====== #380 - For Goodness Sake Don't Say I Told You ====== [[..:379:|prev]] | [[..:381:|next]] /*-20note-*/ *Composer: *++Arthur Lloyd|{{search>"Arthur Lloyd" @cobs}}++ (1839-1904), 1878 *[[/data/media/midi/380.mid|MIDI]] | ++show|\\ {{http://www.rollerorgans.com/mid2roll.php?cob=380&.gif?}}++ *[[:incipit]]: 553321231654567127551 *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 532123165456712751 *[[/cob_label/index.php|Print a Label]] *++Lyrics:|\\ I'm going to whisper some words in your ear,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you,\\ What ever I say, and what ever you hear,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you;\\ I think you'll acknowledge before you depart\\ That I've unreservedly opened my heart\\ And what ever I know I to you will impart,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ \\ They say that your boys are quite fond of us girls,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you,\\ Then when we smile on you your head fairly whirls,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you;\\ That at us you are constantly making sheep's eyes,\\ That your bosoms are constantly heaving with sighs,\\ For my part I think you are awfully nice,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ \\ I'm awfully modest, and awfully shy,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ But in spite of it all, I like fun on the sly;\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ I'm sorry, so sorry, for hearts that I break,\\ I know it ain't right, but I certainly take,\\ In that line, what's commonly known as the cake;\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ \\ They're tearing the lamp-posts out just by the score;\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ But for now I don't think they'll tear up any more,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ For returning from lodge on a cold winter night,\\ The gents who are tired can't do without light,\\ And they'll sing a grand chorus of "Now that's not right;"\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ \\ Of doggerel verse I've exhausted my store,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ My muse has declared "She won't do so some more,"\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ From further demands, then, I pray you, refrain,\\ My song breathes its last, and there let it remain,\\ Excuse these few words till I see you again,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you.\\ \\ ++ *B.E. Gordon, 1883 *++Lyrics:|\\ I'm going to whisper some words in your ear,\\ But for goodness sake don't say I told you,\\ Whatever I say, and whatever you hear,\\ For goodness' sake, don't say I told you;\\ I think you'll acknowledge before you depart\\ That I've unreservedly opened my heart\\ And what ever I know I to you will impart,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ \\ The mashers are getting too thick on the street,\\ But for goodness' sake, don't say I told you,\\ In gorgeous apparel (unpaid for) complete,\\ But for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ With eye glass and cane quite cutting a swell,\\ In front of the "Grand" or the "Palace" Hotel,\\ But what they are good for nobody can tell,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ \\ The political pool's in a curious state,\\ But for goodness' sake, don't say I told you,\\ Both parties are watching and cutting their bait,\\ But for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ For a new party some people think there is room,\\ And when it once starts it will go with a boom,\\ And send all the old ones away up the flume,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ \\ For matters have got in such terrible shape,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you;\\ With uncivil service and legal "red tape",\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ That honest "Pub Func's" are a thing of the past,\\ So every one says that the worst are the last,\\ And the end of the world is approaching us fast,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ \\ The really great singers are nearly all dead,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you;\\ And those that are not are the //same// for they're wed,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ It makes me feel lonesome to see them all go,\\ And one by one dropping like bricks in a row,\\ But music still lives while //I// do you know,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ \\ A great fault in singers you all will admit,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you;\\ Is failing to "catch on", the moment to quit,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ They spin out their ditty so horribly long\\ That more of a sermon it is than a song,\\ So I'll "spin" out of sight where perhaps I belong,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ \\ //encore verse: //\\ Well, what's the diffikilty now with you folks,\\ Ain't you suited with what I have told you?\\ I've got to the end of my budget of jokes,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ Now a tale that's twice told is as good as //no// tale,\\ So "ta ta", my friends, this time without fail,\\ But, for goodness' sake, don't say I told you.\\ \\ ++ *M.E., 1883 There are several editions, with differing lyrics and additional verses, but the first verse is usually similar, and the closing verse follows a similar theme. Many include political statements in middle verses.