WHEN THE GUARDSMAN STARTED CROONING ON PARADE

(Eddie Lisbona, Tommie Connor)


As recorded by:
Jay Wilbur’s Band
V. Gerry Fitzgerald
Recorded 12th December 1935

Also recorded by:
Henry Hall
Bobbie Comber



The crowd was cheering loudly
The guards were marching proudly
The band played a regimental tune
An then came such an eyeful
A guardsman dropped his rifle
He left the ranks and then began to croon
With a hi-de-hi-de-ho
Began the crazy show

The general lost his busby
He said, ”It’s Private Crosby”
When the guardsman started crooning on parade
The band played red hot rhythm
They knew the stuff to give ‘em
When the guardsman started crooning on parade
The bugler got excited, he started in to blow
The troop joined in the chorus, with a hi-he-hi-de-ho
It seems the blinking army
Went absolutely barmy
When the guardsman started crooning on parade.




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