Who's Loony Now? 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3 Mar 2009
2009

There's a lot of chin and chatter
in the papers ev'ry day,
about the daffy bughouse things
some boneheads do and say.
Of all the topsy turvy stunts
there's nothing they won't try,
from submarines if they've the means
to airships in the sky.
I visited a restaurant
to see the patients there,
The minute that I slipped inside
they all began to stare.
I said to one: "It's very sad,
explain to me your case?"
Said he: "If you think I'm insane,
it's you that's off your base!"

Who's loony now?
Who's loony now?
Ev'ry one thinks someone else
is batty as can be.
Then they'll say you're "nutty"
if with them you don't agree.
You may not look leary,
but you will be any how,
If you just act mulish
you're looked up as foolish,
who's loony now?

A fifteen dollar clerk
was courting fickle Fanny Flotz,
but she preferred another guy
with blocks of building lots.
She said she couldn't see for hers
no tworoom topfloor flat,
she said she wanted space enough
at least to keep her hat.
She tied up with the wealthy one,
but he went on the blink,
he ran 'round with the ponies,
and their footwork made him drink.
Again she met the passedup clerk
but he rode in his car,
His fingers full of diamonds
and he said: "Stay where you are."

Who's loony now?
Who's loony now?
Ev'ry one thinks someone else
is batty as can be.
Then they'll say you're "nutty"
if with them you don't agree.
You may not look leary,
but you will be any how,
She was once his "daisy"
Told him he was crazy!
who's loony now?

The hobble skirts have hobbled off
and we'll see them no more,
but nothing's been discovered yet,
to stop a woman's jay.
Don't thuink by this I'm impolite
but have you ever met,
that howling prowling scowling scold
they call a Suffragette?"
She makes poor hubby stay at home
while she goes to the club,
and chews and chews 'bout "Equal Rights"
while he scrubs at the tub.
He cooks the meals,
he makes the bed,
and does the housework fine,
Then she rolls in at a.m.
and tells him he's a shine!

Who's loony now?
Who's loony now?
Ev'ry one thinks someone else
is batty as can be.
Then they'll say you're "nutty"
if with them you don't agree.
You may not look leary,
but you will be any how,
If you dare to rile 'em,
you're for the asylum!
Who's loony now?

Who's loony now?
Who's loony now?
Ev'ry one thinks someone else
is batty as can be.
Then they'll say you're "nutty"
if with them you don't agree.
You may not look leary,
but you will be any how,
If you dare to rile 'em,
you're for the asylum!
Who's loony now?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Who's Loony Now? 1910
Music by C.F.Zittel aka "Zit"
Lyrics by Edgar Selden
© 1910 by Maurice Shapiro - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 3 March 2009 at 21.09
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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