The Illegitimate Daughter 1932 'Of Thee I Sing'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 02 Apr 2005

You have done a great injustice
to a French descendant,
a lovely girl, whose rights
have been trampled to the dust.

Who is she?
What's her name?
Her name is Diana Devereaux!
Diana Devereaux! Diana Devereaux!
Since when is she of French descent?

I've been looking up her fam'ly tree
and I have found a most important pedigree!

She's the illegitimate daughter
of an illegitimate son
of an illegitimate nephew of Napoleon!

Napoleon?

She offers aristocracy
to this bizarre democracy,
where naught is sacred
but the old simoleon!

I must know why
you crucify my native country
with this effront'ry
To the illegitimate daughter
of an illegitimate son
of an illegitimate nephew of Napoleon!
To the illegitimate daughter of
an illegitimate son
of an illegitimate nephew of Napoleon!

She's the illegitimate daughter
of an illegitimate son
of an illegitimate nephew of Napoleon!

Napoleon?

She offers aristocracy
to this bizarre democracy,
where naught is sacred
but the old simoleon!

You soandso! We didn't know
she had a tieup
so very highup!

She's the illegitimate daughter
of an illegitimate son
of an illegitimate nephew of Napoleon!

To the illegitimate daughter of
an illegitimate son
of an illegitimate nephew of Napoleon!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Illegitimate Daughter 1932 Gershwin
from "Of Thee I Sing"
Music & Lyrics by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
© 1932 by WB Music Corp. (renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 02 April 2005 at 20.31
in association with Doug Grierson
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