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Thread #62561   Message #1011243
Posted By: wysiwyg
02-Sep-03 - 11:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: she's been after man ever since
Subject: Lyr Add: EVE WASN'T MODEST TILL SHE ATE THAT APPLE
Guess we oughter have this one then, too. See link at bottom for cover image, MIDI.

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Eve Wasn't Modest Till She Ate That Apple
(We'll Have To Pass The Apples Again)
Words by Chas. McCarron, Music by Albert Von Tilzer


1. Everybody loves a girl who's modest,
Everybody loves a girl who's shy,
When a girl is modest and retiring
You can bet she'll always get by
Modesty began in the garden of Eden,
In every book you'll find
I'll admit it started in the Garden of Eden,
But just bear this in mind.

CHO 1:
Eve wasn't modest till she ate that apple
That old apple's to blame
The minute that she ate it, she felt humiliated
And hid behind the apple tree till darkness came
If one little apple made the first girl modest,
It ought to work now as well as then
Once they only wore a leaf
Clothes are getting just as brief,
If every mother's daughter, wears dresses any shorter,
We'll have to pass the apples again.

2. Just suppose that every girl was modest,
Just suppose that every girl was shy,
There would be no dust when days are windy
To blow right in the naughty man's eye
We'd have better business in our marriage market,
Each man would surely mate
When they start proposing they can see what they're getting,
That's why some hesitate.

CHO 2:
Eve wasn't modest till she ate that apple
That old apple's to blame
The minute that she ate it, she felt humiliated
And hid behind the apple tree till darkness came
If one little apple made the first girl modest,
It ought to work now as well as then
Way back in the olden days
Men were fooled by girlie ways,
For then we never knew them, but now we see right through them,
We'll have to pass the apples again.


(C)1917, Broadway Music Corporation, 145 W. 45th St., New York

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