KITTY FROM KANSAS CITY
(Harry Rose / Jesse Greer)

Rudy Valleé & His Connecticut Yankees - 1931
Johnny Walker's Rollickers - 1931

Also recorded by:
Gus Viseur & The Imperial Dance Orch.



Her name was Kitty from Kansas City
Sure was a pity she wasn't pretty
She's not so hard to see
She weighs two-forty-three
I hope she doesn't get much fatter
But if she does, that doesn't matter
Kitty from Kansas City
Now there's a girl that I adore

She's so dumb, she doesn't know a thing
Why, she thinks that July the Fourth is an English King
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me

Well, she's so dumb, her brain is in a whirl
Why, she thinks that Babe Ruth, is a chorus girl
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

Well she's so dumb, she really is a dear
Why she thinks that "Eli, Eli" is a college cheer
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

Her name was Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty from Kansas City
Sure was a pity she wasn't pretty
Hey, Hey I love her just because
She's not the girl she was
She can cook, and she can wash
But when she makes her love, Oh, Gosh!
It's Kitty from Kansas City
Now there's a girl that I adore

She's so dumb, some times I almost cry
Why, she thinks that Sing Sing is a lullaby
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

Well, she's so dumb, it really is a shame,
Why she thinks that Muscle Shoals is a boxer's name,
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see,
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

Well, she's so dumb, sometimes it almost kills,
Why she thought Rudy Valleé was a place between two hills!
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

Well she's so dumb, she gives me an awful cramp,
Why she thinks that an Israelite is an electric lamp,
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see**
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!


**For some reason, in the version by Johnny Walker's Rollickers (actually Ben
Selvin's Band) sing this line as:

I love her, I love her and I'm up a tree


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As performed by RUDY VALLEÉ in the 1931
Betty Boop cartoon film "Kitty From Kansas City":


Her name was Kitty from Kansas City
Sure was a pity she wasn't pretty
She wasn't hard to see
She weighed two-forty-three
I hope she doesn't get much fatter
But if she does, that doesn't matter
Kitty from Kansas City
Now there's a girl that I adore

She's so dumb, she really is a dear
Why, she thinks that Einstein is one glass of beer
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

SPOKEN:
Thought you folks might be interested in hearing the story about an old
girlfriend of mine. Girl by the name of Kitty. Kitty's one of these girls, very
attractive, gracious and charming, but, unfortunately, rather dumb. She came
from some place out the Middle-West. Kansas City I think it was and we used to
call her Kitty from Kansas City.
Our old friend the bouncing ball will act as cheerleader.
Are you all ready? Get set, here we go.....

I have traveled everywhere in most every State
I've met girlies here and there and I think they're great
But there's one that pleased me and teased me and squeezed me
Down old Missouri way
Her name was Kitty from Kansas City
Sure was a pity she wasn't pretty
She wasn't hard to see
She weighed two-forty-three
I hope she doesn't get much fatter
But if she does, that doesn't matter
Kitty from Kansas City
Now there's a girl that I adore

She's so dumb, she always takes the prize
Why, she thinks that Mussolini is an exercise
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

She's so sweet, she really is my dove
Why, she thinks that a mushroom is a place for making love
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

Her name was Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty from Kansas City
Sure was a pity she wasn't pretty
Hey, Hey I loved her just because
She's not the girl she was
She can cook, and she can wash
But when she makes her love, oh gosh!
It's Kitty from Kansas City,
Now there's a girl that I adore

She's so dumb, I think she is my doom
Why, she thinks that no-man's-land is an old maid's room
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

Well, she's so sweet, she btings me lots of joy
Why, she thinks that a goblet is a sailor's little boy
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!

Well, she's so dumb, sometimes it almost kills
Why she thought Rudy Valleé was a place between two hills
I love her, I love her, that's easy to see
It's Kansas City Kitty for me!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2013)