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LI6IO1096

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F. RAY COMSTOCKand

WILLIAM ELLIOTT

Frese?it

The Fifth Now York Princess Theatre Musical Production

OH, LADY! LADY!!Book and Lyrics by

GUY BOLTON and P. G. WODEHOUSE

Music by

JEROME KERN

Staged by

ROBERT MILTON and EDWARD ROYCE

PRICE, TWO DOLLARS

New York

T. B. HARMS COMPANY62 West 45th Street

Copyright MCMXVIll. by T. B. Harms Co.

All rights reserved International Copyright secured

M45'J MUSIC

MUSICAL NUMBERSPrincess Tlieatre Orchestra, uiuicr file direction of

MAX HIRSCHFELD

AC 1- I

OVERTURE3

1 OPENING CHORUS ( M'/Z/y

CAST OF CHARACTERS

(In the order of their axipearance)

PARKER Constance BinncyMOLLIE FARRINGDON Vivienne SegalMRS. FARRINGDON Margaret DaleWILLOUGHBY FINCH Carl RandallHALE UNDERWOOD - Harry C BrowneSPIKE HUDGINS (Willoughby Finch's voirt) Edward AbelesFANNY WELCH Florence ShirleyMAY BARBER Carroll McComasCYRIL TWOMBLY Reginald iMasonWILLIAM WATTY Harry FisherMISS LETTICE ROMAYNE Lois WhitneyMISS LOTTA POMMERY Bobby BrewsterMISS DELLA CATESSEN May ElsieMISS HALLIE BUTT Elsie LewisMISS SAL MUNN Dorothy AllanMISS MARIE SCHINO Billie BookerMISS MOLLIE GATAWNEY Mildred FisherMISS MARION ETTA HERRING Edna HettlerMISS C. ELLA RHY Gypsy MooneyMISS BARBARA O'RHUM Mildred RolandMISS CLARETTE CUP Jeanne SparryMISS MAY ANNE AYES Mabel StanfordMISS CASSIE ROLL Janet VelitMISS VIRGINIA HAM Bettie GereauxMR. ARTIE C. HOKE Wm. WalshMR B RUSSEL SPROUT Charles HartmanMR. C OLLIE FLOWER Charles ColumbusMR. H. ASH-BROWN

..J. Randall Phelan

MR. STEWART PRUNE Jack VincentMR. CON KEARNY Irving Jackson

SYNOPSIS OF SCE\t^>

ACT. I.Living Room of the Farringdon Place at Hempstead, I. 1.

ACT. II.Roof Garden of Willoughby Finch s Studio in Waverly Mew*

Oh Lady! Lady!Overture

JEROME KERN.arr. by Chas. Miller

Piano.I

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Moderate. "You found me and I found you'.'

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'Before 1 Met You'.'

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(not too fast.)

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"Not Yet:'(dreamily.)

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iModerate.

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12

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15

Opening" Chorus Act I,

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Piano.- V

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Andantino quasi Gavotte.

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(Curtain.)

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Oh Lady! Lady!

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Allegro. (Girls crowding around Molly.)

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(MOLLY.)"I must have my wits about me on my wedding day.'

This is the day that seemed

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So far a - way That I thought it would nev - er ap - pear

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I can't con - ceal that I some - how still feel that it

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^MM! p cnr^ pcan - not be real_ now its here So queer

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sim-ply be dream - ing it Oh dear! Would - n't that be dread-ful

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I can't be-lieve_that I'm just on the eve - of such bliss as no girl_ ev - er

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J' J' J' JO^j^ J ipp jrrn^

knew. Soon I shall wake and find out my mis - take_ for I

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know its too good_ to be true Try my

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I'm to be mar - ried to - day.

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AllegroCHORUS.

