{"id":25559,"date":"2024-11-28T07:51:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T07:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=25559"},"modified":"2024-11-28T07:57:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T07:57:06","slug":"lucky-jim-how-i-envy-him","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/lucky-jim-how-i-envy-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Jim (How I envy Him)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1896<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Charles Horwitz \/ Frederick Bowers<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN9545<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>GH Chirgwin<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Rowe, Cliff ; England : Somerset ; 1984
Adams, Harry ; England : Somerset ; 1977<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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LUCKY JIM (HOW I ENVY HIM)
Words by Charles Howitz. Music by Fredrick V. Bowers.


Jim and I as children played together.
Best of chums for many years were we.
I alas, had no luck, was a Jonah;
Jim my chum was lucky as could be.

Ah! Lucky Jim, 
How I envy him!
Ah! Lucky Jim, 
How I envy him!<\/em>

Years passed by. Still Jim and I were comrades.
He and I both loved the same sweet maid.
She loved Jim and married him one evening.
Jim was lucky. I unlucky stayed.

Years rolled on and death took Jim away, boys,
Left his widow and she married me.
Now we're married, oft I think of Jim, boys,
Sleeping in the churchyard by the sea.<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
An American song from the late 1890s – a hit throughout the English speaking world. In Britain it was particular associated with the blackface Music Hall performer GH Chirgwin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
 George Formby senior sang a different song of the same title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was recorded a number of times – here are versions by Tom English and Dan W Quinn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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