HE'S IN THE INFIRMARY NOW

(J. P. Long)


Radio Syncopaters, Dir. Jay Wilbur
V. Leslie Holmes
Recorded 15th July 1932



I'll sing a song of tragedy
To make your blood freeze horribly
A friend of mine whose name was Paul
Once sang this song in the Albert Hall
And he's in the infirmary now
Oh, he's in the infirmary now
They threw him lots of flowers in pots
So he's in the infirmary now

Up on a fourteenth storey floor
A man walked through an open door
He knew he had two steps to take
But walked down the lift shaft by mistake
And he's in the infirmary now
Oh, he's in the infirmary now
One step, said he, is enough for me
So he's in the infirmary now

Jack was a sailor staunch and true
Who did what all good sailors do
He went ashore at the Dardanelles
And tried to vamp the harem girls
And he's in the infirmary now
Oh, he's in the infirmary now
Though he's in port his leave's cut short
And he's in the infirmary now

Brown was a landlord good as gold
Who believed all the tales his tenants told
The husband of young Mrs Shears
Once caught him kissing away her tears
And he's in the infirmary now
Oh, he's in the infirmary now
His wife consent to collect the rent
So he's in the infirmary now

Under a spreading chestnut tree
The smith a mighty man was he
A horses shoe behind before
Once kicked him hard in the early door
And he's in the infirmary now
Oh, he's in the infirmary now
What makes him frown, he can't sit down
Co he's in the infirmary now.

Transcribed from John Wright's 78 RPM Record Collection






(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - February 2013)