Why! Hello Bill Who's Yo' Friend 1904

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 May 2013
2013

Did you ever see a darkey dressed up
walking down the street?
He'd rubberneck and stare around
at ev'ry gal he'd meet;
He fin'lly sees a friend a coming
that he thought he knew;
and while he has no gal at all,
his friend's escorting two.
He says: "My goodness sakes alive,
I must be sound asleep,
Well, here's a friend just passed me,
with two ladies in his keep,
If I'm asleep
I must wake up
dis single life's too thin,
He may think I'm intrudin'
but here's where I butt in!"

Why hello Bill, who's your friend?
Introduce me, do
if I was fixed the way you are
I'd do as much for you;
Now, you just say ma name is Joe,
a pal of yours,
and so and so,
'cause Bill, I'm awful
anxious for to know,
who's yo' friend?

Why hello Bill, who's your friend?
Introduce me, do
if I was fixed the way you are
I'd do as much for you;
Now, you just say ma name is Joe,
a pal of yours,
and so and so,
'cause Bill, I'm awful
anxious for to know,
who's yo' friend?

Won't you pardon me for coming
and approaching you this way?
But one of dem girls knows me;
'cause I think I heard her say:
"I wonder who dat gent'man is,
I've seen his face befo'
the tallest one looked right at me
and "done" her eyes just so.
They say all good things come to them
who waits and takes their time,
and I've been waiting ten long years
and yet I ain't got mine,
But, Bill, you must excuse me now
for dat old sayin' is dead
so now I'm tired of waitin'
and dat's just why I said.

Why hello Bill, who's your friend?
Introduce me, do
if I was fixed the way you are
I'd do as much for you;
Now, you just say ma name is Joe,
a pal of yours,
and so and so,
'cause Bill, I'm awful
anxious for to know,
who's yo' friend?

Why hello Bill, who's your friend?
Introduce me, do
if I was fixed the way you are
I'd do as much for you;
Now, you just say ma name is Joe,
a pal of yours,
and so and so,
'cause Bill, I'm awful
anxious for to know,
who's yo' friend?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Why! Hello Bill Who's Yo' Friend 1904
by Chris Smith & Harry Brown
© 1904 by F.B.Haviland Pub.Co.Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 14 May 2013 at 09.49
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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