Sobbin' Women-Howard Keel/Betty Hutton

[ti:Sobbin' Women] [ar:Howard Keel] [al:Forever Gold - Oh, What A Beautiful Morning] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sobbin' Women - Howard Keel/Betty Hutton [00:27.72]Tell ya about them sobbin' women [00:30.24]Who lived in the Roman days [00:32.67]It seems that they all went swimmin' [00:34.89]While their men was off to graze [00:37.53]Well a Roman troop was ridin' by [00:40.14]And saw them in their me oh my [00:42.40]So they took them all back home to dry [00:45.02]Least that's what Plutarch says [00:46.94]Oh yes [00:47.84]Them a woman was sobbin' [00:49.30]Sobbin' sobbin' [00:50.46]Fit to be tied [00:52.06] [00:52.58]Every muscle was throbbin' throbbin' [00:54.71]From that riotous ride [00:56.99] [00:57.57]See they cried and kissed [00:59.26]And kissed and cried [01:00.56]All over that Roman countryside [01:02.93]So don't forget that [01:05.71]When you're takin' a bride [01:07.37] [01:08.14]Sobbin' fit to be tied [01:09.79] [01:10.50]From that riotous ride [01:12.40] [01:16.29]They never did return their plunder [01:18.63]The victor gets all the loot [01:21.03]They carried them home by thunder [01:23.22]To rotundas small but cute [01:25.85]And you've never seens so [01:27.53]They tell me such downright domesticity [01:30.86]With a Roman baby on each knee [01:33.12]Named Claudius and Brute [01:35.38]Oh yes [01:36.26]Them a women was sobbin' [01:37.65]Sobbin' sobbin' passin' them nights [01:39.90] [01:40.98]While the Romans was goin' out [01:42.65]Hobbin' nobbin' startin' up fights [01:44.60] [01:45.90]They kept occupied by sewin' lots [01:48.77]Of little old togas [01:50.13]For them tots and sayin' [01:52.65]Someday women folk'll have rights [01:55.52] [01:56.41]Passin' all of them nights [01:57.79]Just sewin' [01:58.57]While the Romans had fights [02:00.38] [02:02.12]Now when their men folk went to fetch them [02:04.16] [02:04.85]The women would not be fetched [02:06.42] [02:07.01]It seems when the Romans ketch them [02:09.49]Their lady friends stay ketched [02:11.16]Right now let this be because it's true [02:14.17]A lesson to the likes of you [02:16.42]Roughly treat like them [02:17.60]There Romans do [02:18.83]Or else they'll think you're tetched [02:20.92]Oh yes [02:21.75]Them a women was sobbin' sobbin' [02:23.82]Sobbin' buckets of tears [02:25.64]My sad [02:26.57]On account of old dobbin' [02:28.07]Dobbin' really rattled their ears [02:30.42]And that is all [02:31.25]Oh they acted angry annoyed [02:34.59]But secretly they was overjoyed [02:36.84]You may recall that [02:39.39]When corralin' your streets [02:41.03]Oh oh oh oh them poe little dears [02:43.37] [02:46.14]Oh yes [02:46.79]Them a women was sobbin' [02:48.35]Sobbin' sobbin' weepin' a ton [02:50.51]Then sobbin' women [02:51.78]Just remember what robin' robin' robin' [02:54.43]Hood woulda done [02:55.42]Then sobbin' women [02:56.72]We'll be just like them three merry men [02:59.81]And make them all merry once again [03:02.16]And though they'll be a sobbin' for a while [03:05.34]Oh yes [03:06.67]We're gonna make them sobbin' women smile