The Old Maids Ball 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Nov 2006
2006

Talk about your funny masquerades,
talk about your funny looking braids,
did you hear of the four old maids
who gave a fancy ball,
old maids gathered there from every town,
each one dressed up in a funny gown
I was asked to go and so I hurried
down to the old maids ball.

There were old maids short and tall
dancing 'round the hall,
one who knew us drew up to us,
she was older than St. Louis,
Miss Melinda Rand
led the female band
and when they played:
"Here comes the bride"
Four old maids sat down and cried,
someone hollered: "There's a man outside,"
and broke up the old maids ball.

There were old maids short and tall
dancing 'round the hall,
one who knew us drew up to us,
she was older than St. Louis,
Miss Melinda Rand
led the female band
and one old maid named Geraldine,
oldest maid I've ever seen,
said: "Tommorrow I'll be seventeen,"
and broke up the old maids ball.

Every body in the hall was asked
not to laugh and say it was a task,
what I thought was a funny mask
turned out to be a face,
some one came to me and put me wise,
fifty dollars was the standing prize,
to the one who had a perfect figure,
nobody won the prize.

There were old maids short and tall
dancing 'round the hall,
one who knew us drew up to us,
she was older than St. Louis,
Miss Melinda Rand
led the female band
and when they played:
"Here comes the bride"
Four old maids sat down and cried,
someone hollered: "There's a man outside,"
and broke up the old maids ball.

There were old maids short and tall
dancing 'round the hall,
one who knew us drew up to us,
she was older than St. Louis,
Miss Melinda Rand
led the female band
and one old maid named Geraldine,
oldest maid I've ever seen,
said: "Tommorrow I'll be seventeen,"
and broke up the old maids ball.

Soft karaoke
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piano
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The Old Maids Ball 1913
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© MCMXIII by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 29 November 2006 at 4.54pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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