21

I' J' J' J'- J' j^ J \ ^ n ^^^^gmThis is the day that seemed so far a - way That she

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thought it Would nev er ap - pear

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v/II J' J' J' J'-i' j^ j I J' J' J' H iAnd she re - veals that she some - how still feels that it

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23

y.^ry-T-T-t^ kE^ ^i^i

She can't be - lieve that she's just on the eve of such

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to-H^fth^ H=j^ i' J'-J'J) ^:z2ibliss as no ti'irl ev . er kne^v' Soon she may wake and find

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though she may

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She just can't re - al - ize

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36

*l l ^' fl J> J' liK.], }' l i' i'tJ'i' lJ i'jiP ff Swish 'e could con - trive it Now and then to get a word in priv-atelall these folks who bore us Seem to think that we re -quire a chor- us.

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Chorus.

.J' Ml J'' p 1 ^ ^m pOh dear! won't it just be splen - did In the

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time that's com - ing soon, When, this

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wear- y wait- ing end - ed, We start our hon - ey -

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a ^ Ei5?^joy to stay - in your arms all day

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28Do It Now.

Trio.(Bill- Hale- Spike.)

(BILL.)

VOICE.

Piano.

lOI 1^ ri J) J' j^OhOh.

when I fell inwhen I fell in

^ ^^i ^ ^W^love,love,

From earth - ly things I turned:Mj' spir - it sort of yearned:

I kind of felt myI wished that I could

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s i' j^ I ;. j^ > J'' I J' i^m(HALE.)

^ i'&e^soul ex - pand I doiit know if youdo, in fact some great, self sac - ri

un - der - stand. While__fie - ing- act. "While

^^^ h }i J' J^^^M p ^' p ^^I have felt all day.

all that I can wish

^

I want - ed to give things a - way Andis that some wretch - ed hard up fishWould

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29

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stand a lot of drin'ks To im - pe - cu- nious ginks.

(spike)

Love

rail.

J^ Ji J^ i, I h Jv^y > I [^ j^ ^;^ =smakes me feel so full of pep, My kit I'd like tomakes me feel so strong and grand. At noth-ing I would

seize,

stop.

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n tempo.

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30

h 2) Ji J^ i> ji h J)Love's a thing you real - ly should - n't miss.

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It makes life won - der - ful and sw^eet, So go and

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first girl you meet (get ac - tion)

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Grab your hat and beat it for the street.

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I p i) Ji J> ^ ^You 11 g-et hold of some nice girl some - how.

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of what we say Try to fall in

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Our Little Nest.Lyric by

P. G. WODEHOUSE.(spike and Fanny.) Music by

JEROME KERN.

Piano.I

Allegro moderate.

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f5;?t.te.) Since first I was a bur-glar I have saved in ev -'ry(Fanny,) iVe made a nice col - lee - tion, too, to add my love, to

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V^"i>p ^ ^ ^^=^ ^=^ ^=^

I i' h l> ^^5 ^Pwayyours

A - gainst the time when some sweet girl would_Since I be - gan pro - fes - sion - al - ly

Ikfe

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Ij^V^.^' J) J> ^' Ji J i ^^ ^name the hap - py dayvis - it - ing the stores

When I re - tired fromI've been a pru - dent

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l^'v^ ^p p p p hp "^' ^^roam,

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ac - tive work andlit - tie girl and

ceased at nights toI have saved like

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meant to own enev - er start - ed

nough nice things tosquan - der - ing as

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maa lit - tie

ny girl - ies

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^^i. il I J^ J' ^^^home. And I ach-ieveddo. Each time I stole

as you will find _a brush and comb

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ob- ject that -said there's some

I had in mind. .thing for the home!

Our home willOur home will

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^^ij> J'' Jjjr

I J n^'i>^ ^look so brightlook so bright

and cheer-

y

and cheer- y .That you will bless your bur -With all the chintz I sneaked.

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ver.

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mf

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When I cracked that cribAnd the silk I pinched

mat

Troy __Hearn's.

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I lift-ed stuff e - noughAnd we'll have stacks from Saks

in Yonk - ers _and Ma - cy's

To fill aOf all the

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fair - ly goodthings that you'll

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chestbest _

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And at a house at Min_ And when at nights were roast

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fe ^?# iPPPT ipp r 1^

o " la I got a - way with theiring pea - nuts Up-on the stove I swiped

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\, i' J'.]^ i' i J I J ' i) i^J^u ^ iSo we'll have mu - sic in the eve - ning When we areAl- though it's hum - ble J'ou won't grum - ble You'll love our

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Our home will nest

.

