The Hen And The Weather Vane 1908 'Little Nemo'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 May 2004

A little bantam hen in a barnyard dwelt,
and a white little hen was she,
all the roosters there
thought her more than fair,
as they wooed her on bended knee.
But the bantam hen didn't care for men,
so their chances were but small;
She had love untold for the rooster bold,
on the top of the steeple tall
so looking up the whole day long,
that love sick banty sang this song.

Weather Vane! Weather vane!
You're so far above me,
I can't expect
'twould be correct
for one so high to love me.
Weather Vane! Weather vane!
Proud you are I see
but whether vain or not
you are the one for me.

Weather Vane! Weather vane!
You're a vain delusion,
when way up there
you were a snare
for any heart's confusion,
Weather Vane! Weather vane!
You're false now I see.
As you're but tin
you cannot win a hen like me.

That little bantam hen
sat and moped all day.
She wept as a hen will do,
but that golden bird never heard a word
how the wind blew he never knew.
On a day quite warm came a thunder storm,
with an awful roar and din;
then that rooster gold to the barnyard rolled,
and the inquest proved him tin.
Then she said: "Tho' he looked so swell,
you cannot always sometimes tell."

Weather Vane! Weather vane!
You're so far above me,
I can't expect
'twould be correct
for one so high to love me.
Weather Vane! Weather vane!
Proud you are I see
but whether vain or not
you are the one for me.

Weather Vane! Weather vane!
You're a vain delusion,
when way up there
you were a snare
for any heart's confusion,
Weather Vane! Weather vane!
You're false now I see.
As you're but tin
you cannot win a hen like me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Hen And The Weather Vane 1908
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
© MCMVIII by The Cohan & Harris Pub.Co.  N.Y.City
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 03 May 2004 at 15.10
in association with Doug Grierson
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"Little Nemo" -  Klaw & Erlanger's production,
Founded on the Cartoons by Windsor McCay.
Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Harry B. Smith.
Harry B. Smith Publication: New York:
Cohan & Harris Publishing Co., 115 West 42nd St., 1908.
The Hen and the Weather Vane (Flip and Barometer Girl)
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