The Girl With The Clocks 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3 Nov 2011
2011

There's a smart little girl
who has lately come to town,
and she wears clocks upon her hose;
She has eyes of blue
and hair a ruddy brown
and oh, such a pretty nose.
In dress and hats
she's a very natty taste,
she's a pretty little ankle
and a taper little waist;
And that little ankle's
singularly graced by the clocks
upon her hose.

So keep your eye on the girl
with the clocking on her stocking
she's a dear!
If you see her
with the frilling on her frocking
in the street,
when you meet her,
Bow and greet her
she won't run away.
But if you ask her to dine
she'll decline "never met you,"
says she can't without Aunt
Take her Aunt
and she'll let you
for the girl is only mocking
she's got clocking on her stocking
she does not know the time of day.

So keep your eye on the girl
with the clocking on her stocking
she's a dear!
If you see her
with the frilling on her frocking
in the street,
when you meet her,
Bow and greet her
she won't run away.
But if you ask her to dine
she'll decline "never met you,"
says she can't without Aunt
Take her Aunt
and she'll let you
for the girl is only mocking
she's got clocking on her stocking
she does not know the time of day.

With her aunt you take her
shopping for the day,
for she loves clocks upon her hose;
Perhaps you think
there won't be much to pay,
But you're wrong,
trust to one who knows.
She'll trot you off
to a habadasher's shop
in the hosiery department
for an hour you'll have to stop,
and when the bill comes
in your watch you have to pop
for the clocks upon her hose.

So keep your eye on the girl
with the clocking on her stocking
she's a dear!
If you see her
with the frilling on her frocking
in the street,
when you meet her,
Bow and greet her
she won't run away.
But if you ask her to dine
she'll decline "never met you,"
says she can't without Aunt
Take her Aunt
and she'll let you
for the girl is only mocking
she's got clocking on her stocking
she does not know the time of day.

So keep your eye on the girl
with the clocking on her stocking
she's a dear!
If you see her
with the frilling on her frocking
in the street,
when you meet her,
Bow and greet her
she won't run away.
But if you ask her to dine
she'll decline "never met you,"
says she can't without Aunt
Take her Aunt
and she'll let you
for the girl is only mocking
she's got clocking on her stocking
she does not know the time of day.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Girl With The Clocks 1908
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Walter Donaldson & T.H.Read
© MCMVIII by Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crewe Ltd.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 3 November 2011 at 17.37
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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