When Isabella Green Went Automobiling 1902

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 July 2012
2012

To a staid and quiet sea beach town
there came one summer's day
a maiden she soon won renown
in a most peculiar way.
She didn't bathe, she didn't walk,
she didn't even flirt,
she kept them all a guessing
'til one morn in a walking skirt
she jumped aboard an automobile
'twas painted a bright red.
the way she managed that machine
turned ev'ry chappie's head.

When Isabella Green
went automobiling
she gave each girl in town
that jealous feeling,
to vie with her they were afraid,
all sports turned out on dress parade,
when Isabella Green went automobiling.

This day when Isabel
went automobiling
she gave her friends
a sad and lonely feeling,
Between two days this sly young maid
escaped and left her debts unpaid.
No more is Isabel seen automobiling.

They all agreed that Isabel
was only Green in name;
she didn't seem to care for girls,
they said that she was vain.
But men to meet this maiden flocked
and rode in her auto,
they gladly made her friendly loans
to make her auto go.
'Twas rumored that her dear papa
was well known millionaire,
but one morn came a sad report,
made her friends tear their hair.

When Isabella Green
went automobiling
she gave each girl in town
that jealous feeling,
to vie with her they were afraid,
all sports turned out on dress parade,
when Isabella Green went automobiling.

This day when Isabel
went automobiling
she gave her friends
a sad and lonely feeling,
Between two days this sly young maid
escaped and left her debts unpaid.
No more is Isabel seen automobiling.

Soft karaoke
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When Isabella Green Went Automobiling 1902
by Harry B. Marshall
© MCMII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 25 July 2012 at 20.39
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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