Play The Game 1911 'The Duchess'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 Mar 2006
2006

When a girl is still unmarried,
just a simple foolish maid,
ev'ry love attack is parried,
for of men she's quite afraid.
But when once a girl is wedded,
there is nothing to be feared;
for the innocence so dreaded
by the men has disappeared.
For a married lady flirts,
and a married lady smiles,
and herself she much diverts
with a married lady's wiles.
She is followed by admirers,
like a flock of robins tame,
she can answer all inquiries,
she knows how to play the game.

Play the game! Play the game!
It's the game
of many moths around a flame;
you may fool a simple maidie,
but when one's a married lady,
she can beat you ev'ry time
at the game.

Play the game! Play the game!
It's the game
of many moths around a flame;
you may fool a simple maidie,
but when one's a married lady,
she can beat you ev'ry time
at the game.

You may act as bold deceivers,
with a simple ingénue,
they are credulous believers,
who think all you say is true.
But unmarried girls, tho' silly,
will be careful, for they know
on the whiteness of the lily
ev'ry mark is sure to show.
But the widow or the wife,
is more like a fullblown rose,
she is equal to a strife
with the men, both friends and foes.
With diplomacy she rules them
and it really seems a shame,
how delightfully she fools them,
when they try to play the game.

Play the game! Play the game!
It's the game
of many moths around a flame;
you may fool a simple maidie,
but when one's a married lady,
she can beat you ev'ry time
at the game.

Play the game! Play the game!
It's the game
of many moths around a flame;
you may fool a simple maidie,
but when one's a married lady,
she can beat you ev'ry time
at the game.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Play The Game 1911
from "The Duchess" - 1911
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© MCMXI by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 07 March 2006 at 23.24
in association with Doug Grierson
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