The Babbitt And The Bromide 1927 'Funny Face'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 Jan 2005

A Babbitt met a Bromide
on the avenue one day,
and held a conversation
in their own peculiar way.
They both were solid citizens
they both had been around,
and as they spoke you clearly saw
their feet were on the ground.

Hello! How are you?
Howza Folks? What's new?
I'm great! That's good! Ha Ha!
Knock wood! Well, well!
What say? Howya been?
Nice day. How's tricks?
What's new? That's fine!
How are you?

Nice weather we are having
but it gives me such a pain;
I've taken my umbrella,
so of course it doesn't rain.

HeighHo! That's life!
What's new? Howza wife?
Got to run! Oh, my!
TaTa! Olive Oil! Goodbye!

[Dance:]

Ten years went quickly by
for both these substiantial men,
and then it happened that one day
they chanced to meet again.
That they had both developed in ten years,
there was no doubt, and so,
of course, they had an awful lot to talk about;

Hello! How are you?
Howza Folks? What's new?
I'm great! That's good! Ha Ha!
Knock wood! Well, well!
What say? Howya been?
Nice day. How's tricks?
What's new? That's fine!
How are you?

I'm sure I know your face;
but I just can't recall your name,
Well, how've you been old boy?
You're looking just about the same.

HeighHo! That's life!
What's new? Howza wife?
Got to run! Oh, my!
TaTa! Olive Oil! Goodbye!

[Dance:]

Before they met again
some twenty years they had to wait.
This time it happened up above,
inside St. Peter's Gate.
A harp each one was carrying
and both were wearing wings,
and this is what they said
as they were strumming on the strings.

Hello! How are you?
Howza Folks? What's new?
I'm great! That's good! Ha Ha!
Knock wood! Well, well!
What say? Howya been?
Nice day. How's tricks?
What's new? That's fine!
How are you?

You've grown a little stouter
since I saw you last, I think;
You must come over someday
and we'll have a little drink.

HeighHo! That's life!
What's new? Howza wife?
Got to run! Oh, my!
TaTa! Olive Oil! Goodbye!

[Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Babbitt And The Bromide 1927 Gershwin
from "Funny Face"
Music & Lyrics by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
© 1927 by WB Music Corp. (Renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 25 January 2005 at 23.16
in association with Doug Grierson
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