The Maid Of Timbuctoo 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Jul 2008
2008

In Afric's sunny land,
beyond the desert's sand,
there lived a maid,
I've heard it said,
in a place called Timbuctoo.
Bold chieftains by the score,
would come from miles or more,
arrayed in beads and pumpkin seeds,
this little maid to woo.

The maid of Timbuctoo
she knew just what to do
when suitors came to woo
her for her hand,
She shyly drooped her eyes
and heaved a sigh of sighs,
yet she was very wise,
you understand.

She was uncivilised,
yet you'd have been surprised,
if you had seen that maiden green,
taking in those Zulu guys,
She relieved them of their rings,
their beads and other things,
in such a way,
I dare to say,
They never did get wise.

The maid of Timbuctoo
she knew just what to do
when suitors came to woo
her for her hand,
She shyly drooped her eyes
and heaved a sigh of sighs,
yet she was very wise,
you understand.

When e'er some chieftain fine,
invited her to dine,
she shook her head, and shyly said:
"That to eat she did not care,"
but yet she'd sit and munch
bananas by the bunch,
and make them bring her ev'rything
on a Zulu bill of fare.

The maid of Timbuctoo
she knew just what to do
when suitors came to woo
her for her hand,
She shyly drooped her eyes
and heaved a sigh of sighs,
yet she was very wise,
you understand.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Maid Of Timbuctoo 1903
Music by Bob Cole
Lyrics by J.W.Johnson
© MCMIII by Jos.W.Stern & Co.
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introduced by Miss Lilian Russell at Weber & Fields
Broadway Music Hall
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 19 July 2008 at 19.12
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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