The Gum Shoe Man 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Jan 2009
2009

If you ever do wrong
as you go along
there'll be someone after you,
he's a man who's fly
with an eagle eye
and he always spots a clue.
When on the scent
he'll ne'er relent and
criminals have to quail,
For, he grabs them all
the big the small
and he puts them right in jail.
He puts them right in jail
Yes! he puts them right in jail!

Sh! Sh! Sh!
Look out for the gum shoe man!
When he gets a clue,
he sticks like glue
and it's bye, bye honey
if he's after you!
For he's the gum shoe man
he'll land you if he can
so all take care
or you'd better beware
of the Gum Shoe Man!

Sh! Sh! Sh!
Look out for the gum shoe man!
When he gets a clue,
he sticks like glue
and it's bye, bye honey
if he's after you!
For he's the gum shoe man
he'll land you if he can
so all take care
or you'd better beware
of the Gum Shoe Man!

If a nice little lad
forgets it's bad
to steal his mother's jam,
he'll put him in jail
and never fail
the great big door to slam.
And cute little girls
with golden curls who
won't obey their ma's
he'll come some day to take away
and put them behind the bars.
To put behind the bars!
Yes! to put behind the bars!

Sh! Sh! Sh!
Look out for the gum shoe man!
When he gets a clue,
he sticks like glue
and it's bye, bye honey
if he's after you!
For he's the gum shoe man
he'll land you if he can
so all take care
or you'd better beware
of the Gum Shoe Man!

Sh! Sh! Sh!
Look out for the gum shoe man!
When he gets a clue,
he sticks like glue
and it's bye, bye honey
if he's after you!
For he's the gum shoe man
he'll land you if he can
so all take care
or you'd better beware
of the Gum Shoe Man!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Gum Shoe Man 1911
Music by Nat D.Ayer
Lyrics by Paul West
© MCMXI by Jerome H.Remick & Co. - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 27 January 2009 at 20.30
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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