(Flirting Song)
From the 1913 musical “The Tik-Tok Man of Oz”.
Words by L. Frank Baum.
Music by Louis F. Gottschalk.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I know all about you
Tell me what you’ve heard
People seem to doubt you
Isn’t that absurd
Tell me what they’re saying
Secrets they’re betraying
Jealousy displaying
With each spiteful word
Gossips are asserting
And they all agree
That you kissed, in flirting
A man with manner free
Such a horried slander
Rouses all my dander
I insist with candor
‘Twas the man kissed me
And really no one ever misses
Such a thing as kisses
That’s the reason this is Apropos
Just a little squeezing
Love’s desire appeasing
Is so very pleasing
No! No! No! - Girls are gay deceivers
I’ve heard that before
Men are true believers
What an awful bore
If a girl’s vivacious
Very sweet and gracious
She is called flirtatious
Flirting I adore
Dine with me tonight, dear
I don’t drink, you see
We will have a bite, dear
Love must hungry be
You seem fond of flirting
Yes, it’s so diverting
But it’s disconcerting
When you’re stringing me
We all know flirting is alluring
Gaiety assuring
Happiness securing, on the run
Though it’s merely jesting
It is interesting
Wiles and smiles suggesting
Don’t say No!
Just for fun
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Male voice – Vancha March
Female voice – the eldest Miss Bear