Sobbin' Women 1953 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 May 2006
2006

Y'heard about them Sobbin' Women
who lived in the Roman days;
it seems that they all went swimmin'
while their men was off to graze.
Well a Roman troop was riding by
and saw them in their meohmy,
so they took 'em all back home to dry,
least that's what Plutarch says. Oh yes!

Them a women was sobbin' sobbin'
sobbin' fit to be tied.
Ev'ry muscle was throbbin,
throbbin' from that riotous ride.
Seems they cried and kissed
and kissed and cried
all over that Roman countryside,
so don't forget that
when you're takin' a bride
sobbin' fit to be tied,
from that riotous ride.

They never did return their plunder,
the victor gets all the loot;
they carried them home, by thunder,
to rotundas small, but cute.
And you never have seen, so they tell me,
such downright domesticity,
with a Roman baby on each knee,
named Claudius and Brute. Oh Yes!

Them a women was sobbin' sobbin'
sobbin' passin' the nights
while the Romans was goin' out hobnobbin'
startin' up fights.
They kept occupied by sewin' lots
of little old togas for them tots,
and sayin' "Some day women folk'll have rights."
Passin' all of their nights
while them Romans had fights.

Now when their menfolk went to fetch 'em,
them women would not be fetched;
it seems when the Romans ketch 'em
that their lady friends stay ketched.
Better let this be, because it's true,
a lesson to the likes of you,
treat 'em rough like them there Romans do
or else they'll think you're tetched! Oh Yes!

Them a women was sobbin' sobbin'
sobbin' buckets o' tears
on account o' old dobbin
dobbin, really rattled their ears,
Oh, they acted angry and annoyed,
but secretly they was overjoyed,
you might recall that
when corralin' your steers.
Oh, them poor little dears,
sobbin' buckets of tears.

Even though they're all sobbin'
sobbin' sobbin' weepin' a ton
just remember what Robin, Robin,
Robin Hood woulda done.
We'll be just like them there merry men
and make 'em all merry once again
sobbin' and a cryin'
and a kissin' and a sighin'
we'll have plenty of fun.
We'll have plenty of fun,
We'll have plenty of fun.

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Sobbin' Women 1953
Music by Gene de Paul
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
© 1953 by Loew's Inc.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 17 May 2006 at 09.59
in association with Doug Grierson
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