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Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day

from Bardfly by John Allee

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Lyrics adapted from "Hamlet"

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Tomorrow Is Saint Valentine’s Day
words by W. Shakespeare/John Allee
music by John Allee

Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s day
All in the morning betime
And there a maid at the window
To be his Valentine

Up he rose and donned his clothes
And dupped the chamber door
Let in the maid that out a maid
Never departed more

He said lady, may I take your coat
And offer you some wine?
She said, you can take my maidenhead
And be my Valentine

Quoth she, “Before you tumble me
You’ll promise me to wed”
He answers
“So will I do, by your holy shoe
Shouldst thou let me come to thy bed”

By Jesus and Saint Charity
Alack, and fie, for shame
Young men will do’t, if they come to ’t
By the Cock, they are to blame

Then up she rose and donned her clothes
And dupped the chamber door
Went out a maid that in a maid
Never knew what was in store

For lo, he took a different wife
A maid not tried, but true
Feign not surprise
It wasn’t hard to prophesize
He did what so many guys do

Quoth she, “Before you tumbled me,
You promised me to wed”
He answers
“So would I ha' done, by yonder sun
If thou hadst not come to my bed”

Go to, go to, you ladies all
And grab what peace you find
And if your man be great or small
Pray he’s also kind
And maybe pay his words no mind

© 2019

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from Bardfly, released January 26, 2023
John Allee, Composer and Vocals; Mahesh Balasooriya, Piano; Aaron McLendon, Drums; Dominic Thiroux, Bass; Matt Von Roderick, Trumpet

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John Allee Los Angeles, California

John Allee is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He is a recipient of the ASCAP/Sammy Cahn Award for excellence in lyric writing and his music has been featured in regional theatre, and on TV. His latest album is 'Bardfly' (“Fantastic!”- Jazz Weekly, “Otherworldly, super-literate and supremely swinging” – Broadway World, “A standout” - All About Jazz) ... more

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