01 Oct 10 - 04:23 AM (#2997381)
Subject: Lyr Add: Down by the Riverside (A man and a maid…
From: Haruo
Here's another from the 1893 Yale Glee:
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
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- A man and a maid went a-rowing,
All on a fine summer day;
The man made love to the maiden,
While the oars floated softly away;
And then they were left on the water,
Watery tears filled their little canoe;
For they both started to boo-hoo,
Down by the riverside.
Down by the riverside, Down by the riverside,
He sighed and she sighed, and then they sighed side by side,
Down by the riverside.
- At Yale we have co-education,
The girls toy with Latin and Greek;
And you should just see them flunk badly,
At least four days in the week;
We sit by their side in the class room,
Clasping their hands in our own;
Over this state we now moan, groan,
Down by the riverside.
Down by the riverside, Down by the riverside,
We grind, and they grind,
But they're the real long-haired grinds
Down by the riverside.
- One day I went out to the races,
I thought that the horses I knew;
I thought I would win a small fortune,
By risking a dollar or two;
I picked an old nag for a winner,
O hark to my story of woe;
My horse could not go, he was so slow,
Down by the riverside.
Down by the riverside, Down by the riverside,
I bet and he bet,
But my bets are bad debts yet
Down by the riverside.
- We're invited to visit Chicago,
And warble in classical Greek;
To sing at the great exposition,
A side show, with fakir and freak;
But we will at Tarrytown tarry,
Tarriers always are we;
At Tarrytown tarry and sing-sing,
Down by the riverside.
Down by the riverside, Down by the riverside,
We go and you go
So "all out for Chi-ca-go,"
Down by the riverside.
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