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Thread #114338   Message #3582730
Posted By: Jim Dixon
08-Dec-13 - 08:10 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Pull Your Shades Down Mary Ann
Subject: Lyr Add: HOLD YOUR HAND OUT, NAUGHTY BOY
These lyrics are copied from Monologues.co.uk. Publication data is from The British Library:


HOLD YOUR HAND OUT, NAUGHTY BOY
Words and music by C. W. Murphy & Worton David
London: Francis, Day & Hunter, ©1913.

1. At the club one ev'ning, Jones was telling all his pals
How much he hated girls
Despite their golden curls.
"You wouldn't catch me with a girl, you bet your life," said he.
"Girls possess no charm for me."
Then one chap there at Jones began to leer,
Picked up his cane, and said to him, "Come here.

CHORUS: "Hold your hand out, naughty boy.
Hold your hand out, naughty boy.
Last night in the pale moonlight I saw you; I saw you
With a nice girl in the park.
You were strolling full of joy,
And you told her you'd never kissed a girl before.
Hold your hand out, naughty boy."

2. Brown got down to breakfast, and his wife said to him:
"What kept you late last night?"
He answered, "That's all right,
I stayed down at the office, dear, just for an hour or two.
I'd some pressing work to do."
Just then the saucy servant standing near
Bent down and whispered in his ear:h—CHORUS

3. Sanctimonious Obadiah to sweetheart May one night
The tale was telling strong.
Said he: "To flirt is wrong."
"And am I then the only girl you've loved?" said darling May.
He replied: "Yea, sister, yea."
Then from beneath the sofa near the fire
Her little brother shouted: "Obadiah,—CHORUS

4. All alone to Gay Paree on business went papa,
And when he landed back,
His wife said, "Tell me, Jack,
While you have been in Paris, have you always thought of me?"
"Always darling", murmured he.
"For you, love, I've been pining night and day."
And then the gramophone began to play:—CHORUS

[This music-hall song was recorded by Florri Forde and by Kate Moore. Gitz Rice wrote a parody called "Keep Your Head Down, Fritzie Boy" that became popular during WWI. (Click the link to see the lyrics posted in another thread.)]