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Thread #57013   Message #2248906
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Jan-08 - 04:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: My Gal's a Corker/...Girl's a New Yorker
Subject: RE: Origins: My Girl's a Corker
The idea behind "My Girl's a ..." could go back a ways. This song was mentioned in James Joyce. Lyrics posted by Jim Dixon - "My Girl's a Yorkshire Girl."
Look at the chorus- Different melody to this music hall song.

My girl's a Yorkshire girl-
Yorkshire through and through.
My girl's a Yorkshire girl,
Eh! by gum, she's a champion!
Though she's a factory lass
And wears no fancy clothes,
Still I've got a sort of a Yorkshire relish
For my little Yorkshire rose.