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Jenny Kiss'd Me
Published
by
Santa Barbara Music Press
as part of  the
Jerry
Blackstone
Choral
SeriesCatalog # SMBP718 TTBB a cappella, with a final verse descant
Original
poem
by
Leigh
Hunt
with
extra
parody
verses
in
English
Difficulty rating (1-5): 3 The original poem by Leigh Hunt is quite a lovely, quaint poem - but so short. When I came across a poem parody book which included good-natured parodies of this poem, I knew I had to create a sweet, but also slyly silly piece for male voices. This piece is dedicated to my good pal Reg Unterseher, quite a character and also quite a composer and singer. Reg and I first met at the 2002 Oxford Summer Institutes and we hit it off immediately. TEXT
Jenny kiss’d me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
Time, you thief, who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in!
Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have missed me,
Say I’m growing old , but add,
Jenny kiss’d me.
Jenny kiss’d me in a dream;
So did Elsie, Lucy, Cora,
Bessie, Gwendolyn, Eupheme,
Alice, Adelaide, and Dora.
Say of honour I’m devoid,
Say monogamy has missed me,
But don’t say to Doctor Freud
Jenny kiss’d me.
Jenny kiss’d me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
Knocked me down to the floor with her
Exuberance and passion.
Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have missed me,
Say my chiropractor’s glad that
Jenny kiss’d me.
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| PAUL CAREY
composer / conductor All materials and information on this site © 2008 Paul Carey and respective music publishers No part of this site or its contents may be reproduced without written consent. 
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