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Thread #139762   Message #3219754
Posted By: Jim Dixon
07-Sep-11 - 06:18 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs of The Happiness Boys/Jones & Hare
Subject: Lyr Add: "MAGGIE!" "YES MA'AM!" (Moore / Tucker)
From the sheet music at The National Library of Australia:

"MAGGIE!" "YES MA'AM!" ("COME RIGHT UPSTAIRS")
Words, Leslie Moore; Music, Johnny Tucker.
New York: Clarke & Leslie Songs, ©1923

1. There's a fam'ly right next door
Wakes us up at three or four
When the daughter comes home with her beau.
First they stand outside and chin;
After that, they tiptoe in
And begin their spooning down below.
Then when all is quiet in the hall,
Down the stairs you hear her mother call:

CHORUS 1: —Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Who's with you there?
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Stop that affair.
Why does it take you so long to say goodnight?
You know I've told you always,
It ain't safe to stand in hallways.
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Give him his hat.
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Just leave him flat.
I forgot what Mother taught me.
That's the way your father caught me.
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Come right upstairs.

2. Maggie doesn't care a bit
What the neighbors think of it.
She declares that lovin' is no crime.
Even though her sweetheart Dan
Always was a union man,
Maggie has him working overtime.
Now and then they lean against a bell.
Then the whole darn house begins to yell:

CHORUS 2: —Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Who's with you there?
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Stop that affair.
You'll wake the neighbors the way you carry on.
I'm gonna have a copper
Chase that young finale hopper.
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Give him his hat.
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Just leave him flat.
Give his face a darn good smacking
If he tries to be wisecracking.
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Come right upstairs.

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From the recording at YouTube

"MAGGIE!" "YES MA'AM!" ("COME RIGHT UPSTAIRS")
As sung by Billy Jones & Ernest Hare (The Happiness Boys) - Vocalion B 14644.

1. —Bill, I got a good idea.
Let us tell the folks right here
All about the girl who lives next door.
—Very well! Ev'ry night she's with her beau,
Spooning in the hall below
While her mother's upstairs getting sore.
Though you won't believe it, it's a fact:
This is just exactly how they act:

CHORUS 1: —Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Who's with you there?
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Stop that affair.
Five minutes more, Ma, and then we'll say goodnight.
—You know I've told you always,
It ain't safe to stand in hallways.
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Give him his hat.
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Please leave him flat.
—I can't do my entertaining
On the stoop because it's raining.
—Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Come right upstairs.

2. Since her father made a pile,
Now the fam'ly lives in style
In a mansion on Fifth Avenue,
And Maggie now is Marguerite.
In her heart she's just as sweet.
Tell me, what's an avenue or two?
Now her beau is of a social kind,
So her mother's voice is more refined:

CHORUS 2: —Daughter! —Mother! —Time to retire.
Daughter! —Yes, mother! —Sleep you require.
—Larry(?) is talking about the polo game.
—Don't disobey your parents
Tell him you're engaged to Clarence.
Margaret! —Mater! —Bid him adieu.
—Pater! —What, child? —I'm ...(?) you.
Then, with all her million dollars,
Ma forgets herself and hollers:
—Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Come right upstairs.

CHORUS 3: Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Please ...(?) him quick.
Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —You make me sick.
—Just because you're over fifty,
Don't forget I'm young and nifty.
—Maggie! —Yes, ma'am! —Come right upstairs.