Transcribed from Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her
Swing Orchestra, with unidentified male vocalist, recorded September 9,
1938.
From Lil
Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra, 1936-1940, Chronological Classics,
vol. 564.
There lived a gal named Sally, with
knock-knees and crossed eyes;
She cheated her best pally from
her guy, guy, stay wise,
She has but one ambition,
And to her it is a cinch,
She's in her right position when
she's sittin' on the mourner's bench!
Now, where is Sal?
Oh, knock-kneed Sal's on the mourner's
bench!
I'm lookin' for Sal.
Oh, knock-kneed Sal's on the mourner's
bench!
Know where Sal is?
Oh, knock-kneed Sal's on the mourner's
bench!
Must find my Sal!
Oh, knock-kneed Sal's on the mourner's
bench!
Oh, knock-kneed can't be trusted,
no matter where she goes,
Someone will come up busted, that
I know, know, sho', sho'!
She has but one ambition,
And to her it is a cinch,
She's in her right position when
she's sittin' on the mourner's bench!
Go find my Sal!
Oh, knock-kneed Sal's on the mourner's
bench!
I'm lookin' for my Sal!
Oh, knock-kneed Sal's on the mourner's
bench!
I wonder where Sally is.
Oh, knock-kneed Sal's on the mourner's
bench!
Look out for Sal!
Oh, knock-kneed Sal's on the mourner's
bench!
Oh, knock-kneed Sal ain't much fun!
But she always lives in church,
boy!
You'll see her every Sunday on
the mourner's bench!
Oh, knock-kneed Sal's on the mourner's
bench!
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