The Fortune Telling Man 1901

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 October 2010
2010

In an old big house,
jes' as quiet as a mouse,
I sits an' 'casionaly
reads about old Mars,
An' in the dead of night,
without a speck of light,
I studies through de windows
all de stars.
Den early in de morn
Jes' before de break of dawn,
I gets what little rest den
dat I can,
'Cause I must be up, you see,
Meetin' folks what comes to me,
They all comes to see
the fortune telling man.

I am dat fortune telling man,
Dars no kind of dreams dat
I can't understand,
I can tell your future
by looking in de hand,
Cause I am
dat fortune telling man.

I am dat fortune telling man,
Dars no kind of dreams dat
I can't understand,
I can tell your future
by looking in de hand,
Cause I am
dat fortune telling man.

A man by name of Rice
came to see me once or twice,
To tell me of his chickens' discontents,
He locked de house door,
made sure it was secure,
But his fowls would surely
change their residence.
No feathers layin' 'round,
He had searched good in de ground,
Dat's what he claimed
was puzzlin' his mind,
So I said: "Don't say no more,
Who is it lives next door,
'cause dars de guilty person
you will find."

I am dat fortune telling man,
Dars no kind of dreams dat
I can't understand,
I can tell your future
by looking in de hand,
Cause I am
dat fortune telling man.

I am dat fortune telling man,
Dars no kind of dreams dat
I can't understand,
I can tell your future
by looking in de hand,
Cause I am
dat fortune telling man.

The very next night,
jes' before I lit de light,
a monstrous looking coon
came to my door,
He said he'd had a dream,
an awful thing he'd seen,
A spirit dressed in white walked cross his floor,
I looked into his hand,
and I said: "See here young man,
Dat dream and both your hands
they wear a veil."
I could read his great surprise,
As I telescoped his eyes,
When I said: "You'll marry quick
or go to jail."

I am dat fortune telling man,
Dars no kind of dreams dat
I can't understand,
I can tell your future
by looking in de hand,
Cause I am
dat fortune telling man.

I am dat fortune telling man,
Dars no kind of dreams dat
I can't understand,
I can tell your future
by looking in de hand,
Cause I am
dat fortune telling man.

Soft karaoke
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lyric
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The Fortune Telling Man 1901
by Williams & Walker
© 1901 by Jos.W.Stern & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 17 October 2010 at 16.59
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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