DADA! DADA!

(Arthur LeClerq)


As recorded by:
Elsie Carlisle, Acc. by 
Studio Band, Possibly Dir. Jay Wilbur
Recorded 1st October 1930



Charlie in the parlour, Kate upon his knee
Her dad was in the next room dozing peacefully
Kate was shy and bashful and acted like a dunce
For she’s not seen fifty-four, not even once
She stammered and she stuttered, she was scared no doubt
And every now and then you’d hear her shout

Dada, Dada, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da,
Come and see what Charlie’s da-da-da-doing
Dada, Dada, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da,
I’m sure there’s trouble br-br-br-brewing
He says I am an angel and a heavenly little thing
If angels feel like I do, oh death where is thy sting
Dada, Dada, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da,
Come and see what Charlie’s da-da-da-doing

Father in the next room smiled and winked his eye
He thought of him and mother in the days gone by
They had no cosy parlour or pictures in the dark
No, they had to sit and shiver in the park
It made him think of what had happened years ago
When all at once his daughter shouted “oh, oh”

Oh, Dada, Dada, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da,
Come and see what Charlie’s da-da-da-doing
Dada, Dada, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da,
I’m sure there’s trouble br-br-br-brewing
He’s got his arm around my waist, I’m sitting on his knee
And though I’ve told him not to do it, he keeps on kissing me
Oh, Dada, Dada, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da,
Come and see what Charlie’s da-da-da-doing

(Short musical break)

Oh, he’s locked the door, turned out the lights
And I feel such a thrill 
He says that he would and he could and he should
And I really think he will
Oh, Dada, Dada, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da,
Come and see what Charlie’s da-da-da-doing.
 



(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM 
Record Collection by Bill Huntley - November 2013)