Song Of The Cheating Pedlar 1900 de Koven 'Foxy Quiller'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Apr 2006
2006

There once was a pedlar,
a jolly old pedlar,
who travelled from town to town,
who travelled from town to town.
With bargains a stack in his pack
on his back,
for bargains he had renown,
for bargains he had renown.
It's rarely you'd meet,
so complete an old cheat,
his victims in vain would complain,
he jogged right along,
with a jovial song,
and this was its tuneful refrain:

Bargains a lot,
here I have got,
all are cheap, cheap,
I never beat, I never cheat,
my word I keep.
I lose cash ev'ry time I sell a thing;
I'll in the poorhouse weep;
I'm an honest elf,
and I cheat myself,
my prices they are never steep.
Come buy, this is an opportunity,
walk up and buy bargains so cheap.

'Twas hey for the pedlar,
the cheating old pedlar.
One day when the sun was hot,
one day when the sun was hot.
He came to a nook
by the side of a brook,
"I'll rest here," he said,
"Why not?
I'll rest here," he said,
"Why not?"
So lulled by the breeze
as it sang in the trees,
he slept as if snugly in bed.
The crickets and frogs,
from the neighboring bogs
came round and the crickets all said:

We never new how pretty you
look when asleep.
Rest for a while, peacefully smile,
watch we will keep, sleep on!
bargains we will examine them,
we will take a peep
in the pedlar's pack
that's on your back,
while you are wrapped in slumber deep.
Come all, here is an opportunity,
even the crickets say cheap.
It was so! They sang,
the crickets and frogs,
all of a summer day, summer day.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Song Of The Cheating Pedlar 1900 de Koven
from "Foxy Quiller"
Music by reginald De Koven
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© 1900 by Edward Schuberth & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 05 April 2006 at 14.02
in association with Doug Grierson
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