Ourhome will nest.

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Lyric byP. G. WODEHOUSE.

Do Look At Him.(Molly and Girls.)

Music byJEROME KERN.

Valse Grazioso.

Piano.

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Tra - la - la- la- la- la- la- la la!

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I h J. J. I J.gwin - ter day

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You Found Me And I Found You.Words by

P. G. WODEHOUSE.Music by

JEROME KERN.

Moderato.

Piano.

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odd that you de - cid - cd To do the same as I did AndGosh', it makes me shud - der! You might have smashed the rud - der And

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catch that Two Fif - teen'got in ten days late!

I can- not doubt it. There'sI got a soak - ing. Now,

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some-thing weird a -bout it: I feel that we were meant to meet But,was - n't that pro-vok - ing! One day when it be - gan to rain. You

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I was com - ing all the way from down near Bleeck - er Street,if you'd caught the chill, you see, you'd not have caught the train.

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47

Chorus.

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p-^'J N J JQ^ iEThere was I, and there were you^Three thou-sand miles_ a - part;

r r r If r r m^ffi i^ ESig~^Who'd have bet that we would ev-erhave met At the start? But it's

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s - #- pf J'J I I J i'J.There was I, and there were you Three thou-sand miles a - part'.

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Finale.ACT I.

Piano.f

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Just to have a man who loves you! There can

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be no great - er bliss.

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P P P p i p pp? P M PYes, you're right, Just let us tell you this. Loves a thing- you

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This is the point that needs de - cid

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63

Waiting Around The CornerLyric by

P.G.WODEHOUSE,Music by

JEROME KERN.Moderate.

Piano.

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^ i i ^In - to the hal - ter at the al - tar, But you nev . er know'.

Some day the wed-ding which you're dread-ing's Sure to come a - bout.Some

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Chorus.

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^P P P [^ ^ ^girl - ie may be wait - ing 'round the cor - ner,

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Qui - et and de - mure 'till they come by:Wait - ing 'round the cor - ner just for you:

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65

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vie - tim Wontmet you She's

know shes picked him.going to get you.

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-void his fate; And somejust you wait. For some

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66

When The Ships Come Home.Lyric by

P. G. WODEHOUSE.Music by

JEROME KERN.

Moderate.

Piano

Con moto.

^ "o~f^^ ^^Life's an

Clouds mayo - cean

hide the

grim that has noskies and gales may

charts;

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the ships

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P P IO'er that lone - ly sea far, far they roam; But they've

Filled each day may be with dan - gers new; But they've

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way they've wend - ed home where they would he. They glide a-cross the

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har, where no storms are, all dan - gers past;

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Melodrama

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When this

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wea- ry wait - ing end - ed We start our

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^^^m ^^w^^to see or hear us. The whole wide world we

(MOLLY.)

i ^s PEf ^^ P^^arms all day. But not yet Um. not

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72

Before I Met You.

Lyric byP. G.WODEHOUSE.

Music by

JEROME KERN.

Voice

Piano

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p p^pare your- self to hear the worst! I'm

pet, I know just how you feel: Forsor - ry but you're

I have some-thingnot the first

to re -veal:

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My heart to claim,For, dear, I too _

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I own with shame. ImOnce loved like you. I

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thank- ful that I have con-fessed: My con-science now will be at restshall be hap - pi - er, no doubt,When I have let my sec -ret out

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to^=^ j^rslove me just the same,

i - do-lized John Drew.ToI

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ijo^ J^ J^ P r J^ I j^ )i ji ji p r^force my- self to say so, I've had an aw- ful tus - sle, Yetused to hope that some day We might be- come ac-quaint - ed. And

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jrrTi ji ;i^B fch J^ J^ isstill the fact I can't con-ceal. I once loved Lill - ian Rus- sellwhen I got his au - to- graph I thought I should have faint - ed,

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74Chorus.

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that wasthat was

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fore I

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you, dear - ie, dear,you, dear - ie, dear.

