Eat More Fruit 1925

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11Feb2025
2025

Ev'rywhere it's advertised
"Eat More Fruit!"
I think that's a good idea, yes,
eat more fruit.
In prehistoric days
they used to live long lives.
Well Solomon as we all know
he had a thousand wives.

So Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Bertie took his Angeline
out one night,
took her out to dine
and what an appetite,
and when he'd got his bill,
just five pounds six and three,
he said to her, "The next time dear
that you come out with me...

Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Missis Green and Missis Brown
strange to say,
went to church and both
got married one Sunday.
And in two years or so
Missis Brown had three
"I've got none," said Missis Green,
so then said Missis B.....

Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Mister Brown rolled home one night,
he was oiled,
wife was waiting and
her temper simply boiled.
he flung his arms
around her neck and then did cry
you sre my angel darling,
then his wife made this reply...

Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Britain's very fond of sport
there's no doubt,
ev'ry game we enter for
we get knocked out,
we never seem to get
a boxer with a biff,
we'd have a lot of champions
in Britain really if we

Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Eat more fruit,
eat more fruit,
don't eat mutton,
don't eat lamb,
don't eat beef
and don't eat ham,
then you'll find,
then you'll find,
you'll live to ninety nine
before you scoot, scoot, scoot.
What did Eve say to Adam
the saucy little madam
"Oh! Adam, you must
eat more fruit

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Eat More Fruit 1925
Lyrics & Music by Herbert Rule & Harry Stogden
© MCMXXV by The Lawrence Wright Music Co.  London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 11 February 2025 at 13.43
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne