HELLO! HELLO! WHO'S YOUR LADY FRIEND?
(Lyrics: Worton David & Bert Lee / Music: Harry Fragson)
Harry Fragson - 1913
Ted Yorke - 1914
Stanley Kirkby - 1914
Jessie Lonnen (feat. in the Australian Pantomime "Forty Thieves") - 1914
Jack Charman - 1915
Albert Bol - 1915 (German title "Hallo, Hallo, Weet Je 'T Van Cato")
Gracie Fields - 1935
Fred Astaire (feat. in the film "Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle") - 1939
The Music Hall Revellers - 1952
Dick James - 1956
Primo Scala & His Accordion Band - 1956
Kim Cordell - 1965
The Michael John Four - 1971
The Oompsa Singers - 1974
Also recorded by:
Harry Long; Stanley Holloway; Leslie Sarony; Tony Galla; Russ Conway;
Mark Sheridan; Winifred Atwell; Charlie Kunz; Bill Rayner; Bob Cannon;
Big Ben Banjo Band ........ and others.
Jeremiah Jones a lady's man was he
Every pretty girl he loved to spoon
Till he found a wife, and down beside the sea
Went to Margate for the honeymoon
But when he strolled along the promenade
With his little wife, just newly wed
He got an awful scare when someone strolling there
Came up to him and winked and said
Hello! Hello! Who's your lady friend?
Who's the little girlie by your side?
I've seen you with a girl or two
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am, surprised at you
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games
Don't you think your ways you ought to mend
It isn't the girl I saw you with at Brighton
Who? Who? Who's your lady friend?
Jeremiah took his wife's mama one night
Round to see a moving picture show
There upon the screen a picture came in sight
Jeremiah cried, "He'd better go"
For on that picture there was Jeremiah
With a pretty girl upon his knee
Ma cried, "What does it mean?", then pointing to the screen
The people yelled at Jones with glee
Hello! Hello! Who's your lady friend?
Who's the little girlie by your side?
I've seen you with a girl or two
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am, surprised at you
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games
Don't you think your ways you ought to mend
It isn't the girl I saw you with at Brighton
Who? Who? Who's your lady friend?
Jeremiah now has settled down in life
Said Goodbye to frills and furbelows
Never thinks of girls, except his darling wife
Always takes her ev'rywhere he goes, by jove
Why! There he is you naughty boy
With a lady too, you're rather free
Of course you'll stake your life the lady is your wife
But tell me on the strict QT
Hello! Hello! Who's your lady friend?
Who's the little girlie by your side?
I've seen you with a girl or two
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am, surprised at you
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games
Don't you think your ways you ought to mend
It isn't the girl I saw you with at Brighton
Who? Who? Who's your lady friend?
Christmas pantomime were Jones' chief delight,
Once he madly loved the Fairy Queen
There behind the scenes, he spooned with her one night
Someone for a lark pulled up the scenes
And there was poor old Jones upon the stage
With his arm around the lady fair
The house began to roar, from gallery down to floor
Then everybody shouted there
Hello! Hello! Who's your lady friend?
Who's the little girlie by your side?
I've seen you with a girl or two
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am, surprised at you
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games
Don't you think your ways you ought to mend
It isn't the girl I saw you with at Brighton
Who? Who? Who's your lady friend?
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2017)