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Her im - age I'veHis won-der - ful

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I ^ ^ J-' I ;) J tti'^ban-ished All pass - ion has van-ished. I think you're apro - file Made all girls you know, feel, That noth - ing could

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I k J Ji I J>^ i? mill ^ ion times sweet- er than Lill - ian Doiit scold me You

cheer them if he was - n't near them. Ro - man-ces My

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75

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J. I ^ Stold me to tell you the truth;fan - cies would weave a - bout John'. .

Just count it was

But love seemed to

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fol - lies of youth:long years went on:

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I thought her aI thought him di

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Queen When I was four - teen, But that was be - fore I met-vine; But then I was nine And that was be - fore I met

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76

Greenwich VillageLyric by

P.G.WODEHOUSE.Music by

JEROME KERN.

Moderate.

VOICE.

Piano.

Ji- J^ J-i. J^ J. J. I J..> Ji. > J>. Ji J^some - thing, 'twould ap - pear, De - mor - al - is - ing in the at - mos.Os . kosh rath - er slow. It's going to be a pain - ful tale, I

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.phere: Quite or - di - na - ry peo-ple Who come and live down here. Getknow. She came to Green.wich Vil -lage And took a stu . di - o, "When

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changed to per - feet nuts with - in a year,she was eight - y - three years old or so.

TheyShe

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't M' p p r p I ^'- ^' '^'- ^' p r^learn to eat spa-ghet- ti: (That's hard e . nough as you know!) Theylearned the Uk - a . le . le? She break- fast . ed at Pol - ly s? And

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leave off socks and wear Greek smocks And stu - dy Gui - do Bru - no.what is worse, she wrote free verse; And now she's in the Fol - lies'.

Refrain.

f^fT-fr-r g p- p r" J^ i Jv p i^- > ii p ^For there's some -thing in the air of lit - tie Green-wich Vil-lage ThatFor there's some-thing in the air of lit - tie Green-wich Vil-lage That

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78

p h- p P' J^ J^. p p' Jimakes a fel - low feel he does - n't care,makes a fel - low feel he does - n't care

2=fem ^

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-rect - Iv he is in it, he erets hold of an af - fin - i - tv Whc rect - ly he is in it, he gets hold c^f an af - fin - i - t'y Who'swops in lit - tie It - a - ly have oft - en mut-tered bit . ter - ly Thej'

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long on Mod - em Art but short on hair,wished they lived a mill - ion miles from there.

Though heFor in

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Qr-tr-j;may have been a mod - el youth From when he learned to tod -die, To hisbad Mac-dou- gall Al - ley.you'll dis - cov - er gen - er - al - ly. Life's a

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:^E^'- 9 P" i^ J^. 9 P' > U ^^

rel - a - tives and neigh -bors ev - 'ry - where;wick - ed and a des - per - ate af - fair:

When heWhen you

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hits our Lat - in Quar . ter, Hell do what he did . n't ought - er; j.jlive in dear old Green-wich, Your be - hav - ior gets quite Pren-wich

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Wheatless Day.Lyric by

P. G. WODEHOUSEMusic by

JEROME KERN.

Moderate.

Piano.m

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^ ^ t) h J) ^p^If you will mar - ry me, how hap - py

Well be so hap - py at our co - zy

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* wwe w^ill be: Yes, life -will seem so sweet.lit - tie flat; When ends the hon - ey - moon:

If you should111 think up

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I P^^ ^Pbid me, I would pluck thedodg - es to a - void the

^stars from out the sky,in - come tax, while you

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feet,

prune

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S1 11 g'ive youAnd when our

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Ex - cept, that is, to say ATo keep from get - ting bored, We'll

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mut - ton chop on Tues - day, For that's a meat - less day. "Wouldtalk a - bout the sug - ar. Which once we could af - ford. Per

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^^ ^ ^ ^^ p^^^you be -grudge that fav - or To

- haps a lit - tie Strang - er Willher whom you a - dore ? I

come to us one day: But,

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J'. i'^h^ J^ i' r I > -^^^^^

P^could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not Hoov - er more.

if the jan - i - tor ob - jects. We'll give the child a - way.

Chorus. Very moderato.a^^

She. When you are my hub - by, Jfe. When you are my

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i s &-mis - ing

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