The Lyre-Bird And The Jay 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 01 December 2010
2010

Two birdies fleeting
one day were meeting
even as you and I.
Amid the flowers,
in greenwood bowers
even as you and I.
She was a bird of the shy simple kind,
of the fam'ly that's known as the jay.
He was a lyrebird
to boldness inclined
and it all occurred this way.

"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the lyrebird
"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the jay
"You're a very pretty miss,
and I'd like to have a kiss."
"How do you do?
How do you do?
Kiss away."
"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the lyrebird
When he found that her love he could win,
"Toddle along,
see you again,"
said the lyrebird
"How do you do?
Call again." said the jay.

"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the lyrebird
"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the jay
"You're a very pretty miss,
and I'd like to have a kiss."
"How do you do?
How do you do?
Kiss away."
"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the lyrebird
When he found that her love he could win,
"Toddle along,
see you again,"
said the lyrebird
"How do you do?
Call again." said the jay.

Same birdies fleeting
next day were meeting
even as you and I.
News had been carried,
that they were married,
I wish 'twere you and I.
And as a Romeo
she found he'd earned quite a name,
so when they met next day,
He found that she
to a snowbird had turn'd
and it all occurred this way.

"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the lyrebird
"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the jay
"You're a very pretty miss,
and I'd like to have a kiss."
"How do you do?
How do you do?
Kiss away."
"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the lyrebird
When he found that her love he could win,
"Toddle along,
see you again,"
said the lyrebird
"How do you do?
Call again." said the jay.

"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the lyrebird
"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the jay
"You're a very pretty miss,
and I'd like to have a kiss."
"How do you do?
How do you do?
Kiss away."
"How do you do?
How do you do?"
said the lyrebird
When he found that her love he could win,
"Toddle along,
see you again,"
said the lyrebird
"How do you do?
Call again." said the jay.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Lyre-Bird And The Jay 1911
Music by A.Baldwin Sloane
Lyrics by E.Ray Goetz
© 1911 by Ted Snyder Co.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 01 December 2010 at 10.58
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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