Palesteena 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 Jan 2007
2007

In the Bronx of New York City
lives a girl, she's not so pretty,
Lena is her name;
such a clever girl is Lena,
how she plays her concertina
really it's a shame,
she's such a good musician
she's got a swell position,
to go across the sea to entertain.
And so they shipped poor Lena
'way out to Palesteena
but now I hear that she don't look the same.

They say that:

Lena is the queen of Palesteena
just because they like her concertina
She plays it day and night
she plays with all her might
she never gets it right
but how they love it,
want more of it,
I heard her play once or twice
Oh! murder! still it was nice,
she was fat but she got leaner,
pushing on her concertina
down old Palesteena way.

They say that:

Lena is the queen of Palesteena
just because they like her concertina
each movement of her wrist
just makes them shake and twist
they simply can't resist
her music funny gets the money.
there's nothin' sounds like it should
so rotten, it's really good.
All the girls there dress like Lena
some wear oatmeal, some farina
down old Palesteena way.

Lena's girl friend Arabella
let her meet an Arab fella,
she thought he was grand;
on a camel's back a swayin'
you could hear Miss Lena playin'
o'er the desert sand;
she didn't play such new ones
for all she knew were blue ones,
Still Yousoff sat and listened by his tent.
And as he tried to kiss her
she heard that Arab whisper:
"Oh, Lena how I love your instrument."

They say that:

Lena is the queen of Palesteena
just because they like her concertina
She plays it day and night
she plays with all her might
she never gets it right
but how they love it,
want more of it,
I heard her play once or twice
Oh! murder! still it was nice,
she was fat but she got leaner,
pushing on her concertina
down old Palesteena way.

They say that:

Lena is the queen of Palesteena
just because they like her concertina
each movement of her wrist
just makes them shake and twist
they simply can't resist
her music funny gets the money.
there's nothin' sounds like it should
so rotten, it's really good.
All the girls there dress like Lena
some wear oatmeal, some farina
down old Palesteena way.

Soft karaoke
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piano
piano
piano
piano
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Palesteena 1920
by Con Conrad & J.Russell Robinson
© MCMXX by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 07 January 2006 at 11.44pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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