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The stars at night were shining shining Filling the sky with a golden lining Watching two lovers entwining, twining Down in a shady dell He was a soldier so martial, martial She was a maiden unto him partial As he said,'None but the stars shall, stars shall Our little doings tell.' The stars at each other commenced to wink Juno nudged Saturn, which made him blink And said, 'Those two lovers, I really think Are childen of Venus and Mars.' Chorus: Oh, the story of the stars, when Venus first met Mars She was a maiden with a lot of gold Mars was a soldier brave and bold On a country seat miles from ma's and pa's By the moonlight pale he told the tale The story of the stars. Now Venus was a fairy, fairy But had a pa who was most contrary He was the boss of a dairy, dairy A star in the milky way Money he'd made out of chalk and water Which at his death came to his daughter So when young Mars came round to court her He watched them both night and day For tricky young Mars had a rolling eye Which twinkled as merry as stars in the sky And thought he to himself, 'Well, this is a pie!' Did that dashing and artful young Mars. Chorus: The end, of course, was sloping, sloping On a dark night they were both eloping Made preparations and hoping, hoping Nobody else was nigh But just as he gave her some kisses, kisses Upon the scene came the soldier's missis Said, 'What a pretty game this is, this is' And banged him in the eye She cried as his hair she began to comb 'And so from your missis you meant to roam And the twenty five starving kids at home Oh, I'll give you Venus and Mars.' Chorus: And the story of the stars Is the missis outed Mars Her twenty pound fist hit him on the eye And he saw more stars than are in the sky His face is full of scars and he walks past ma's and pa's Like a dog in town, tail hanging down Is the story of the stars. |
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Performed by Arthur Reece (1870-1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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