Billo 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 8Jan2025
2025

Them ragtime songs makes me fair pippy,
all Hawaii or old Dixieland,
an' the same sort uv tarts alwaz in 'em
with gold 'air, starry eye lily 'and
Bah, tell me what's wrong with Orstralia
an' the clinah on which I am shook.
I don't want no cotton fields shady,
an' I don't want no soft purlin' brook.

Gimme old Melbourne
an' gimme me tart:
an' then I am simply orlright
can any bloke point to a better old joint,
Than Bourke St. on Saturday night.
When me an' me Maudie is strollin' along
me cobbers orl try to be smart.
"Git out of their way, that's Billo,"
they say "Walkin out with 'is fair dinkum tart."

Gimme old Melbourne an' gimmy me tart,
an' then I am simply orlright.
Can any bloke point to a better old joint
then Bourke St. on Saturdee night.
When me an' me Maudie is strollin' along
me cobbers orl try to be smart.
"Git out of their way,
that's Billo," they say,
"Walkin' out with 'is fair dinkum tart."

On Princes Bridge once
we wuz standin' an' gazed at the water below
in the lamp light we feels sentimental.
'Oldin 'ands, all that rot,
well you know.
Sez Maud "Prove you're fond o' me reely,
so I looks to see no one wuz near.
Then gives 'er a kiss,
and she murmurs, "Now yer loves me I know,
Billo dear."

Gimme old Melbourne
an' gimme me tart:
an' then I am simply orlright
can any bloke point to a better old joint,
Than Bourke St. on Saturday night.
When me an' me Maudie is strollin' along
me cobbers orl try to be smart.
"Git out of their way, that's Billo,"
they say "Walkin out with 'is fair dinkum tart."

Gimme old Melbourne an' gimmy me tart,
an' then I am simply orlright.
Can any bloke point to a better old joint
then Bourke St. on Saturdee night.
When me an' me Maudie is strollin' along
me cobbers orl try to be smart.
"Git out of their way,
that's Billo," they say,
"Walkin' out with 'is fair dinkum tart."

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Billo 1918
From "Jack And Jill"
Lyrics by P.C.Cole
Music by Fred Hall
© MCMXVIII by Allan & Co.Pty.Ltd.   Melbourne
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 8 January 2025 at 14.16
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne