The Vampire 1914 - Ziegfeld Follies of 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Sep 2006
2006

A fool there was
and he made his pray'r
e'en as you and I
to a rag and a bone
and a hank of hair,
I'm one of those innocent guys!
But of married life
with all its strife
its sorrow and its woe,
I loved the woman well
but I hate to tell
where I'd like to see her go.

I bet that the man
who wrote the Vampire
certn'ly must 'ave known my wife!
He was a poet
and he could not help but show it,
he described her better than life.
She's a rag and a bone
and a big hank of hair,
and I'm the poor guy
that fell for the baby stare,
I'm sure the man who wrote the Vampire
he must 'ave known my wife!

Twixt five and sev'n is dinner time
for even you and I
we gen'rally have ours at half past six
'cept on Sunday 'long about five.
At the corner where I us'ally stop
that is when I'm not too late
we had a war discussin'
when they clear'd away the cussin'
and I looked at the clock
it said eight.

I bet that the man
who wrote the Vampire
certn'ly must 'ave known my wife!
Our parlor's two by four
she carried on more real war
that you wouldn't give a nickle for my life.
First she'd start to attack
then I'd start to retreat,
I mean any time that I was standing on my feet,
I'm sure the man who wrote The Vampire
he must 'ave known my wife!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Vampire 1914
Ragtime Song from The Ziegfeld Follies of 1913
Music by Bert A.Williams
Lyrics by Earl Jones & Gene Buck
© MCMXIV by Jerome H.Remick & Co.  New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 20 September 2006 at 9.45am
in association with Doug Grierson
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