You Oughtn't To Do It 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Dec 2005

Since first I set my eyes on you
perhaps you won't believe it's true,
I don't know if to sigh,
or if to cry,
I don't know quite just what to do!
Sometimes you seem to make me glad,
at other times you make me sad,
you fairly send me crazy lackadaisy,
feel as tho' I'm going mad.

You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
When you don't belong to me
You oughtn't to know it!
I oughtn't to show it!
But you've caught my sympathy.
You got me fixed right from the start;
you wove a web around my heart;
I've got a feeling around me stealing
that in my life you'll play some part.
You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
when you know you are not free
I oughtn't to say it
I oughtn't to say it
but you've stolen my heart's key.
You make me sigh for things unknown,
you make me cry when I'm alone;
You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
When you don't belong to me.

You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
When you don't belong to me
You oughtn't to know it!
I oughtn't to show it!
But you've caught my sympathy.
You got me fixed right from the start;
you wove a web around my heart;
I've got a feeling around me stealing
that in my life you'll play some part.
You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
when you know you are not free
I oughtn't to say it
I oughtn't to say it
but you've stolen my heart's key.
You make me sigh for things unknown,
you make me cry when I'm alone;
You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
When you don't belong to me.

I often wonder if you knew
the tantalizing things you do;
each time you turn your eyes they hypnotise,
and make a strong heart weak for you!
You seem to love to sit and play
at breaking hearts by night and day;
you've fairly got me guessing
I'm confessing that you've stolen me away.

You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
When you don't belong to me
You oughtn't to know it!
I oughtn't to show it!
But you've caught my sympathy.
You got me fixed right from the start;
you wove a web around my heart;
I've got a feeling around me stealing
that in my life you'll play some part.
You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
when you know you are not free
I oughtn't to say it
I oughtn't to say it
but you've stolen my heart's key.
You make me sigh for things unknown,
you make me cry when I'm alone;
You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
When you don't belong to me.

You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
When you don't belong to me
You oughtn't to know it!
I oughtn't to show it!
But you've caught my sympathy.
You got me fixed right from the start;
you wove a web around my heart;
I've got a feeling around me stealing
that in my life you'll play some part.
You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
when you know you are not free
I oughtn't to say it
I oughtn't to say it
but you've stolen my heart's key.
You make me sigh for things unknown,
you make me cry when I'm alone;
You oughtn't to do it!
You oughtn't to do it!
When you don't belong to me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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You Oughtn't To Do It 1917
Written & Composed by Harry Carlton & Jay Whidden
© 1917 by B. Feldman & Co., London
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 29 December 2005 at 18.12
in association with Doug Grierson
still moaning about the screen.....
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