SWEET JOSEPHINE (Pete Ham)
[unreleased acoustic demo (short version), formerly posted on Jesper's Badfinger News web page]

There is a young musician

With an even younger face

Aware of his position

And he's carved himself a place

A walking, talking goldmine

With fifty-carat eyes

Controls a teenage nation with his style


There is a shorthand typist

With even shorter hair

With really good credentials

She's so much class to spare

A smile that drives men crazy

A conversation queen

She was the [fairest ____y] ever seen


He said, "will you be my girl, sweet Josephine?"

lyrics transcribed by Paul Nyman and Tom Brennan

SWEET JOSEPHINE (Pete Ham)
[unreleased acoustic demo (long version)]

There is a young musician

With an even younger face

Aware of his position

He's carved himself a place

A walking, talking goldmine

With fifty-carat eyes

Controls his teenage nation with his style


There is a shorthand typist

With even shorter hair

With really good credentials

She's so much class to spare

A smile that drives men crazy

A conversation queen

She was the rarest fossil ever seen


And he says, "will you be my girl, sweet Josephine?"


Take me away to the beautiful day I remember

Hold me down, move me 'round, cool me down

Wish I could stay from beginning of May to September

Hold me down, move me 'round, cool me down


[instrumental verse in key of G]


Keep me brother happy, don’t grieve her at the door

And when you think you’re given, then give her even more

And don’t forget the small things, they're not hard to do

Keep your lover happy just for you


And he said: "Will you be my girl, sweet Josephine?

Will you be my girl, sweet Josephine?"

lyrics transcribed by Morten Vindberg and Kent Gray
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