We're Crooks 1917 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 6 Jul 2008
2008

When I was a baby
with a rattle and a bib
Dear old father taught me
how to crack a crib.
When I was three,
I learned at mother's knee
How to pick a person's pocket
and to pinch a ring and hock it.

And we're crooks, crooks,
like you read about in books
we collar ev'rything
on which we lay our hooks,
and our crimes at times
are things to shudder at,
but we've never been in Congress,
for we draw the line at that.

I owe all the skill that I possess
to dear old pop
He first taught me
how to soak it to a cop.
And my first roll
When I went out and stole.
I remember dear old mother said
"Go out and pinch another..."

And we're crooks, crooks,
like you read about in books.
We're strong in intellect,
though maybe not on looks.
All your silver spoons
and jewels we collect,
But we've never worked in Wall Street,
for we've got some selfrespect.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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We're Crooks 1917 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by P.G.Wodehouse
© MCMXVII by T.B.Harms Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 6 July 2008 at 10.04
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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