I Got Plenty of Brothers! [filk]

[Lilac]

No: HPFGUIDX 44924


I Got Plenty of Brothers!

to the tune "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' " from PORGY AND BESS

http://www.broadwaymidi.com/cgi-bin/schlabo/dl.pl?PorgyAndBess-IGotPlentyONuttin

Dedicated to Trish, because she's got plenty of brothers!

 

Note:  People from large families will know what I'm talking about with the bathroom reference...

 

GINNY:

Oh, I've got plenty of brothers, 

And brother, they're plenty for me!

We got no room

They hog the food

I get no privacy

 

Oh, folks with one or two children

Lock the bath-a-room door

We got no lock upon that door

We can squeeze in 2 or 3...or 4

 

Tried to lock my bedroom door - does no good, you see 

Because the tricksters Fred and George - get in here easy 

Then they charm all my stuff - disappears with a "puff"- "THAT’S ENOUGH!" 

 

Oh, I've got plenty of brothers, 

and brother, they're plenty for me

But I’d be sad

If Mum and Dad

Had stopped at 2 or 3

(Spoken) "I wouldn’t even be here!"

Thank-you, Mum! Thank-you, Dad! Thank-you, Bros!

 

Oh, I got plenty of brothers

And brother, they’re plenty for me

And though we’re poor, 

And I hear snores

At night, like a downpour 

 

It’s nice to know I’ve so many

Brothers who care about me 

There are some people in this big world

Who have no family ...Harry

 

Percy fusses over me - Ron is too busy

Bill and Charlie think I’m too young - call me a baby

Though they get on my nerves - I love them and I know they love me!



 

Oh, I’ve got plenty of brothers

And brother, they’re plenty for me

I love my Bill

My Charlie, too

And I love my Percy

(Spoken)"There’s no use complaining!"

Love my Fred! Love my George! Love my Ron!



 

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"Tut, tut --- hardly any of you remembered that my favorite color is *lilac*. 

I say so in Year with the Yeti."         --Gilderoy Lockhart, COS



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