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Thread #24908   Message #670377
Posted By: Jim Dixon
16-Mar-02 - 05:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hard Hearted Hannah (Yellen-Bigelow-Bates
Subject: Lyr Add: HARD HEARTED HANNAH (Yellen-Bigelow-Bates
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HARD HEARTED HANNAH
(Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, and Charles Bates)

VERSE 1: In old Savannah, I said Savannah,
The weather there is nice and warm!
The climate's of a Southern brand,
But here's what I don't understand:
They got a gal there, a pretty gal there,
Who's colder than an Arctic storm,
She's got a heart just like a stone,
Even the icemen leave her alone!

CHORUS 1: They call her Hard Hearted Hannah,
The vamp of Savannah,
The meanest gal in town;
Leather is tough, but Hannah's heart is tougher,
She's a gal who loves to see men suffer!
To tease 'em, and thrill 'em, to torture and kill 'em,
Is her delight, they say,
I saw her at the seashore with a great big can,
There was Hannah pouring water on a drowning man!
She's Hard Hearted Hannah, the vamp of Savannah, GA!

CHORUS 2: They call her Hard Hearted Hannah,
The vamp of Savannah,
The meanest gal in town;
Talk of your cold, refrigeratin' mama,
Brother, she's a polar bear's pajama!
To tease 'em, and thrill 'em, to torture and kill 'em,
Is her delight, they say,
An evening spent with Hannah sittin' on your knees,
Is like drivin' through Alaska in your BVDs.
She's just Hard Hearted Hannah, the vamp of Savannah, GA!

[As sung by Rosa Henderson and the Choo Choo Jazzers, recorded 9/1924, and reissued on Rosa Henderson, "Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 3 (1924-1926)," Document Records, DOCD-5403. Copyright is owned by Warner Bros.]