The Subway Express 1907 Fascinating Flora

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Jun 2006
2006

[He:] It was in no sheltered nook
it was by no babbling brook
when romantic'lly we met.
[She:] Ah, the scene I can't forget
we were thrown together in the Subway Express.
[He:] You were clearly all at sea
as you wildly clutched at me,
when around that curve we swung.
[She:] Yes, and though I lost my tongue
I made a hit with you,
you must confess.
[He:] Yes, you hit me in the back
and as around and round you flew
I inquired if I could tender
a supporting arm to you.
[She:] To which I answered:
"No sir!" when the guard yelled:
"Move up closer."
and clearly there was nothing else to do.

[He:] We first met down at Spring Street
and then upon my word,
[She:] I felt I'd known you
all my life when we reached TwentyThird.
[He:] You won my heart at Harlem
[She:] At the Bronx I murmured yes
[Both:] We lost no time in that hour sublime
on the Subway Express.

[He:] When Grand Central hove in view
do you recollect how you
wildly reaching for that strap
[She:] Tumbled in that fat man's lap
what a situation for a Girlie was that?
[He:] As you sat upon his knee
How I wished that I were he,
but I helped you to your feet
[She:] And the fat man held his seat
I crushed him and I also crushed his hat.
[He:] As ostensibly we read
the signs of breakfast food and ham
if we weren't in a pickle
we were clearly in a jam.
[She:] 'Twas more like an excursion;
or just another version
of Mary and her faithful little lamb.

[He:] We first met down at Spring Street
and then upon my word,
[She:] I felt I'd known you
all my life when we reached TwentyThird.
[He:] You won my heart at Harlem
[She:] At the Bronx I murmured yes
[Both:] We lost no time in that hour sublime
on the Subway Express.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Subway Express 1907 Kern
from "Fascinating Flora"
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by James O'Dea
© MCMVII by T. B. Harms Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 05 June 2006 at 00.39
in association with Doug Grierson
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