Colored Romeo 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 Mar 2005

Last Winter, Liza Snow
picked up a book called Romeo
she read a page or two
They hunted for a man;
soon she was dreaming of
a beau who cooed just like a dove,
a man who sho' could love
like a Romeo can.
She wandered out one night
beneath the pale moon night
and sang with all her might
this ancient cry.

Where art thou, Romeo,
my colored Romeo
the balcony wants to see he and she,
you and me come out
and pet your colored Juliet
don't linger do it now,
come kiss my fevered brow
Shakespeare's love come
and show me colored Romeo.

Where art thou, Romeo,
my colored Romeo
the balcony wants to see he and she,
you and me come out
and pet your colored Juliet
don't linger do it now,
come kiss my fevered brow
Shakespeare's love come
and show me colored Romeo.

Miss Liza's father, Joe,
did not approve of Romeo
but Liza loved him so
they ran off in a car;
they made a mile or three
in almost nothing don't you see
the auto struck a tree
then they didn't go far.
Miss Liza from the ground
kept gazing all around
her beau could not be found
so Liza cried.

Where art thou, Romeo,
my colored Romeo
the balcony wants to see he and she,
you and me come out
and pet your colored Juliet
don't linger do it now,
come kiss my fevered brow
Shakespeare's love come
and show me colored Romeo.

Where art thou, Romeo,
my colored Romeo
the balcony wants to see he and she,
you and me come out
and pet your colored Juliet
don't linger do it now,
come kiss my fevered brow
Shakespeare's love come
and show me colored Romeo.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Colored Romeo 1910
Words By Irving Berlin - Music by Ted Snyder
Performer: Sung with Great Success by Ross & Greene
© Ted Snyder Co., 112 West 38th St., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 23 March 2005 at 12.38
in association with Doug Grierson
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