A popular song from 1950.
Words adapted from George Washington.
Music by Martin Kalmanoff.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Shake not the head, rowl not the Eys
Lift not one eye-brow higher than the other
Wry not the mouth
And be-dew no mans face with your spittle
Puff not up the cheeks
Loll not out the tongue
Rub the hands, or beard
Thrust out the lips, or bite them
Or keep them too open or too closed
Sit not when others stand
Walk not when others stop
Speak not when others sleep
Sleep not when others speak
In the presence of others
Sing not to yourself with a humming noise
Nor drum with your fingers or feet
Make no shew of taking great
Delight in your victuals
Feed not with greediness
Cut your bread with a knife
Lean not on the table
Nor find fault with what you eat
Put not your meat to your mouth
With your knife in your hand
Neither spit forth the stones of any fruit pye
Nor cast anything under the table
Play not the peacock
Looking everywhere about you
To see if you be well deck’t
If your shoes fit well
If your stockings sit neatly
And clothes handsomely
Kill no vermin as fleas, lice, ticks
Et cetera in the sight of others
Be they on you give thanks
Unto him who puts them off
Run not in the streets
Neither go too slowly
Nor with mouth open
Go not shaking your arms
Not upon the toes, nor in a dancing
Being to advise or reprehend anyone
Shew no signs of cholar
Shew no signs of cholar
But do it all with sweetness and mildness
With sweetness and mildness
With sweetness and mildness
With sweetness and mildness
With mildness
With sweetness and mildness
With sweetness and mildness
With sweetness and mildness