Save Your Money John 1919 "Ziegfeld Follies"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 5 Nov 2007
2007

When my friend Billy Brown
departed this life,
I meant for to make Bill's widow my wife;
I will admit that Bill was my pal,
but Billy Brown's widow was a handsome gal;
I took her down to the courthouse one day,
had my Dollar ready, the license to pay;
all at once Bill's Ghost without any fuss,
came up to me, and he whispered thus:

You better save your money, John;
save your money, John,
She might look nice,
but take a Ghost's advice,
you'll regret it just as sure as you're born.
You better save your money, John,
save your money, John,
It's eternity, she made a corpse of me;
for the Lord's sake
save your money, John.

You better save your money, John;
save your money, John,
She might look nice,
but take a Ghost's advice,
you'll regret it just as sure as you're born.
You better save your money, John,
save your money, John,
It's eternity, she made a corpse of me;
for the Lord's sake
save your money, John.

I was so frightened that I fainted away
I stayed unconscious many a day;
but there at my bedside all the while,
was Billy Brown's widow
with that lovin' smile;
After three or four weeks had gone past,
pulled myself together,
got my nerve at last;
took her way down
to the courthouse once more,
There sat Bill's Ghost,
at that courthouse door:

You better save your money, John;
save your money, John,
She might look nice,
but take a Ghost's advice,
you'll regret it just as sure as you're born.
You better save your money, John,
save your money, John,
It's eternity, she made a corpse of me;
for the Lord's sake
save your money, John.

You better save your money, John;
save your money, John,
She might look nice,
but take a Ghost's advice,
you'll regret it just as sure as you're born.
You better save your money, John,
save your money, John,
It's eternity, she made a corpse of me;
for the Lord's sake
save your money, John.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Save Your Money John 1919
Bert Williams' Big Hit in Ziegfeld's Follies
by Les Copeland & Alex Rogers
© MCMXIX by Triangle Music Pub.Co.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 5 November 2007 at 14.21
in association with Doug Grierson
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