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Irving Berlin
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If I Thought You Wouldn't Tell (14 Oct 1909)
Berlin Irving [chorus:] If I thought you wouldn't tell your mother I would try and take one more Promise not to tell your father or your brother And I'll make it three or four If I thought that you could keep a secret I would keep you busy, Nell I'd forget that I'm your cousin And I'd take a half a dozen If I only thought you wouldn't tell
[2nd verse:] One evening early, he took the girlie To a restaurant where drinks are often tried He ordered porter, she ordered water Then she said, 'I'll take a cocktail on the side' She drank a dozen Just then her cousin Whispered, 'Dearie, don't you think we should go home?' She answered, 'Later, please call the waiter' Then she murmured in a rather husky tone
[2nd chorus:] If I thought you wouldn't tell your mother I would try and take one more Promise not to tell your father or your brother And I'll make it three or four If I thought that you could keep a secret I would take all they would sell I'd forget that I'm your cousin And I'd take a half a dozen If I only thought you wouldn't tell
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