WHEN I MET CONNIE IN THE CORNFIELD
(Harry Tilsley / Robert Hargreaves / StanleyDamerell)


Jack Hylton & His Orch. (vocal: Tommy Handley) - 1929 
Jay Whidden & His Band (vocal: Fred Douglas) - 1929 
Comedy Dance Orch. (vocal: Cavan O'Connor) - 1929 
Bert Firman's Arcadians Dance Orch. (vocal: Maurice Elwin) - 1929 
Florida Club Dance Band (vocal: Fred Douglas) - 1929 
Walter Miller with Harry Hudson's Melody Men - 1930 
Billy Cotton & His Band - 1950





As recorded by TOMMY HANDLEY
with Jack Hylton & His Orch., August 1929:


If I catch Connie in the cornfield
I'll give her such a good hiding

My Connie would look bonnie 
With her head in a sack
Her beauty went off duty
And forgot to come back
I met her accidentally 
When she and all her family
Were in the cornfield digging for gold

There was her brother John 
And several hangers-on
When I met Connie in the cornfield

There was her sister Sue
She brought her cousin too
When I met Connie in the cornfield

They started singing before me
"Tell me the old, old story"

We were both going strong 
Till her father came along
Then I left Connie in the cornfield

(Orchestral Interlude)

Near some scarecrow we sat talking
Then home we started walking
When we got to the farm
I'd the scarecrow on me arm
And I'd left Connie in the cornfield



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2017)