1909 by Ted Snyder Co.Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 10 December 2006 at 11.39am
in association with Doug Grierson
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