GIRL IN THE HANSOM CAB, THE

(Jimmie Kennedy)


As recorded by:
Jack Harris & His Band
V. Elsie Carlisle
Recorded  25th October 1937



Flossie was queen of the chorus
The hit of a great London show
But while other girls went to supper with Earls
Round in a Hanson she’d go
Each night when the curtain came down
She was the toast of the town

She was so lovely, and she was so shy
She had that “come chase me” look in her eye
But when fellows chased her she’d break down and cry
The girl in the Hansom cab

Drive around awhile, Driver
Don’t crawl along like a crab

Woah, she was a picture and she was a pet
She was a girl you could never forget
But under her satin she wore flannelette
The girl in the Hansom cab

She was so tender and she was so sweet
Why, all London town simply fell at her feet
Ee, but she ordered tripe when she went out to eat
The girl in the Hansom cab

Drive around awhile, Driver
Don’t crawl along like a crab

Oh, she was a darling and she was a dear
She wed a man with ten thousand a year
Forgetting she’d married a ship’s engineer
The girl in the Hansom cab

(Musical Break)

Oh, when they got married her husband said, “Aah,
It’s very thrilling to marry a star”
She said, “oh there’s bigger thrill coming, Papa”
The girl in the Hansom cab

Drive around awhile, Driver
Don’t crawl along like a crab

Woah, he planned a honeymoon yachting at sea
“Now fancy the two of us yachting“, said she
“There won’t be much yachting if it’s left to me”
The girl in the Hansom cab

Drive around awhile, Driver
Don’t crawl along like a crab

Woah, she was a darling and she was a dear
The girl in the Hansom cab.




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