DON'T BRING LULU
(Lew Brown / Billy Rose / Ray Henderson)
Ernest Hare & Billy Jones - 1925
Billy Murray -1925
Van & Schenck - 1925
Nathan Glantz & His Orch. (vocal: Chick Straun) - 1925
Hall & Ryan - 1925
The Little Ramblers (vocal: Billy Jones) - 1925
Jan Garber & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1925
Bennie Krueger's Orch. (vocal: Billy Jones) - 1925
Sam Lanin & His Orch. (vocal: Ernest Hare) - 1925
The Gilt-Edged Four (Instr.) - 1925
Jeffries & His Rialto Orch. (vocal: John Thorne) - 1925
Frank Sinatra & Jack Carson (Radio Transcript) - 1946
Tiny Hill & His Orch. (vocal: Tiny Hill) - 1953
The Andrews Sisters (with Billy May's Orch.)- 1958
Bobby Short - 1959
"Big" Tiny Little (Instr.) - 1959
Dorothy Provine (feat. in the TV Series "The Roaring 20's") - 1960
Max Bygraves with Ted Heath & His Music - 1960
Kay Barry - 1961
Clinton Ford - 1961
Victor Sylvester & His Ballroom Orch. (Instr.) - 1961
Mitch Miller & The Gang - 1962
geryScott - 1962
Mrs. Mills (Instr.) - 1962
The Buffalo Bills - 1965
The Billy Vaughn Singers - 1969
Bobbysocks - 1985
Also recorded by:
Stan Foster & His 1920's Impression; Sammy Kaye & His Orch.;
Mike Mercado; Stan Boreson & Doug Setterberg; Russ Conway;
Benny Strong & His Orch.; Ted Black & His Orch.; Hanne Krogh;
Ugly Dave Gray; Graham "Smacka" Fitzgibbon ....... and others.
As recorded by BILLY MURRAY:
Don't bring Lulu!
Don't bring Lulu!
Your presence is requested, wrote little Johnny White
But with this invitation, there is a stipulation
When you attend this party, you'll all be treated right
But there's a wild and woolly woman you boys can't invite
You can bring Pearl, she's a darn nice girl, but don't bring Lulu
You can bring Rose, with the turned up nose, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu always wants to do what the folks don't want her to
When she struts her stuff around, London Bridge is falling down
You can bring cake or a porterhouse steak, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu gets blue and goes coo-koo, like the clock upon the shelf
She's the kind of smartie breaks up every party
Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, I'll bring her myself
Last week we had a party, a real high-toned affair
And then along came Lulu, wild as any Zulu
She started in to Charleston, and how the boys did stare
But when she did the hula-hula, then she got the air
You can bring Flo, her dad's got dough, but don't bring Lulu
You can bring Lil, she's an awful pill, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu has the reddest hair, auburn here and henna there
How can we boys keep our heads, bulls go wild when they see red
You can bring peas and crullers and cheese, but don't bring Lulu
When she gets sore and slams the door, the plates fly off the shelf
She can make a fella wild on sarsaparilla
Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, she'll come here herself
Don't bring Lulu!
Don't bring Lulu!
You can bring ham and crackers and jam, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu goes wild and when she's wild, she climbs up on the shelf
She can make a pastor be a dancing master
Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, I'll bring her myself
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As recorded by BILLY JONES & ERNEST HARE (THE HAPPINESS BOYS):
BJ: Won't you attend a party down at my house tonight?
EH: Is that an invitation without a stipulation?
BJ: There's just one stipulation
EH: Ha-ha! I thought I had you right
BJ: I draw the line on just one woman
EH: Who can I invite?
BJ: You can bring Pearl, she's a darn nice girl, but don't bring Lulu
EH: Can I bring Nan?
BJ: Bet your life you can, but don't bring Lulu
EH: Lulu has the kind of smile that makes fellahs walk a mile
BJ: And when she struts her stuff around, London Bridge is fallin' down
EH: If I bring cake and porterhouse steak, can I bring Lulu?
