Cat. #0017 (MFH #410) - As sung by Mr. Frank Pool, Fayetteville, Arkansas on January 6, 1958
VERSE 1
Myself, I dressed all in my best
An' with some surplus cash
I started for th matinee
And thought I'd cut a dash
The house were filled with belle's and beau's
As happy as could be
And to my woe, my heart I lost
While at th matinee
My love had curls and teeth like pearls
She wore a saucy hat
And when she peeped from under it
My heart went pitty-pat
Of all th beauties gathered there
No other could I see
That I could compare, with her I met
While at th matinee
VERSE 2
Along with other pretty boys
Just as the play as o'er
I took a good posit' to stand
Close by the except door
And as my charmer came along
I made so bold and free
As to offer her my company
Home from th matinee
She took my arm and with a smile
Bright as th morning dew
Says she, my name is Angiline,
And I pray sir, who are you ?
I told her that, I was Clarence Charles
And that she was to me
By far th sweetest girl I'd met
While at th matinee
VERSE 3
We strolled about an hour or more
As happy as two birds
I telling her th present love
It was no lack of words
I asked her if she were free to end
And if she would be mine
She answered with a cunning smile,
I'll tell some other time
Of course, we had to have ice cream
Fruit cakes and lemonade
Five dollars I was minus
By th time my bill was paid
And then I saw her safely home
And she did promise me
That without fail, th next Wednesday night
She would be at th matinee
VERSE 4
We kept up our flirtation
Of meeting after that
Until one night I saw her home
O, did'nt I feel flat
And at th door a man we met
M husband dear, says she
This is that nice young man I met
While at th matinee,
My heart felt like a piece of lead
I felt that I would jolt
The husband says, my darling wife
So like a little joke,
Of course, I tried to laugh, although
The joke I could not see
An' now I shun th girls I meet
While at th matinee
VERSE 5
It's come all young men of good advice
Pray hear a word or two
Informing your acqaintances
Be careful what you do
Don't let a charmer steal your heart
Until you plainly see
That she's not like th girl I met
While at th matinee
Mr. Frank Pool says, this is the longet song ever written.