| PUT ME UPON AN ISLAND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All the boys are longing to be put amongst the girls Bless their little curls, they're all right are the girls That's when they keep themselves as girls but very sad to state There's some of them have got into a fighting mood of late So when the woman of today comes near, let me be miles away Chorus: Put me upon an island where the girls are few Put me amongst the most ferocious lions in the Zoo You can put me upon a treadmill and I'll never, never fret But for pity's sake don't put me near a Suffragette Now for instance let us take the fellow newly wed The fellow newly wed, soon wishes he was dead He'll walk around the town in such a sloppy sort of way And to his dearest pal he hasn't got a word to say So when the ladies gather near, you'll find your humble disappear Chorus: Just imagine how you'd look outside your cottage door With children three or four, Dame Fortune may grant you more Your wife she sits in 'Parliament' commanding prolonged cheers While little Tommy's sticking jammy fingers in your ears An angel I shall chose to be, the day that woman's called M.P. Chorus: |
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| Written and performed by Will Letters (1877-1910) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performed by Wilkie Bard (1874-1944) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||