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1969
THE LOVELY HUSBAND
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Oh a love-ly hus-band he was known, He loved his wife andher a-lone; She reaped the harvest he had sown; She ate the meat; he
picked the bone. With mixed admirers ev-'ry size, She smiled on each with
1970
CHORUS.
by sur-prise. Trot! Run! Was-n't he a han-dy hub-by?What Fun She could plot and plan! Not One
Oth-er such a dan-dy hub-by As this love-ly man!
1971
II
He answered at her least command:He fanned her, if she would be fanned;
He vanished when she willed it.—And
He always coughed behind his hand.
She held him in such high esteem
She let him dope her face with “Cream,”—
He'd chink the wrinkles seam-by-seam,
And call her “lovely as a dream!”
CHORUS
HotBun!
Wasn't he a lovey-dovey?
What
Fun
She could plot and plan!
Not
One
Other such a dovey-lovey
As this love-ly man!
III
Her lightest wishes he foreknewAnd fell up-stairs to cater to:
He never failed to back from view,
Nor mispronounced Don't ( ) you “Doan chu.”
1972
As her friends left;—he knew his place:—
He praised the form she could not lace.—
He praised her face before her face!
CHORUS
ShotGun!
Wasn't he a lovely fellow?
What
Fun
She could plot and plan!
Not
One
Lonesome little streak of yellow
In this love-ly man!
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