Get Away Old Man Get Away 1927

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 6Feb2025
2025

Now listen all you maidens
About to choose a man
Don't take one who is ancient
Get a young one if you can

For an old man he is old
For an old man he is grey,
But a young man's heart is full of love
Get away, old man, get away.

If you marry an old man
Now list' to what I say
You're sure to meet a young man
Who'll steal your heart away

For an old man he is old
For an old man he is grey,
But a young man's heart is full of love
Get away, old man, get away.

Be sure to get a young man
With red and rosy cheeks
Don't get a man with a cane in his hand
Whose back is very weak

For an old man he is old
For an old man he is grey,
But a young man's heart is full of love
Get away, old man, get away.

I'd rather marry a young man
With pockets lined with silk
Than to marry an old man
With a hundred cows to milk

For an old man he is old
For an old man he is grey,
But a young man's heart is full of love
Get away, old man, get away.

I'd sooner marry a young man
With an apple in his hand
Than to marry an old man
With a hundred acres o' land

For an old man he is old
For an old man he is grey,
But a young man's heart is full of love
Get away, old man, get away.

Don't ever marry an old man
I'll tell you the reason why
His lips are all tobacco juice
His lips are never dry

For an old man he is old
For an old man he is grey,
But a young man's heart is full of love
Get away, old man, get away.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Get Away Old Man Get Away 1927
Lyrics & music by Frank Crumit
© 1927 by F.B.Haviland Pub.Co.    N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 6 February 2025 at 08.03
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne