That's The Doctor Bill 1909

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Feb 2008
2008

Mister William Brown
up in Blackville Town,
loved a dusky belle named Sadie,
she a fickle maid of a copper shade,
used to work for an actor lady,
when her work was through,
ev'ry day at two,
she received a railroad porter,
but one day, Bill Brown
chanced to come to town,
and he slipped upstairs and caught her.
William Brown couldn't understand
why this fellow held her hand,
until Sadie came to him and said,
with a smile serene and bland.

That's the doctor, Bill,
that's the doctor, Bill,
Honest that's the doctor, Bill,
Ain't no use of pouting
or a getting sore.
You know he's been a treating me
a month or more,
he's so very nice,
gives me good advice,
and prescriptions you must fill
you should meet him, yes you should,
'cause he does me lots of good,
that's the doctor, doctor, herb concoctor
Honest that's the doctor, Bill.

William Brown went home
but his thoughts would roam
to the girl he left behind him,
so, the next day, he
took a train at three,
and at five at her house we find him.
And to his surprise,
right before her eyes,
Sadie held hands with another,
William said: 'I see,
you'll about tell me
that this is your long lost brother.'
Sadie blushed and to Bill said this,
There's some treatment that I missed,
so, I let my other doctor go,
this one is a specialist.

That's the doctor, Bill,
that's the doctor, Bill,
Honest that's the doctor, Bill,
Ain't no use of pouting
or a getting sore.
You know he's been a treating me
a month or more,
he's so very nice,
gives me good advice,
and prescriptions you must fill
you should meet him, yes you should,
'cause he does me lots of good,
that's the doctor, doctor, herb concoctor
Honest that's the doctor, Bill.

William asked his boss,
for a nightschool course,
and in six months was a doctor,
then a call he made,
and he showed to Sade,
his diploma as herb concoctor.
Then he said: 'From now,
if you feel somehow
that your medicine won't do you,
if you should have chills,
or you want some pills,
I'm the man to hand them to you.
Let them fellows stay away,
should they come around some day,
and they want to know just who I am,
you can tell the truth and say:

That's the doctor, Bill,
that's the doctor, Bill,
Honest that's the doctor, Bill,
Ain't no use of pouting
or a getting sore.
You know he's been a treating me
a month or more,
he's so very nice,
gives me good advice,
and prescriptions you must fill
you should meet him, yes you should,
'cause he does me lots of good,
that's the doctor, doctor, herb concoctor
Honest that's the doctor, Bill.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That's The Doctor Bill 1909
from 'The Boys And Betty'
Music by Silvio Hein
Lyrics by Henry S.Creamer
© 1909 by Marie Cahill Music Co. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 22 February 2008 at 22.27
in association with Doug Grierson
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