When You Skate With A Wonderful Girl 1916 'Cousin Lucy'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Oct 2004

When lovers came romancing,
they used to take me dancing,
until my feet got sore,
then I roar, never more.
But now I keep them waiting
until they practice skating,
and when they plead with me,
I answer temptingly,
you never know how to woo.

Just wait till you skate
with a nice little girl
who likes to glide by your side
on the ice for a whirl.
And as you fly and you sigh
that you're willing to die for her,
bump! you take a flop.
Get up and don't you stop.
But race at a pace
that will make your heart syncopate
with bliss steal a kiss
while you're cutting the figure eight
to please her just sqeeze her
don't tease or you'll freeze her
when you skate with a wonderful girl.

Just wait till you skate
with a nice little girl
who likes to glide by your side
on the ice for a whirl.
And as you fly and you sigh
that you're willing to die for her,
bump! you take a flop.
Get up and don't you stop.
But race at a pace
that will make your heart syncopate
with bliss steal a kiss
while you're cutting the figure eight
to please her just sqeeze her
don't tease or you'll freeze her
when you skate with a wonderful girl.

Some fellows think of gaining,
my heart by aeroplaning,
some balmy night in June
to the moon, just to spoon,
While others have a leaning
to take me submarining,
down in the sil'vry sea,
that's how they fish for me,
until each one hears me cry.

Just wait till you skate
with a nice little girl
who likes to glide by your side
on the ice for a whirl.
And as you fly and you sigh
that you're willing to die for her,
bump! you take a flop.
Get up and don't you stop.
But race at a pace
that will make your heart syncopate
with bliss steal a kiss
while you're cutting the figure eight
to please her just sqeeze her
don't tease or you'll freeze her
when you skate with a wonderful girl.

Just wait till you skate
with a nice little girl
who likes to glide by your side
on the ice for a whirl.
And as you fly and you sigh
that you're willing to die for her,
bump! you take a flop.
Get up and don't you stop.
But race at a pace
that will make your heart syncopate
with bliss steal a kiss
while you're cutting the figure eight
to please her just sqeeze her
don't tease or you'll freeze her
when you skate with a wonderful girl.

Soft karaoke
Words
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When You Skate With A Wonderful Girl 1916
Music by Percy Wenrich
Lyrics by Edward Madden
© MCMXVI by Leo Feist Inc., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 19 October 2004 at 14.54
in association with Doug Grierson
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Written Expressly for and Sung by Julian Eltinge
in his Successful Play "Cousin Lucy," by Charles Klein.
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