{"id":18556,"date":"2023-01-25T16:20:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=18556"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:13:22","slug":"lambeth-walk-the-1937","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/lambeth-walk-the-1937\/","title":{"rendered":"Lambeth Walk, The (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
First Published<\/td>1937<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Noel Gay<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN25672<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Lupino Lane<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>

Modern performances<\/strong>
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The Lambeth Walk (Noel Gay 1937)<\/strong>\n\nLambeth you've never seen,\nThe skies ain't blue, the grass ain't green.\nIt hasn't got the Mayfair touch,\nBut that don't matter very much.\nWe play the Lambeth way,\nNot like you but a bit more gay\nAnd when we have a bit of fun\nOh, Boy.\n\nAnytime you're Lambeth way\nAny evening, any day,\nYou'll find us all, doin' the Lambeth walk.\nEv'ry little Lambeth gal\nWith her little Lambeth pal,\nYou'll find 'em all, doin' the Lambeth walk.<\/em>\n\nEv'rything's free and easy,\nDo as you darn well pleasey,\nWhy don't you make your way there,\nGo there, stay there,\nOnce you get down Lambeth way,\nEv'ry evening, ev'ry day,\nYou'll find yourself doin' the Lambeth walk.\n\nEv'rything's free and easy,\nDo as you darn well pleasey,\nWhy don't you make your way there,\nGo there, stay there,\nOnce you get down Lambeth way,\nEv'ry evening, ev'ry day,\nYou'll find yourself doin' the Lambeth walk.\n\nEv'rything's free and easy,\nDo as you darn well pleasey,\nWhy don't you make your way there,\nGo there, stay there,\nOnce you get down Lambeth way,\nEv'ry evening, ev'ry day,\nYou'll find yourself,\nDoin' the Lambeth... Doin' the Lambeth...\nDoin' the Lambeth walk!\n <\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Noel Gay wrote a huge number of hits for variety artists of the 1930s and 40s including Leaning on a lamppost<\/em> for George Formby and Run rabbit run<\/em> for Bud Flanagan, but according to Richard Anthony Baker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The crowning glory of Noel’s career was the musical Me and My Girl <\/em>(1937)… It’s hit song The Lambeth Walk<\/em> set London alight\u2026 It ran for 1646 performances.<\/p>\nOld Time Variety, p 83<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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The song was inspired by the song of the same name from the 1890s<\/a> but apart from the name is a completely different song. It was a hit in America too and inspired a dance craze on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as it appears in the private family songbook collated by Jeanine Lebastard<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Me and My Girls in 1939:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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