The Gipsy Warned Me 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 9 August 2012
2012

I went to see a gipsy once
to learn my future fate,
Said she: "Be very careful when
you want to choose a mate."
So when a young man winked at me
outside the garden gate,
I went to see the gipsy once again.
I told her how my heart would flutter
'neath his soulful gaze,
and when I said: "This young man
has such very taking ways,"

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
He took me in the country once,
it really was sublime!
A dragon fly flew down my back,
and what a pantomime!
For he tried to find out where
the flies go in the winter time
'cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
He took me in the country once,
it really was sublime!
A dragon fly flew down my back,
and what a pantomime!
For he tried to find out where
the flies go in the winter time
'cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

An actor stayed at mother's once
so debonair and smart,
in "The Girl Who Lost Her Character"
he played the villain's part.
He told muh that he loved muh!
and to him I lost my heart,
so I went to see the gipsy once again.
I told her of the part he played
and what he used to do,
she scanned the lines upon my hand
and looking very blue,

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
Though in "The Girl Who
Lost Her Character" he made a hit,
I thought he'd buy a wedding ring
for me, I must admit,
But all the bounder gave me
was two tickets for the pit,
'cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
Though in "The Girl Who
Lost Her Character" he made a hit,
I thought he'd buy a wedding ring
for me, I must admit,
But all the bounder gave me
was two tickets for the pit,
'cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

Of marrying a titled gent
I'd always had a hope,
One night I met Count Zogitoff
he handed me the dope
He put the 'fluence on me
and then he asked me to elope,
so I went to see the gipsy once again.
I told her of Count Zogitoff
and how he'd been so kind,
said she: "You get some Zog, my dear,
and Zog it off your mind."

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
At two o'clock next morning there
I met Count Zogitoff,
said he: "The carriage waits, my dear,"
I heard a lady cough,
'twas his wife and fourteen children
all come round to see him off,
'cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
At two o'clock next morning there
I met Count Zogitoff,
said he: "The carriage waits, my dear,"
I heard a lady cough,
'twas his wife and fourteen children
all come round to see him off,
'cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

I love the Air Force uniform
I like that shade of blue,
And young Lieutenant Reggie, oh!
the stunts he used to do.
He'd fly across our house
and drop love letters down the flue,
so I went to see the gipsy once again.
Said she: "Be careful, dearie,
flying men are very slim,
He'll surely drop in on you
when you're not expecting him."

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
And that night in his aeroplane
young Reginald Magrath
flew right across the garden wall
and up the garden path,
crashed through the bathroom window pane
and I was in the bath,
'cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
And that night in his aeroplane
young Reginald Magrath
flew right across the garden wall
and up the garden path,
crashed through the bathroom window pane
and I was in the bath,
'cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

The gipsy with her warnings
got so very, very strict,
I never got a young man
and I thought it time I kicked.
And getting rather anxious
as to why I hadn't clicked
I went to see the gipsy once again.
Said she: "A brave young man
will snatch you from your very bed
but if you don't hang on to him
that man you'll never wed!"

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
That night the house caught fire
and in his helmet shining bright,
a fireman snatched me from my bed
and got me down all right.
Then he jumped upon his engine
and he shouted out "Goodnight!"
cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

The gipsy warned me,
the gipsy warned me,
"Oh," she said to me,
"My child, he's a bad lad,
a very bad lad!"
But I only blushed and smiled.
That night the house caught fire
and in his helmet shining bright,
a fireman snatched me from my bed
and got me down all right.
Then he jumped upon his engine
and he shouted out "Goodnight!"
cause I didn't take the gipsy's warning.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Gipsy Warned Me 1920
sung by Miss Violet Loraine
by R.P.Weston & Bert Lee
© 1920 by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 9 August 2012 at 21.30
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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