Any Time’s Kissing Time

From the 1916 show “Chu-Chin-Chow”.
Words and music by Frederic Norton.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. People have slandered our love serene
    Laughed at your penchant for me
    Said you were too old to love
    A mean Libel on thy belle and thee
    Still, we’re alone, you are my own
    Bone of contention to be

Refrain
Youth is the time for loving
So poets always say
The contrary we’re proving
Look at us two today
Love has no charm, no meaning
Till man has reached his prime
Surely ’tis so, You ought to know
Any time’s kissing time

2. Timid as any gazelle am I
Here would I be, yet afar
Now there is only the moon to spy
No one can guess where we are
You are my deep Little black sheep
Ali, my Ali, Baba!


Sung here by Alejandro Murgia: