#167 - It's Funny When You Feel That Way

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Composer:
- George William Hunt
  (1839-1904)
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Lyrics:
I shan't forget how queer I felt,
When first I fell in love,
I had a most severe attack,
Through squeezing a lady's glove;
But a lovely hand was in it,
As I waltzed with her so gay,
I thought myself in Paradise;
It's funny, when you feel that way.

chorus:
I felt as though I'd tumbled into honey,
And somebody had left me all their money,
The feelings so peculiar and funny,
Oh, it's funny, when you feel that way.

I took her down to supper, and
I sat down by her side,
I help'd her to the “niceys”, and
I filled her glass with pride;
In fact, paid such attention,
That she viewed me with dismay,
For I moved my chair so close to hers;
Oh, it's funny, when you feel that way.

When the affair had broken up
Behind I yet did linger,
Before I tore my self away,
I kissed her little finger;
I threw “phantom kisses” at the house,
As I tripped on home so gay;
I'd have kissed the knocker on her door;
Oh, it's funny, when you feel that way.

We met again one afternoon,
And as we were alone,
I plucked nerve, to ask if she
Some day would be my own;
She blushed, and said “Go see Papa,
And ask him if I may.”
I danced a “can can” round the room,
Oh, it's funny, when you feel that way.

The old boy said, “That we might wed,”
And so he crowned my bliss,
And I shall be a doubled man,
In about a month from this;
It seems as though the time, somehow,
Would never pass away;
I long to hear the wedding bells,—
Oh, it's funny, when you feel that way.
- George William Hunt
  (1839-1904)

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