Oh! You Beautiful Coon 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12 Feb 2008
2008

Perfume in the air, everywhere,
(Oh! smell that sweet cologne.)
Diamonds that were bought by a millionaire,
(She's a bear, she's a bear!)
Hope of the colored race, they say,
blackbird of the Great White Way
a blackbird sure am I!
A blackbird flying high,
Look! Look!
at that beautiful coon:
That's what they say,
when I'm on Broadway.

Oh! you beautiful coon!
with an air so debonaire,
fascinating stare.
Makes the heart go wiggley, wiggley,
Oh! you beautiful coon!
with a wealth of kinky hair.
Ev'rywhere I'm a perfect bear
for fair millionaire
he will stare and then declare
Look! Look!
at that beautiful coon!
She's there, she's a bear!

Oh! you beautiful coon!
with an air so debonaire,
fascinating stare.
Makes the heart go wiggley, wiggley,
Oh! you beautiful coon!
with a wealth of kinky hair.
Ev'rywhere I'm a perfect bear
for fair millionaire
he will stare and then declare
Look! Look!
at that beautiful coon!
She's there, she's a bear!

Postcards in the mail and for sale,
(Her picture on the card)
Jew'lry by the pail, from admirers all
(She's a whale! she's a whale!)
Oh! what a spree in Gay Paree,
Germany went wild o'er me,
with Newport at my feet,
my vict'rys quite complete,
Look! Look!
at that beautiful coon,
that's what they do,
on Fifth Avenue.

Oh! you beautiful coon!
with an air so debonaire,
fascinating stare.
Makes the heart go wiggley, wiggley,
Oh! you beautiful coon!
with a wealth of kinky hair.
Ev'rywhere I'm a perfect bear
for fair millionaire
he will stare and then declare
Look! Look!
at that beautiful coon!
She's there, she's a bear!

Oh! you beautiful coon!
with an air so debonaire,
fascinating stare.
Makes the heart go wiggley, wiggley,
Oh! you beautiful coon!
with a wealth of kinky hair.
Ev'rywhere I'm a perfect bear
for fair millionaire
he will stare and then declare
Look! Look!
at that beautiful coon!
She's there, she's a bear!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Oh! You Beautiful Coon 1911
Words & Music by Geo.M.Cohan
© MCMXI by Jerome & Schwartz Pub.Co.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 12 February 2008 at 22.30
in association with Doug Grierson
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