Tell Me Pretty Maiden 1900

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The production number from an English show. • words by Owen Hall • music by Leslie Stuart • published by Francis Day Hunter • sung by sheet music singer, Fred Feild • piano according to the sheet music • 1. (Men) Tell me, pretty maiden • Are there any more at home like you? • (Girls) There are a few, kind sir • But simple girls, and proper, too • (Men) Then tell me, pretty maiden • what these very simple girlies do • Them tell me, maiden, what the girlies do • (Girls) Kind sir, their manners are perfection • And the opposite of mine • (Men)Then take a little walk with me • And then I can see what a most particular girl should be • (Girls) I may love you too well to let you go • And flirt with those at home, you know • (Men) Well, don't mind, little girl • You'll see I'll only want but you • (Girls) It's not quite fair to them • If you told them that you were true • (Men) I won't care a pin for your sisters if you love me • (Girls) What would you say if I said I liked you well? • (Men) I'd vow to you • (Girls) On bended knee! • (Men) On bended knee! • (Girls) If I loved you, would you tell me • What I ought to do to keep you all mine alone • To always be true to me? • If I loved you, would it be a silly thing to do? • For I must love someone • (Men) Then why not me? • (Girls) Yes, I must love someone, really • And it might as well be you! • 2. (Girls) Tell me, gentle stranger • Are there any more at home like you? • (Men) There are a few, sweet maid • And better boys you never knew • (Girls) Then tell me, gentle sir, • The things these very rakish fellows do • Then tell me, tell me what these fellows do • (Men) Dear maid, they flirt with girls too freely • And it's not the same girl twice • (Girls) Then take me 'round and let them show • For an hour or so how far such fellows can really go • (Men) I never introduce them to a girl • I intend to be my most particular friend • (Girls) I won't mind, what they do • No man would ever flirt with me • (Men) It's not worth risking it • I know with them you won't agree • (Girls) I don't want to know them if you will do the flirting • (Men) Of course I will try • For we're doing very well? • (Girls) I'll vow to you • (Men) On bended knee! • (Girls) On bended knee! • (Men) If I loved you, would you tell me • What I ought to do to keep you all mine alone • To always be true to me? • If I loved you, would it be a silly thing to do? • For I must love someone • (Girls) Then why not me? • (Men) Yes, I must love someone, really • And it might as well be you! • The 1899 show called Florodora was imported to New York in 1900. There it had an all-American cast and an American publisher. It was a huge hit and the Florodora girls all became famous. • ---------------------------------------------- • Get the sheet music and MIDI at: • https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/tell...

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