Old Maids Are Willing To Please 1899 'The Ameer'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Jan 2004

When I first decided I needed a wife,
I said to myself, said I:
"This tying yourself
to a partner for life
is a serious matter," said I.
And I based my decision
to each proposition
on something I learned as a youth:
For some way or other
these words of my mother,
who told me appeared as the truth.

And these are the words of my mother
which I heard as I sat on her knees
It's an argument rife
when a man seeks a wife
as to which is the best one he sees.
"Don't marry a widow," said mother,
"nor marry a young girl who'll tease.
The widows are flighty
the girls highty tighty
but old maids are willing to please.

When a man weds a widow
he'd better take care,
his staying out nights is done;
the old, old excuse he will find of no use
'twas used by the late number one;
In manner contrary,
the old maid you marry,
a wrong in your notion ne'er sees,
no need of explaining,
she's never complaining,
for old maids are willing to please.

I'm glad that the words of my mother
which I said as I sat on her knees
were an argument rife
when I looked for a wife,
for a man likes the first one he sees.
Now ever beware of the widows
the maidens are likely to tease
The widows are flighty
the girls highty tighty
but old maids are willing to please.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Old Maids Are Willing To Please 1899
Lyrics by Frederic Ranken
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MDCCCXCIX by M. Witmark & Sons.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 18 January 2004 at 00.11
in association with Doug Grierson
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Vocal Selections From "The Ameer."
The New Comic Opera Success in Three Acts.
Frederic Ranken Kirke La Shelle Publication:
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1899.
Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Frederic Ranken and Kirke La Shelle.
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