The Duchess Of The Table D'Hote 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Oct 2008
2008

If you are new to New York Town
it's lucky you met me,
For I run the town you see,
Know it all from A to Z.
I'm known to ev'rybody
from the newsboys to the Mayor
and my title is the Queen of Lobster Square,
To strangers I am pointed out
as one of Broadway's sights,
and when I go out nights,
They turn on all the lights,
When I go in a restaurant
the Johnnies know their cue,
and all of them shout:
"I remember you."

I always write the bill of fare at Rector's
And I arrange the music at Martin's
At night I am the star
at the Café des Beaux Arts,
At all the base ball games
I lead the fans,
'Twas I taught Anna Held to dance Matchiche,
All Georgie Cohan's funny lines I quote
I give advice to Considine,
I tell Jim Brady where to dine
for I'm the Duchess of the Table D'Hote.

I always write the bill of fare at Rector's
And I arrange the music at Martin's
At night I am the star
at the Café des Beaux Arts,
At all the base ball games
I lead the fans,
'Twas I taught Anna Held to dance Matchiche,
All Georgie Cohan's funny lines I quote
I give advice to Considine,
I tell Jim Brady where to dine
for I'm the Duchess of the Table D'Hote.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Duchess Of The Table D'Hote 1908
Music by Maurice Levi
Lyrics by Harry B.Smith
© MCMVIII by The Cohan & Harris Pub.Co. - New York City
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from the Ziegfeld Follies 1908
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 29 October 2008 at 11.51
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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