The Jetney Queen 1897

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Dec 2011
2011

In Bon Ton social circles
I'm a leader,
such style as mine
has ne'er before been seen,
All my gowns are a la mode,
and my hair like De Merode,
in the colored parlance
I'm the Jetney Queen,
I'm authority on all
the latest fashions,
And I'm so warm
my hair is turning red,
When I go down the street,
Just to give the coons a treat,
The other wenches
wish that I was dead:

For I'm an F.F.V. as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet
that I haven't seen,
My heart's so light,
'twould pass for white,
For I'm a F.F.V.
as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet,
that I haven't seen,
You should hear me sing
She's the only real thing,
For I'm The Jetney Queen.

For I'm an F.F.V. as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet
that I haven't seen,
My heart's so light,
'twould pass for white,
For I'm a F.F.V.
as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet,
that I haven't seen,
You should hear me sing
She's the only real thing,
For I'm The Jetney Queen.

Of course of beaux
I have a grand collection,
There's not a Jap in town
I couldn't win,
As by the clubs I flit,
The coons all have a fit,
and they drink my health
in good old nigger gin,
I met my black Adonis
at the races,
All dressed in turkey red
with stripes of green,
He is my honey boy,
I'm his pride and joy,
And he always rides
to please his Jetney Queen.

For I'm an F.F.V. as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet
that I haven't seen,
My heart's so light,
'twould pass for white,
For I'm a F.F.V.
as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet,
that I haven't seen,
You should hear me sing
She's the only real thing,
For I'm The Jetney Queen.

For I'm an F.F.V. as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet
that I haven't seen,
My heart's so light,
'twould pass for white,
For I'm a F.F.V.
as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet,
that I haven't seen,
You should hear me sing
She's the only real thing,
For I'm The Jetney Queen.

Our wedding tour will be
a trip to Europe,
We'll cut the pigeon wing
in Paris, France;
And in Russia, for the Czar,
We will so the PasMaLa,
just to show them
how we real coons can dance,.
We'll do the Mobile Buck
in bonnie Scotland,
The CakeWalk
in the Em'rald Isle so green,
This will end our honeymoon,
and another little coon,
May come and grow
to be a Jetney Queen?

For I'm an F.F.V. as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet
that I haven't seen,
My heart's so light,
'twould pass for white,
For I'm a F.F.V.
as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet,
that I haven't seen,
You should hear me sing
She's the only real thing,
For I'm The Jetney Queen.

For I'm an F.F.V. as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet
that I haven't seen,
My heart's so light,
'twould pass for white,
For I'm a F.F.V.
as you can see,
There's nothing happened yet,
that I haven't seen,
You should hear me sing
She's the only real thing,
For I'm The Jetney Queen.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
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piano 4
lyric
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The Jetney Queen 1897
Music by Jackson Gouraud
Lyrics by Carrol Fleming
© 1897 by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 29 December 2011 at 15.55
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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