Bill

track name: Bill
album and band name: from Live at Wood Hall by Allison Crowe

Live at Wood Hall - Double-CD set

This is Live at Woods Hall - the physical two-CD set. The album of songs comes in a paper triptych design sleeve. The images feature Allison and details of Wood Hall - a converted church sanctuary that is today the Conservatory of Music in Victoria, B.C., Canada.

Cover photo by Billie Woods. Images of stained glass by Allison Crowe and Adrian du Plessis. The stained glass windows of Wood Hall are created by G. Maile Studios, Canterbury, Kent, England.

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lyrics: Bill

Words by P.G. Wodehouse & Music by Jerome Kern
As performed by Allison Crowe

I used to dream that I would discover
The perfect lover someday,
I knew I'd recognize him if ever
He came 'round my way.
I always used to fancy then
He'd be one of the God-like kind of men
With a giant brain and a noble head
Like the heroes bold
In the books I've read.

But along came Bill
Who's quite the opposite of all
The men in storybooks
In grace and looks
I know that Apollo
Would beat him
All hollow

And I can't explain,
It's surely not his brain
That makes me thrill --
I love him because he's wonderful,
Because he's just my Bill.

He can't play golf or tennis or polo,
Or sing a solo, or row.
He isn't half as handsome
As dozens of men that I know.
He isn't tall or straight or slim
And he dresses far worse than Ted or Jim.
And I can't explain why he should be
Just the one, one man in the world for me.

He's just my Bill, an ordinary man,
He hasn't got a thing that I can brag about.
And yet to be
Upon his knee
So comfy and roomy
Seems natural to me.
Oh, I can't explain,
It's surely not his brain
That makes me thrill --
I love him because he's -- I don't know...
Because he's just my Bill.

Written in 1917 for Oh Lady! Lady!
Revised later w. Oscar Hammerstein II for Show Boat
credits: from Live at Wood Hall, released 01 July 2005
license: All rights reserved
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