MY GIRL'S A YORKSHIRE GIRL
("E By Gum She's a Champion")

By C.W. Murphy & Dan Lipton 1908

Verse 1

Two young fellows were talking about
Their girls, girls, girls
Sweethearts they'd left behind
Sweethearts for whom they pined
One said "My little shy little lass
Has a waist so trim and small
Grey are her eyes so bright,
But best best of all"

Chorus

"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 fact'ry lass,
And wears no fancy clothes,
I've a sort of a Yorkshire Relish for my little Yorkshire Rose."

Verse 2

When the first finished singing in praise,
Of Rose, Rose,Rose,
Poor number two looked vexed,
Saying in tones perplexed
"My lass works in a factory too,
And has also eyes of grey
Her name is Rose as well,
And strange, strange to say"

(Chorus)

Verse 3

To a cottage in Yorkshire they hied
To Rose, Rose, Rose,
Meaning to make it clear
Which was the boy most dear
Rose, their Rose didn't answer the bell,
But her husband did instead
Loudly he sang to them
As off they fled

(Chorus)

So this was a natural sequel to Lassie from Lancashire, written the following year by a similar team, and spiced up a bit!

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