Yum Tum Tum 1921

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 28 Apr 2002

I started on a journey
and was at the station,
there was a loving couple there,
and Oh! the conversation.
I listened for a moment,
I tried to catch a word,
I couldn't understand them,
for this is what I heard:

We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away,
We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away;
And as she left him at the station
she was heard to say:
Oh! we must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away.

I was plainly puzzled,
things they said were funny,
for nothing else would reach my ears
but 'Love' and 'Dove' and 'Honey'.
We know the turtle doving,
that's done by ev'ry miss,
but now I know the reason,
what they mean is a kiss:

We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away,
We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away;
And as she left him at the station
she was heard to say:
Oh! we must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away.

The scene it was in Russia,
that's where no one washes,
some halfstarved Bolsheviks were sitting
eating their galoshes.
Dead bodies lay around them,
they'd had a busy day,
then as they wiped their daggers,
I heard one of them say:

We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away,
We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away;
Another little murder
wouldn't do us any harm,
Oh! we must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away.

The ship was busy burning,
the boy stood on the deck there,
the flames had burnt his suit
and showed his Wolsey underneathwear.
The Fire Brigade were useless,
the crew the sharks had ate,
and as the boy fell seawards,
one shark was heard to state.

We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away,
We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away;
The Captain and his crew were nice
but now we'll have desert,
Oh! we must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away.

Upon the bridge at midnight,
stood Clementine Claxo,
The villain had just chopped
her lover's head off with an axo.
Then to the railway line there
he tied her tenderly,
And as the train was signalled,
she heard him yell with glee:

We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away,
We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away;
There'll be another train late
on the Southern line today.
Oh! we must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away.

The scene is giddy Southend
where fleas defy old Keatings,
the jelly fishes' union there
were holding several meetings;
they'd stung a thousand bathers,
"It's too much work!", they sighed,
Then as a man dived seawards,
the Chairman loudly cried:

We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away,
We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away;
Let's sting him on the place he sits,
then finish for the day,
Oh! we must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away.

Around the bar room table
the lads were nearly sozzled,
'Twas close on closing time
and they were getting purple nozzled;
The Leader of the party said,
"'Ere the ev'ning's close,
I've got a most important
suggestion to propose:"

We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away,
We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away;
Another little drink,
of course the Landlord's going to pay,
Oh! we must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away.

We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away,
We must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away;
Another little drink,
of course the Landlord's going to pay,
Oh! we must have one more Yum Tum Tum
before we go away.

Soft karaoke
Words
treble clef 1
treble clef 2
lyric line
bass
*
Yum Tum Tum 1921
by Ben Brofin
copyright 1921 by Peter Caporossi
copyright assigned 1922 to Fred Fisher Inc., New York
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 28 April 2002 at 16.56
in association with Doug Grierson
*