Irving Berlin

Colored Romeo
[1st Verse:] Last winter Liza Snow Picked up a book called Romeo She read a page or so Then hunted for a man Soon she was dreaming of A beau who cooed just like a dove A man who sho' could love Like a Romeo can She wandered out one night Beneath the pale moonlight And sang with all her might This ancient cry [Refrain:] Where art thou, Romeo My colored Romeo The balcony wants to see he and she, you and me Come out and pet your colored Juliet Don't linger, do it now Come kiss my fevered brow Shakespear's love come and show me, colored Romeo [2nd verse:] Miss Liza's father Joe Did not approve of Romeo Letras de cancionesBut Liza loved him so They ran off in a car They made a mile or three In almost nothing, don't you see The auto struck a tree Then they didn't go far Miss Liza from the ground Kept gazing all around Her beau could not be found So Liza cried From Letras Mania