Why Marry Them? 1932 'Gay Divorce'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Sep 2005

When I see troops of carriages
go marching to marriages,
my heart always bleeds for the bride.
For I know that her honeymoon
will soon seem a funny moon,
when alone she sits nursing her pride.
For all men are polygamous,
at heart at least bigamous,
and when night falls
their eyes start to roam.
So it's pure assininity
to save one's virginity
for a husband who hates to come home.

Why marry them?
Why to the altar carry them?
Why not simply keep one or two about
and when you get tired of them
throw them out?
Why humor them
when so many wives testify
that as lovers they charm,
as husbands they bore,
as lovers they're devoted
as husbands no more,
as lovers they love you
as your husbands they snore.
So why marry them, why?

Why marry them?
Why to the altar carry them?
Why not simply keep one or two about
and when you get tired of them
throw them out?
Why humor them
when so many wives testify
that as lovers they charm,
as husbands they bore,
as lovers they're devoted
as husbands no more,
as lovers they love you
as your husbands they snore.
So why marry them, why?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Why Marry Them? 1932 Cole Porter
Words and Music by Cole Porter
from "Gay Divorce"
from "The Unpublished Cole Porter" © 2003 - Judy Brown
© 1932 WB Music Corp
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 21 September 2005 at 15.47
in association with Doug Grierson
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