Nesting Time in Flatbush
[Verse]
- (Jim) I've always liked the sort of song you hear so much today,
- Called "When it's something-or-other time" in some place far away
- Oh, "Tulip time in Holland", a pleasant time must be,
- (Jacky) While some are strong for "Apple-blossom-time in Normandy".
- (Jim) But there's another time and place that makes a hit with me.
[Refrain]
- When it's nesting time in Flatbush,
- We will take a little flat,
- (Jacky) With welcome on the mat
- (Jim) Where there's room to swing a cat.
- I'll hang up my hat, I'll hang up my hat,
- Life will be so sweet with you,
- (Both) When it's nesting time in Flatbush,
- In Flatbush Avenue.
[Verse]
- (Jacky) Our little home may have defects like all these flats in town,
- It's wiser not to lean on the walls,
- (Jim) Because they might fall down.
- (Jacky) It's rather badly lighted, which makes it hard to see.
- The neighbors play the Gramophone each night till after three.
- (Jim) But it will be a Paradise if shared, my love, with thee!
[Refrain]
- When it's nesting time in Flatbush,
- As you heard me say before,
- (Jacky) You will see the janitor
- (Jim) With the girl whom I adore.
- On the seventh floor, on the seventh floor,
- We will start to bill and coo,
- (Both) When it's nesting time in Flatbush,
- In Flatbush Avenue.
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