Sir Galahad 1917 'Leave It To Jane'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 01 Mar 2005

The days of chivalry are dead
of which in stories we have read,
when knights were bold
and acted kind o' scrappy.
When guys would take a lot of pains,
and fight all day to please the Janes;
and if their dame was tickled,
they were happy.
But now the men are mild and meek,
and seem to have a yellow streak:
They never lay for other gents,
to flatten 'em,
they think they've done a darned fine thing,
if they just buy the girl a ring
of imitation diamonds and platinum.

It makes me sort of sad
to read about Sir Galahad,
Sir Launcelot, and all of them today:
To amuse a girl and charm her;
they would get into their armor,
and they'd jump into the fray.
They called her lady love,
they used to wear her little glove,
and ev'rything the girl said went:
For them was the days when a lady
was a lady and a gent was a perfect gent.

Some night when they sat down to dine,
Sir Claude would say:
"That girl of mine makes ev'ry woman
jealous when he sees her."
Then someone else would yell: "Behave!
Thou malapert and scurvy knave!
Or I will smite thee one upon the beezer.
And then next morning, if you please,
they'd dress in iron B.V.D's
and mount a pair of chargers highly mettled,
and when Sir Claude so fair and young
got punctured in the leg or lung,
they looked upon the argument as settled.

It makes me sort of sad
to read about Sir Galahad,
Sir Launcelot, and all of them today:
To amuse a girl and charm her;
they would get into their armor,
and they'd jump into the fray.
They called her lady love,
they used to wear her little glove,
and ev'rything the girl said went:
For them was the days when a lady
was a lady and a gent was a perfect gent.

It makes me sort of sad
to read about Sir Galahad,
Sir Launcelot, and all of them today:
To amuse a girl and charm her;
they would get into their armor,
and they'd jump into the fray.
They called her lady love,
they used to wear her little glove,
and ev'rything the girl said went:
For them was the days when a lady
was a lady and a gent was a perfect gent.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sir Galahad 1917 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by P.G.Wodehouse
from "Leave It To Jane"
© MCMXVII by T.B.Harms Inc.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 01 March 2005 at 23.27
in association with Doug Grierson
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