Transcribed from vocals by Ed Gallagher and Al
Shean, recorded May 6, 1922,
From The
Broadway Musical, vol 1: 1918 - 1929, Chansons Actualites; CIN025.
Oh, Mr. Gallagher! Hello?
Mr. Gallagher! Mr. Shean.
I wonder why did you come here
alone?
Alone!
You must have something on your
mind,
To leave your wife so far behind;
She can't even reach you on the
telephone!
You're getting personal, Mr.
Shean. Why, Mr. Shean,
I came here because she treated
me so mean!
Ah-heh!
Was your married life all right?
Mine was fight, fight, fight!
Look at that black eye, Mr. Gallagher!
Look at this one, Mr. Shean!
Oh, Mr. Gallagher! Yes, hello!
Mr. Gallagher! Well, well, well!
I'd like to have you meet a widow
friend of mine;
I'd like to, hah!
Husband's gone, but she don't care,
This pretty blond with the bobbed
up hair,
And a figure, hey, simply super-fine!
So! Yes! Mr. Shean, Mr.
Shean,
I'll bet I know the widow that
you mean;
A pretty face, a baby stare,
I'm the guy that bobbed her
hair;
But she's a grass widow, Mr. Gallagher,
And I'm a lawnmower, Mr. Shean!
Oh, Mr. Gallagher! What do you
want? Mr. Gallagher! Yes, yes, yes!
If you're a friend of mine please
lend me a couple of bucks!
I'm going home.
I'm so broke, I'm badly bent!
No!
I haven't got a cent!
I'm so clean I think that I've
been washed with Lux!
Well, well, Mr. Shean! Why,
Mr. Shean!
You don't mean to say you haven't
got a bean?
Not a red!
On my word, as I'm alive,
I intended touching you for
five;
Merry Christmas, Mr. Gallagher!
Happy New Year, Mr. Shean!
Oh, Mr. Gallagher! Well, well!
Mr. Gallagher! Yes, I'm here!
What do you call that game they
play upon the links?
With a stick they drive a ball,
To where you can't find it at all,
With a caddy who walks around and
thinks and thinks?
Why, I'm surprised, Mr.
Shean! Mr. Shean!
You don't even know a hazard
from a green!
It has become a popular game,
And you don't even know its
name!
Is it polo, Mr. Gallagher?
No, lawn tennis, Mr. Shean!
Oh, Mr. Gallagher! Yes, hello!
Mr. Gallagher! Well, well?
When you stray home, you'll get
a great surprise!
I will?
When your ship is drawing near,
It will make you shed a tear,
To see the lights of New York shining
in the skies.
You're right, Mr. Shean, Mr.
Shean!
I have made that trip, so I
know just what you mean!
But there's one light that shines
so bright,
It's the brightest light in
sight,
Statue of Liberty, Mr. Gallagher?
Coney Island, Mr. Shean!
Published 12/18/99.
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