Captain Willie Brown 1907

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23Jan2025
2025

Willie was Mamma's only boy,
and Papa's only son,
He was their one and only joy,
in fact was number one,
Ev'ry one had to do
as Willie would tell them to
he was the candy boy
behind the gun.
All of the kids in town
would have to do as Willie said,
if they were playing soldiers
Willie had to march ahead,
for Willie would never play
unless he could have his way,
so ev'ry one called him
Captain Willie Brown.
Johnny Jones and Willie Green
and all the boys in town,
always had to fall in line,
for Captain Willie Brown.

From left to right
he'd march away
with colors bright
he led the fray,
he used to say when he grew older,
a gun he'd shoulder
and be a soldier.
He'd make them drill
in rain or shine
for Captain Bill
they'd fall in line,
and when the day was done,
back home they'd come,
behind the brave
Captain Willie Brown.

From left to right
he'd march away
with colors bright
he led the fray,
he used to say when he grew older,
a gun he'd shoulder
and be a soldier.
He'd make them drill
in rain or shine
for Captain Bill
they'd fall in line,
and when the day was done,
back home they'd come,
behind the brave
Captain Willie Brown.

When he was only seventeen
to college he was sent,
ev'ryone thought that Willie'd
surely be a president,
But when he came hone from Yale
the villagers all were pale
Willie was not the little lamb who went
all he had learned at college
was to be a howling swell,
how to inhale the cigarettes
and ring the waiters' bell,
for Willie could make more noise
than all of the other boys.
When it was time to give
the college yell.
Johnny Jones and Willie Green,
and all the boys in Yale,
always used to follow on,
when Willie hit the trail.

From left to right
he'd march away
most ev'ry night for a café
for when it came to mixing glasses
he led his classes
some fancy passes
they didn't care
if Bill was there
they'd follow Bill
most ev'rywhere
and at the rising sun,
for school they'd run,
behind the brave
Captain Willie Brown.

From left to right
he'd march away
most ev'ry night for a café
for when it came to mixing glasses
he led his classes
some fancy passes
they didn't care
if Bill was there
they'd follow Bill
most ev'rywhere
and at the rising sun,
for school they'd run,
behind the brave
Captain Willie Brown.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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Captain Willie Brown 1907
Lyrics & Music by Benjamin Hapgood Burt
© MCMVII by Jerome H.Remick & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 23 January 2025 at 15.43
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James Pitt-Payne