{"id":24063,"date":"2024-03-21T08:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T08:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=24063"},"modified":"2024-03-21T09:14:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T09:14:18","slug":"put-me-amongst-the-girls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/put-me-amongst-the-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Put me amongst the girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First Published<\/td>1907<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>CW Murphy and Dan Lipton<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN38250<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Charles R Whittle<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Bob Hart; England : Suffolk ; 1975-78 (matched by title only)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PUT ME AMONGST THE GIRLS.\nWritten and Composed by C. W. MURPHY and DAN LIPTON.\n\nI knew a naughty little lad,\nAnd when mother sent him off to school \nHe used to raise an awful noise\nIf the teacher placed him 'mongst the boys. \nHe would be anything but good,\nFor there he'd sit a-fretting all the day, \nWith sighs and teardrops in his eyes,\nThen to the teacher coaxingly he'd say: (\" Oh ! teacher\u2014)\n\n\"Put me amongst the girls <\/em>\nPut me amongst the girls! <\/em>\nDo me a favour, do,\nYou know I'd do as much for you. <\/em>\nPut me amongst the girls,\nThose with the curly curls;\nThey'll enjoy themselves and so will I\nIf you put me amongst the girls.\"<\/em>\n\nJohn Jones came up to London town,\nMeant to be a member of the Force ;\nHis feet were regulation feet,\nJust the feet to ornament a beat.\n\"John, John, please get your helmet on,\nYour duty lies up East,\" the sergeant cried.\n\"You're tough, so get amongst the rough.\"\nJohn thought of Piccadilly as he sighed : (\" Oh ! Sergeant\u2014)\n\t\nFar East the mummy old was found\nOf Solomon, who had three hundred wives. \nIt soon was brought across the foam,\nAnd caused quite a flutter here at home. \nFamed men saw the mummy, then\nThey said, \"To the Museum it must go, \n'Mongst bones and prehistoric stones\" ;\nBut Solomon's wise mummy shouted, \" No! (Not likely!)\n \t\nSeth Binks was such a pious man\u2014\nNever stayed out after 3 a.m. ;\nStage doors he used to hang about,\nTill he caught a cold that laid him out.\nPals said, \" Cheer up, you'll soon be dead !\nWe'll plant you 'mongst the daisies in the sun.\"\nPoor Seth, though gasping for his breath,\nSaid, \" If there's any planting to be done (Oh ! Doctor\u2014)\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A song popular in the Halls in 1907, where it was performed by Charles R Whittle<\/a>. It was written by CW Murphy<\/a>  and Dan Lipton and featured in a 1907\/08 Broadway Musical The Hoyden.<\/em> Early recordings where made by Johnny Wakefield, Trummy Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The song was popular in the mid-1960s when it was recorded by Davy Jones (before his career in The Monkees) and by Freddy and The Dreamers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The song also featured in Laurence Olivier\/John Osborne play and film “The Entertainer”(1960)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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