BJ: Lulu gets blue and she goes coo-koo like the clock upon the shelf
EH: She's the kind of smarty who breaks up ev'ry party
BJ: Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, I'll bring her myself
BJ: We both went to a party, a real high-toned affair
EH: And then along came Lulu, as wild as any Zulu
BJ: She started in to Charleston, and how the boys did stare
EH: But when she did the hula-hoo
BOTH: Then she got the air
BJ: You can bring Peg with the wooden leg, but don't bring Lulu
EH: Can I bring Vi with the old glass eye?
BJ: But don't bring Lulu
Lulu eats just like a horse, sauerkraut and garlic sauce
EH: I smelled onions on her breath, and I cried myself to death
Can I bring Ruth with the rubber tooth?
BJ: But don't bring Lulu
Lulu's okay, but when she gets gay, you should see the cops arrive
EH: When she starts in singing, police clubs start in swinging
BOTH: Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, not while she's alive
BOTH:
You can bring Flo 'cause her pa's got dough, but don't bring Lulu
You can bring Min and her double chin, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu thinks she's doing fine when she sings "Sweet Adeline"
Oh, but when she hits high C, she drives out the family
You can bring sweets and pickled pigs feet, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu goes bugs and she chews up rugs when she yells, "Ain't this the life!"
BJ: She's the kind starts yawning
EH: We won't go home till mornin'
BOTH: Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, she might know the wife
EH: Ha-ha-ha! Say, Bill, I don't see why I can't bring Lulu. She's a nice girl.
And say, Bill, would you call Lulu a flapper?
BJ: Sure, but I've got a new name for flappers.
EH: What is it, Bill?
BJ: Well, I call them bungalows.
EH: Bungalows? Why do you call 'em bungalows?
BJ: Well, because they're shingled in back, painted in front, and they have
no attic.
BOTH: Ha-ha-ha-ha!
BOTH:
You can bring Claire with her "I don't care", but don't bring Lulu
You can bring Lil, she's an awful pill, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu has the sweetest smile, she starts laughing all the while
EH: When she looks half at her best
BJ: One eye looks east
EH: And the other looks west
BOTH: You can bring tripe, provided it's ripe, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu makes noise when she's with the boys, and we're sure to get in Dutch
BJ: She's the kind that teases
EH: And then does what she pleases
BOTH: Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, she talks too darn much!
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As parodied by FRANK SINATRA & JACK CARSON (Radio Transcript):
JC: I'll bring Ben, that freckle-faced man
FS: But don't bring Crosby
JC: I'll bring Hope, with a nose like a rope
FS: But don't bring Crosby
JC: Pork pie hat on top of his head
FS: Not as much fuzz as there used to was
JC: When he wears those shirts to town
FS: The window shades come a-tumblin' down
JC: Como can come, and Carson, that bum
FS: But don't a-bring you know who
JC: I'm telling you that boo-boo-bah-boo has to stay up on the shelf
FS: He came to town on the boxcars, now look at all his Oscars
JC: Don't bring Crosby, don't Bing Crosby
FS: I'll bring him myself
BOTH: That jolly rascal, I'll bring him myself
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As performed by DOROTHY PROVINE in the TV Series "The Roaring 20's":
You can bring Pearl, she's a darn nice girl, but don't bring Lulu
You can bring Rose with her turned up nose, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu always wants to do what the boys don't want her to
When she struts her stuff around, London bridge is falling down
You can bring cake or porterhouse steak, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu gets blue and she goes coo-koo like a clock upon the shelf
She's the kind of smartie that breaks up every party
Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, she'll come by herself
You can bring Nan with the old deadpan, but don't bring Lulu
You can bring Tess with her no and yes, but don't bring Lulu
Lulu has the reddest hair, redder here and redder there
How can frat boys keep their heads, bulls go wild when they see red
You can bring peas and crullers and cheese, but don't bring Lulu
Give her two beers and she tears portiers and she throws cups off the shelf
When she loves with feeling, the boys all hit the ceiling
Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, she'll come by herself
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2015)
