On A Saturday Night 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Apr 2007
2007

Tillie loved Billie
and Billie loved Tillie,
away down on Avenue B.
She worked in Woolworth's
the old five and ten,
her rings were louder than any Big Ben.
Bill was a chauffeur and
each week he'd go for
this dapper young flapper at five.
He'd fix the old meter,
and then he would seat her
beside him
and off they would drive.

On a Saturday night,
on a Sat, Sat, Saturday night,
he'd shoot around corners
and speed around curves
until she would holler:
"Bill don't spill me nerves,"
On a lovely Saturday night,
on a Sat, Sat, Saturday night
She'd say: "Give her gas Bill
and make a home run,"
Then they'd hit a milk truck
that morning at One,
and wind up in jail singing:
"Ain't we got fun?"
On a Sat, Sat, Saturday night.

Tillie was some belle
and called Bill her dumb bell
away down on Avenue B.
Bill said his car was a Yuban Sedan
ground like an old coffee mill when it ran.
One night the flivver ran into the river
'twas mushy and slushy for fair.
But Bill's face was beaming,
the Yuban was steaming
so they had their coffee down there.

On a Saturday night,
on a Sat, Sat, Saturday night,
Bill's manners are better
since Till put him wise,
he eats with a fork
like Fifth Avenue guys,
on a lovely Saturday night,
on a Sat, Sat, Saturday night,
He's been learning etiquette
and he's a "Wow"
he ought to thank Tillie
for teaching him how,
'cause Bill never drinks
from a finger bowl now,
on a Sat, Sat, Saturday night.

On a Saturday night,
on a Sat, Sat, Saturday night,
He once brought her home
in a terrible rain,
and Tillie said: "If you go home it's a shame,"
On a rainy Saturday night,
on a Sat, Sat, Saturday night.
She said you will ruin
the best suit you own,
so take Father's bedroom
he sleeps there alone,
for since prohibition
he never comes home,
on a Sat, Sat, Saturday night.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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On A Saturday Night 1922
A Waltz Song
Music by John W.Bratton
Lyrics by William A.Downs & John W.Bratton
© MCMXXII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 19 April 2007 at 12.20pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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