I don’t care if there’s a girl there
AKA | |
First Published | 1909? |
Writer/composer | RP Weston, Charles Collins | Roud | RN29389 |
Music Hall Performers | Charles Whittle |
Folk performances | Source Singers Pardon, Walter 1979 England : Norfolk |
Young Lord Fitzroy, dear old pal of ours Once for sport bought some old haunted towers Sent his valet down to get the place all right But the man came back with tales of ghosts there every night All round your bed, they'll stand he said, But the Lord he answered gaily as he scratches curly head Oh I don't care if there's a girl there That's the place where I'd like to be I don't care if there's a girl there Just to keep me company Young or old girls, shy or bold girls They all know my pedigree I don't care if there's a girl there Where the girls are you'll find me Weekends we spend bathing in the sea One noon, last June Uncle Timothy Bought a bathing suit and said he'd learn to swim When he saw the sea he said it looked too wet for him One little maid cried you're afraid Said uncle, as he toddled in to slap the saucy Jade
Yet another comic song from the pen of RP Weston , this one sung in the hall by Charles R Whittle (1874-1947), and remembered in the 1970s by Walter Pardon.
Early 20th century recordings by Harry Fay and Harry Kenrick are available on archive.com.
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%3A29389
- Kilgarrif Sing Us
- Lyrics: transcribed from recording