| AKA | Hello, Hello, Hello! Its a different girl again! |
| First Published | 1906 |
| Writer/composer | George Arthurs / Bennett Scott | Roud | RN29786 |
| Music Hall Performers | Whit Cunliffe |
| Folk performances | Collected from the singing of: Bentall, Brenda ; England ; 1970 |
Transcribed from recording:
I have the reputation of a bold and bounding flirt.
Ev'ry one stares when I go walking with a dainty skirt.
Once, upon a mountain top, a mile or two from earth,
I with a girl was pressing my suit for all that I was worth.
Just then a balloon flew by,
And I heard somebody cry:
Hello! Hello! Hello ! It's a different girl again;
Different eyes, different nose, different hair, different clothes.
Hello! Hello! Hello! to me it's very plain,
You tickle the lady's fancy. It's a different girl again.
One day my dear old grand-ma-ma, who's eighty-five and grey,
I was escorting 'round the town, and showing her the way.
Granny's very rich and as I'm mentioned in her will,
I was attentive all the time, in case she caught a chill.
We got on a motorbus,
When a voice said "Why there's Gus!"
Once in a bar I lost my temper with a drunken lout;
He was so rude to me, the landlord had the man thrown out.
When I left, the loafer's wife was waiting, full of fun;
Going for me, she tore my new coat, and smashed my brand-new 'Dunn
She threw a jug at my head,
When a friend came up and said:
No one believes that I'm sincere, but p'raps I'll wed some day,
And in the church the same old words some one is sure to say.
When I'm spliced a year or two, I think it's safe to bet,
I shall be strolling round to a shop to buy a basinette.
When wheeling the youngster out
I shall hear the neighbours shout:
Perhaps Whit Cunliffe‘s biggest hit, with words by George Arthurs and music by Bennett Scott.
In the 1970s it was collected / recorded by Roy Palmer from the singing of Brenda Bentall.
None of these recordings are currently avalable online, so here’s a version recorded by Walter Miller:
Sources:
- Entries in the Roud Indexes at the Vaughn Williams Memorial Library: https://archives.vwml.org/search/all:single[folksong-broadside-books]/0_50/all/score_desc/extended-roudNo_tr%3A29786
- Kilgarrif Sing Us
- Lyrics from sheet Music ia Bodleian mediated copying: Scott, Bennett, et al. It’s a Different Girl Again! Francis, Day & Hunter, 1906.
Last Updated on June 12, 2026 by John Baxter | Published: November 30, 2024
