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Thread #137887   Message #3235726
Posted By: maeve
08-Oct-11 - 07:26 AM
Thread Name: Anyone know Cohen The Crooner
Subject: RE: Anyone know Cohen The Crooner
Good day, Michael. In a sleepy stupor just now, I searched on google and found "Gertie the Girl With the Gong" apparently by the same authors, along with a couple of other bits. My mother used to sing "Home James" so I was pleased to see it included. This medley was also referenced at least once before on Mudcat, in this thread: thread.cfm?threadid=3217

(From http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/g/gertiethegirlwiththegongmedley.shtml

"GERTIE, THE GIRL WITH THE GONG (Ray Sonin / Ronnie Munro)
HOME JAMES AND DON'T SPARE THE HORSES (Writer Unknown)
NO! NO! A THOUSAND TIMES NO! ((Al Sherman / Al Lewis / Abner Silver)

Elsie Carlisle (with Ambrose & His Orch.) - 1935

I'm Gertie, the girl with the gong
And I watch your car speed along
If you do more than thirty, then Gertie gets shirty
And tinkles a song on the gong

Oh, beware when you're driving along
For the Law says that you're in the wrong
If I'm dressed as a Cop and I call you to stop
Oh, I'm Gertie, the girl with the gong..."
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Also, here's a biography of Ray Sonin
I missed earlier.