The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #56254   Message #3609515
Posted By: Jim Dixon
13-Mar-14 - 08:24 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Turned Up: 'Mary Ellen at the church ...'
Subject: Lyr Add: I TOLD HIS MISSUS ALL ABOUT HIM
From the sheet music at the Levy collection:

Vesta Victoria's New Song
I TOLD HIS MISSUS ALL ABOUT HIM
(Sequel to "Waiting at the Church")
Words by John P. Harrington. Music by James W. Tate.
New York: Francis, Day and Hunter, ©1907.

1. You've heard me tell the story, how I waited at the church,
And how a wretched bounder went and left me in the lurch,
The way he made me spend my cash on all my twiddly bits,
But what I haven't told you, is the way that I got quits.
I found out where his missus lived, then to myself I thinks:
"I'll just go 'round and say to Mrs. Obadiah Binks:

CHORUS: "I'm the girl he left in the lurch.
I'm the girl who was waiting at the church,
But I've got another fellow in my eye, so I'm all right without him."
I found out where his wife was hid,
Told her all he said and did.
There's a very dark night in front for him, for I've told his missus all about him!

2. I told her how we'd sit in lanes, and bill and coo and purr.
She knew that ev'ry word was true; he'd done the same to her.
To prove I knew him fluently, some secrets I did tell,
Which I couldn't possibly have known unless I'd known him well.
I said: "He's got a beauty spot upon his offside knee.
I saw that at the sea, when we went bathing, don't you see?" CHORUS

3. She sympathized with me, she did, as any woman ought.
She said: "Yes, he's been courting you, but I'm the one he's caught.
But only wait till he comes home, when lights are low and dim.
I'll give him, 'Wife won't let me!' when I lay my hands on him!"
Before we parted, she showed me her twins, so large and fine.
I said: "I've been unlucky, or they might have both been mine!" CHORUS