Lyr Req: Sweethearts 1913

Subject: Lyr Req: Sweethearts 1913
From: GUEST,Graham Linehan
Date: 15 Aug 22 - 11:39 AM

Hello and thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give. My Dad played a character called Colonel Slingsby in a 1913 Musical called 'Sweethearts'. Would anyone have the full lyrics?

Here is what I have

”You may have noticed I’m reserved and rather shy,
and by nature not the kind of man to boast,
I go hither I go thither, but come back with a bigger wad I had on me when I went, (note: unsure about this sentence, trying to track down actual line)
I’m amazing, quite amazing,
Clearly an incomparable kind of man,
Very gallant, lots of talent,
When I say that I can do a thing I can.

When I was in Spain, I did as I was bid.
Went to see a bull fight like all the Spaniards did,
Thought if only I had a cloak, I'd be a matador.
Then a toreador, they replied “Si si Señor!”
There never was a meaner bull that entered an arena,
He saw me and knew he’d met his Waterloo.
So a hoof he tendered, as a sign he’d surrendered.
I don’t know how to do it but I do.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweethearts 1913
From: cnd
Date: 15 Aug 22 - 01:27 PM

Here's what I've found about the musical (via link). I'll supply the lyrics in a subsequent post, but thought it may be beneficial to include some additional information I've found.

Songs:
(Original production - in alphabetical order)

Angelus
The Cricket On the Hearth
Every Lover Must Meet His Fate
For Every Lover
Game Of Love
Hail, Franz of Zilinia
I Don't Know How I Do But I Do
I Might Be Your Once-in-a-While
In the Convent They Never Taught Me That
Iron, Iron, Iron
Mother Goose
On Parade
Pretty As A Picture
Smiles
Sweethearts (If You Ask Where Love Is Found)
There Is Magic In A Smile
Waiting For the Bride

Based on the lines supplied, I'd have to guess it's the bolded song, I Don't Know How I Do But I Do.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweethearts 1913
From: cnd
Date: 15 Aug 22 - 01:32 PM

Here's a performance from a 2011 performance. Performed by Concert Operetta Theater and recorded on October 23, 2011. Michael Ashby as Percival Slingsby, with Jose Melendez, music director and pianist.

Worth noting, the Levy sheet music collection has the title song (click) but not this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be8sfg_16gA

I can attempt to transcribe at a later date, but the flowery singing and the echoey recording aren't the best for me.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweethearts 1913
From: Newport Boy
Date: 15 Aug 22 - 02:27 PM

In the Convent They Never Taught Me That - sounds interesting!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweethearts 1913
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Aug 22 - 05:19 PM

Thank you for the answers!