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Thread #52811 Message #1181246
Posted By: Jim Dixon
08-May-04 - 02:51 PM
Thread Name: Quakers Held to a Higher Standard...
Subject: Lyr Add: THERE'S A QUAKER DOWN IN QUAKER TOWN
THERE'S A QUAKER DOWN IN QUAKER TOWN. Words, David Berg. Music, Alfred Solman. 1916.
Two hours' ride from old Broadway, There is a sleepy town, they say. "Old Philadelphia," you opened my eyes, And I apologize.
CHORUS: There's a Quaker down in Quaker town. When I am 'round, she sighs. But down in her heart, I know, she's not so slow, For, oh, oh, oh, oh! Those eyes! Like the waters still, she's very deep. She knows a heap, I found. She has that "Meet me later" look, and oh! she knows her book, This little Quaker down in Quaker town.
Old William Penn, please pardon me. One of your sons I want to be. You love your Quakers, and I love one, too. That's why I'm strong for you. CHORUS