Sweet Alice 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 4 March 2011
2011

Just a slip of a girl,
with a bit of a curl,
She whispered sweet words in my ear;
How it happened I know not
my heart's in a bow knot,
I've been asking her year after year.
Her first name is Alice,
she lives down in Dallas
she said she would marry me!

So I'll build a cot for sweet Alice
A dear little place by the sea,
'Twill seem like a palace
to me and my Alice
no matter how small it may be.
And no one would hear any malice
If they could get one look at Alice
and I know my Alice
won't hate to leave Dallas
to live in my palace with me!

Can you picture me and my Alice,
At home in our place by the sea?
I know down in Dallas,
they'll hate to lose Alice,
but just think how happy we'll be,
On each of my knees there's a callous
it's caused by proposing to Alice,
never was such a pal as my Alice,
No gal is as fit for a palace as she!

When she answered me: "Yes!"
Why, you never can guess
what happened right here in my chest;
My heart started jumping
and bumping and thumping,
I thought it would burst from my vest.
My heart's in a whirl
o'er this slip of a girl
for she said she would marry me!

So I'll build a cot for sweet Alice
A dear little place by the sea,
'Twill seem like a palace
to me and my Alice
no matter how small it may be.
And no one would hear any malice
If they could get one look at Alice
and I know my Alice
won't hate to leave Dallas
to live in my palace with me!

Can you picture me and my Alice,
At home in our place by the sea?
I know down in Dallas,
they'll hate to lose Alice,
but just think how happy we'll be,
On each of my knees there's a callous
it's caused by proposing to Alice,
never was such a pal as my Alice,
No gal is as fit for a palace as she!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sweet Alice 1923
by Frank Crumit
© MCMXXIII by Harms Inc. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 4 March 2011 at 18.07
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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