Take A Puff-Puff-Puff 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 Feb 2012
2012

A woman's dissipations
years ago were mighty tame;
for she ate so much candy
she got sugar on the brain.
Today a man says:
"May I smoke a cigarette or two?"
But she says: "You may not
unless you let me smoke with you."
She'll take a

puff, puff, puff,
like old Egyptian kings.
She's great at blowing rings,
and all those fancy things.
A card case full of cigarettes
is her great bluff,
for perfect ladies
smoke like Hades!
Puff, puff, puff.
She'll take a

puff, puff, puff,
like old Egyptian kings.
She's great at blowing rings,
and all those fancy things.
A card case full of cigarettes
is her great bluff,
for perfect ladies
smoke like Hades!
Puff, puff, puff.

In olden times it was a crime
for girls to wear false hair;
but nowadays they wear enough
to stuff a parlour chair.
This style is even good for Grandma,
poor baldheaded saint.
For she can make her cranium
look just like what it ain't.
She'll take a

puff, puff, puff,
of someone else's hair.
On spots that are quite bare,
to help keep out the air.
But if there comes a windstorm
that is strong and rough,
she'll see the finish of that spinach!
Puff, puff, puff.

She'll take a

puff, puff, puff,
of someone else's hair.
On spots that are quite bare,
to help keep out the air.
But if there comes a windstorm
that is strong and rough,
she'll see the finish of that spinach!
Puff, puff, puff.

A woman's features nowadays
are often rearranged,
if she dislikes the face she owns,
she goes and has it changed.
They scrape the skin right off her face
'tis pleasant I don't think.
And then they reenamel it,
just like the kitchen sink.
She'll take a

puff, puff, puff,
A powder puff I mean.
Some dabs of paint between
and she's a peacherine.
But when she goes a bathing
you can call her bluff,
A wave soon brushes off her blushes!
Puff, puff, puff.
She'll take a

puff, puff, puff,
A powder puff I mean.
Some dabs of paint between
and she's a peacherine.
But when she goes a bathing
you can call her bluff,
A wave soon brushes off her blushes!
Puff, puff, puff.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Take A Puff-Puff-Puff 1908
by Kenneth S.Clark
© MCMVIII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 25 February 2012 at 09.56
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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