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AKA<\/strong><\/td>Come right upstairs<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1923<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Leslie Moore \/ Johnny Tucker<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN26764<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Daisy Dormer and The Two Bobs<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Delahunty, Richard; Canada: Newfoundland; 1968
Showers, Charlie; England: Somerset; 1973
Modern performances<\/strong>
Lisa Noble<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From the sheet music<\/strong>\n\nThere's a fam'ly right next door\nWakes us up at three or four\nWhen the daughter comes home with her beau.\nFirst they stand outside and chin;\nAfter that, they tiptoe in\nAnd begin their spooning down below.\nThen when all is quiet in the hall,\nDown the stairs you hear her mother call:\n\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\" \"Come right upstairs!\"<\/em>\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\"  \"Those stairs aren't chairs,\nWhy does it take you so long to say goodnight?\nYou know I've told you always,\nIt ain't safe to stand in hallways.\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\" <\/em><\/em>\"Give him his hat.\"\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\" <\/em><\/em>\"Just leave him flat.\nIn the morning let him phone yer<\/em>\nGo to bed You'll get pneumonia\"\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\" \"Come right upstairs!\"<\/em><\/em><\/em>\n\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\" \"Come right upstairs!\"\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\" \"I've said your prayers\nI've seen that young man where very sporty clothes\nnow I know who stole the awning\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\" \"Don't be a goose!\"\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\" \"The dog is loose!\nSend that young man home, or Towser's\nSure to spoil his Sunday trousers\n\"Maggie!\" \"Yes, ma!\" \"Come right upstairs!\"<\/em>\n\nSince her father made a pile\nMaggie's family live in style\nIn a mansion somewhere around the West\nMaggie is now Marguerite;\nIn her heart she is just as sweet\nAs she was when she was when not so smartly dressed\nMaggie still has sweetheart bear in mind,\nBut her mother's voice is more refined!\n\n\"Daughter!\" \"Mother!\" \"Time to retire.\"\n\"Daughter!\" \"Mother!\" \"Sleep you require.\nPercy is talking about the polo game.\nDon't disobey your parents;\nTell him you're engaged to Clarence.\n\"Marg't!\" \"Mater!\" \"Bid him adieu\"\n\"Mater!\" \"What the child?\" \"I'm cross with you!\"\nThen with all her million dollars,\nMa forgets herself and hollers\n\"Maggie!\" \"Whaddyerwant?\" \"Come right upstairs!\"<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A comic song which originated in America, performed in the British Halls of the 1920s by Daisy Dormer and The Two Bobs<\/a>. It was also recorded by a number of different artists including, in the 1920s by Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, Frank Crumit, Billy Murray, and later in the 1950s by Lisa Noble. The lyrics vary somewhat between recorded versions …<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was later collected from  traditional singers in Newfoundland and England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An American version recorded by Frank Crumit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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