Si At The Fair

A popular song from 1920
Words by Clyde Wilson and Barclay Walker
Music by Barclay Walker

The sheet music:

Si At The Fair – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Si_At_The_Fair – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Well I met Si Plunkett, he was ridin’ around
    In a bran new Ford at the State Fair Ground
    Well, well! says I, how’s everything, Si?
    Says he, “Purty good, but awful durn high”
    How’s your woman? says I
    “Gittin’ sprier an’ sprier
    She kin do more work an’ any han’ I kin hire
    I’d ‘a fetched her along fer to take in the Fair
    But we both ‘lowed we hadn’t jist the money to spare”

Refrain:
It’s a nickle here, an’ a nickle there
An’ a whole half a dollar fer to git in the Fair
Ever’ thing’s jist double what it used to be
So, I saved money comin’ by myself, you see
While I love my wife, an’ ud like to see her go
Still, stayin’ home an’ savin’ got the Ford you know
It’s a nickle here, an’ a nickle there
An’ a whole half a dollar fer to git in the Fair

  1. When’d I come? Monday mornin’
    Gon’ to skin-out tomarr
    Out-o-picket two twenty jist for grub so far
    Wy, the consarned resterrants they want to git rich
    On a single cup o’ coffee an’ a ham san’wich
    Now I’m gon’ to tell you sompin’
    But you mustn’t never tell
    Got to guessin’ with a feller on a game called “shell”
    But my wife’s premiums what I took on her cakes
    U’ll more’n make up fer my little mistakes
  2. “Yes, my hogs an’ my cattle, both pulled down the prize
    But gosh, look at the feed took to git ’em that size
    Gon’ to git a lemonade? Well, I wouldn’t go there
    That’s the biggest blame swindle in the whole durn Fair
    Only one piece o’pealin’ to a tub full o’ juice
    An’ back it goes in ever’ glass to ketch another goose
    Course I laid down a nickel but he stuck me fer a dime
    Then I turned in to eatin’ up his goll durn rind”
  3. Did you see that lady there, lookin’ at me?
    Caught her dress on sompin’ so it shows her knee
    But say I saw a sight jist a little bit ago
    That was worth more to me than the whole durn show
    They’s a girl down there in one o’ them tents
    That does a funny dance fer fifteen cents
    But you bet I seen her fer just half price
    Fer I’m some slicker an’ I stayed in twice