Oh You Lovely Ladies! 1916 Romberg

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12 Nov 2007
2007

Life's a joke, a jest, a jumble!
One long vaudeville act!
Free for all, a rough and tumble!
That's a positive fact!
Married life has lots of sorrow
not forgetting the fun!
Husbands are not allowed to roam
but to the city and back home.
Car fares from their wives they borrow,
Martyrs every one!

Then why on earth
don't we all keep single?
And why with dear ladies
do we mingle?
Maybe it is just because
we need some pa and mainlaws.
Perhaps the truth,
if you insist,
is simply 'cause we can't resist!

'Tis sure they corral us in their dragnet,
attract us like fifty horsepow'r magnet!

When we're married we complain,
married life gives us a pain!
Get divorce, and then of course
we promptly marry again!
Without pretty ladies
life, I'm afraid, is profitless and vain!

Oh, you lovely ladies,
'spite of all we men may say,
tho' at times we doubt you,
yet without you we'd pine away!
Widows, wives, and maidens,
poor, or dressed in wealthy style,
hear the truth in chorus, we,
your fond adorers,
bask in your beautiful smile!

Dearest ladies, nearest ladies,
neatest ladies, sweetest ladies,
you can compensate us with
your fascinating smile.

Oh, you lovely ladies,
'spite of all we men may say,
tho' at times we doubt you,
yet without you we'd pine away!
Widows, wives, and maidens,
poor, or dressed in wealthy style,
hear the truth in chorus, we,
your fond adorers,
bask in your beautiful smile!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Oh You Lovely Ladies! 1916 Romberg
Music by Sigmund Romberg
Lyrics by Matthew Woodward
© 1916 by G. Schirmer
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 12 November 2007 at 00.20
in association with Doug Grierson
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