Richard The Third

A popular song from 1913.
Words by L. Wolfe Gilbert.
Music by Lewis F. Muir.

The sheet music:

Richard-The-Third – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Richard_The_Third – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. To be or not to be, said Miss Mandy
    That’s the question
    I’ve had sweethearts who would pop the question
    One named Richard, two named Richard
    Strange as it seems the third was Richard, too
    There was a man named Shckespeare
    Who introduced the third one
    He’s my life long friend
    ‘Cause he gave me what I needed
    My pal till the end

Chorus
Richard the Third, he’s my lovin’ man
Richard the Third, loves like no one can
I’ve had many, Oh, so many
One, two, three, Lord love ’em
Richard the Third, he’s the king of all
He’s my little lovin’ dicky bird
You can have your Othello and that sort of fellow
They’re all right now and then
Richard’s himself again Mister Shakespeare
Thank you for Richard the Third

  1. Oh Mister Romeo said
    I love my little Julie
    Desdemona, she loved Othello truly
    Old boy Hamlet, poor old Hamlet
    He fell in love with his old daddy’s ghost
    “Much Ado ‘Bout Nothin” always bothered cupid
    So kid Shakespeare wrote
    What’s that line, that famous line
    My kingdom for a goat