You Don't Need The Wine 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13 Oct 2007
2007

Little Johnnie Brown,
never wears a frown,
when you say the country's going dry,
others pull their hair,
Johnnie doesn't care,
He's got ev'rybody guessing why,
when I said how quiet things would be.
Johnnie said: "Perhaps but not for me!"

Oh you don't need the wine
to have a wonderful time
while they still make these beautiful girls.
Adam and Eve never tasted champagne
still they were able to go out and raise Cain,
for a sweet little miss,
who knows the right way to kiss
she can set any brain in a whirl.
Ev'rybody feeling bad
'cause liquor must go
but you can always get yourself
a little old crow
so you don't need the wine
to have a wonderful time,
while they still make those beautiful girls.

Oh you don't need the wine
to have a wonderful time
while they still make these beautiful girls.
Adam and Eve never tasted champagne
still they were able to go out and raise Cain,
for a sweet little miss,
who knows the right way to kiss
she can set any brain in a whirl.
Lots of people like a cordial after desert
but give me something cordial
that is wrapp'd in a skirt.
so you don't need the wine
to have a wonderful time,
while they still make those beautiful girls.

Ev'ry chap in town,
heard of Johnnie Brown,
and they said: "His idea is alright."
Now they never sigh,
here's the reason why,
they're with a diff'rent girlie ev'ry night,
if you chance to pass out by the park.
You can hear this chorus in the dark.

Oh you don't need the wine
to have a wonderful time
while they still make these beautiful girls.
Adam and Eve never tasted champagne
still they were able to go out and raise Cain,
for a sweet little miss,
who knows the right way to kiss
she can set any brain in a whirl.
Ev'rybody feeling bad
'cause liquor must go
but you can always get yourself
a little old crow
so you don't need the wine
to have a wonderful time,
while they still make those beautiful girls.

Oh you don't need the wine
to have a wonderful time
while they still make these beautiful girls.
Adam and Eve never tasted champagne
still they were able to go out and raise Cain,
for a sweet little miss,
who knows the right way to kiss
she can set any brain in a whirl.
Lots of people like a cordial after desert
but give me something cordial
that is wrapp'd in a skirt.
so you don't need the wine
to have a wonderful time,
while they still make those beautiful girls.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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You Don't Need The Wine 1919
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Howard E.Rogers
© MCMXIX by McCarthy & Fisher Inc. N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by james Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 13 October 2007 at 11.33pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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