The Manicure Girl 1910 Kern - The Henpecks

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Jul 2007
2007

What's the reason that nowadays
the man who's up to date
has dropped his old time affinities
and found a new soul mate?
Why are pretty young stenographers
neglected by their bosses now
in such a shameful way?
Who is stealing all the college boys
away from all the ladies
in the chorus ev'ry day?

The Manicure girl
all the men around her finger she'll twirl
for all the young and the old
and the timid and bold
and the warm and the cold
they just do as they're told
by The Manicure Girl!
She will set your hubby's heart in a whirl
unless you're trying to lose him
mind you don't introduce him
to the Manicure Manicure Girl

I think Eve was a Manicure
for whom old Adam fell;
and one named Miss Cleopatra
tempted Antony as well;
When old Christopher Columbus said:
"I don't know where I'm going,
but I'm surely on my way,"
who stood right outside the harbor there,
and held the Lamp of Liberty
to light him up the bay?

The Manicure girl
all the men around her finger she'll twirl
for all the young and the old
and the timid and bold
and the warm and the cold
they just do as they're told
by The Manicure Girl!
and she set Columbus all in a whirl
he said: "Is that you again?
I thought I left you in Spain,
You naughty Manicure Manicure Girl

Who was first on the scene to make a fuss
old Doctor Cook?
And who was foremost in handing him
the order of the Hook?
Then when Roosevelt from Africa
returned to find a hearty welcome
in his native land;
as young Kermit and his father dis'embarked
who was the very first
to take them by the hand?

The Manicure girl
all the men around her finger she'll twirl
for all the young and the old
and the timid and bold
and the warm and the cold
they just do as they're told
by The Manicure Girl!
and she set old Teddy all in a whirl
at bears and lions he'll thunder,
but he just knuckles under
to the Manicure Manicure Girl

Things are not looking healthy
for the followers of Taft,
now what with poor Uncle Joseph,
and the men caught with the graft;
whilst they're trying to investigate
and find the man who's higher up
and Johnnie on the spot;
who's that artist to the finger tips,
who simply takes them all in hand
and trims the blessed lot?

The Manicure girl
all the men around her finger she'll twirl
for all the young and the old
and the timid and bold
and the warm and the cold
they just do as they're told
by The Manicure Girl!
sets the politicians hearts in a whirl
for there's just one little party,
always strong, hale and hearty
that's the Manicure Manicure Girl...

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Manicure Girl 1910 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Frederick Day
© MCMX by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter  N.Y.
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Gertude Quinlan's Big Success
in Lew Field's producton
"The Henpecks"
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 27 July 2007 at 4.19pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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