The Jolly Tar and The Milkmaid 1937 'A Damsel In Distress'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 10 Aug 2003

There was a jolly British Tar
who met a milkmaid bonny.
He said: "How beautiful you are!"
With a hey and a nonny,
with a hey and a nonny!
"Such golden hair I ne'er did see,
with lips to shame the cherry.
Oh, buxom milkmaid, marry me!"
With a down aderry,
with a down, a downaderry!
"Our hearts could rhyme," said she.
"'Tis flattered I'm," said she,
"But oh, ah me, you see, you see,
You see, you see, I happen to be,
I happen to be
The mother of three;
a wife already, and mother of three,
of three, of three, of three, of three,
of three, the mother of three!

The Jolly Tar,
he laughed a laugh.
"'Tis for the best, my bonny,
that you won't be my better half."
With a hey and a nonny,
with a hey and a nonny!
"I near forgot on seeing you
that I've a wife in Kerry,
In Spain and also Timbuctoo!"
With a down aderry,
with a down, adown aderry!
"You've got me thinking twice;
Goodbye to shoes and rice,
for oh, ah me, just now, you see,
Just now, you see,
I happen to be,
I happen to be
The husband of three,
aspliced already, and husband of three,
of three, of three, of three, of three,
of three, The husband of three!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Jolly Tar and The Milkmaid 1937 Gershwin
from "A Damsel In Distress" - 1937
Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
copyright 1937 by Gershwin Music (renewed)
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 10 August 2003 at 16.06
in association with Doug Grierson
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