Theres a girl wanted there

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First Published1903

Writer/composerAJ Mills / Bennett ScottRoudRN24477

Music Hall PerformersGeorge Lashwood
Folk performancesSubmitted as an “old song” for Sprite’s Article, Eastern Evening News (25 Sep 1929), Norfolk England
In a world of his own lived a fellow alone
And his kingdom up three flights of stairs
He’s a little bit shy that you know is just why
There’s no one to halve his joys and cares
When he comes home from his biz each day to cheer himself he’ll try
He makes his lonely cup of tea and sighs a weary sigh

There’s a girl wanted there
There’s a girl wanted there
He don’t care if she’s dark or fair
There’s a nice little home
That he’s willing to share
Hurry up young ladies don’t be shy
There’s a girl wanted there


All alone by the fire calmly smoking his briar
There the bachelor sits each night to dream
Of a different life with a loving young wife
Idle fancies In the fire lights gleam
He pictures there a somebody to make his home seem bright
Then gazes at the vacant chair that’s opposite

There are many today who would wed right away
But they haven’t the opportunity
In a big city's whirl don’t know any one girl
They could really ask a wife to be
They only want encouragement to bring them to your feet
Perhaps they’ve bought the home but just to make the thing complete

Words by AJ Mills, music by Bennett Scott and sung by  George Lashwood. It features in the Roud Folk Song index as it was remembered in the 1920s by correspondent of the Eastern Evening News.

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%3A24477
  • Kilgarrif Sing Us
  • Lyrics and Sheet Music: Francis and Days Old Time Favourites No 2, p16
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