METRO POLKA
(George Vaughn Horton / Willie Evans)

as recorded by Frankie Laine & backing group
with Carl Fischer & his Orch
1951


Boom boom boom boom,
Boom boom boom boom,
Hey!

I met her at The Metropole,
The Metropole, The Metropole,
She couldn't waltz to save her soul,
But oh how she could polka!

I asked her for a little kiss,
A little kiss, a little kiss.
Then I held her tight like this
And danced the metro polka.

I asked her then to marry me,
To marry me, to marry me.
I didn't think she'd carry me
Into the church around the corner!

Now I've got a mother-in-law,
Father-in-law, brother-in-law,
Seven kids to call me pa,
From doin' the metro polka!

He met her at The Metropole,
The Metropole, The Metropole,
She couldn't waltz to save her soul,
But oh how she could polka!

He asked her for a little kiss,
A little kiss, a little kiss,
And then I held her tight like this
And danced the metro polka.

He asked her then to marry him,
To marry him, to marry him.
He didn't think she'd carry him
Into the church around the corner!

Now I've got a mother-in-law,
Father-in-law, brother-in-law,
Seven kids to call me pa,
From doin' the metro polka!

Hey!  Hey!  Hey!

Hey!  Hey!  Hey!

Hey!  Hey!  Hey!

I met her at The Metropole,
The Metropole, The Metropole,
She couldn't waltz to save her soul,
But oh how she could polka!

I asked her for a little kiss,
A little kiss, a little kiss.
Then I held her tight like this
And danced the metro polka.

I asked her then to marry me,
To marry me, to marry me.
I didn't think she'd carry me
Into the church around the corner!

Now I've got a mother-in-law,
Father-in-law, brother-in-law,
And seven kids to call me pa,
From doin' the metro polka!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - April 2017)