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Thread #4341   Message #596005
Posted By: GUEST,.gargoyle
19-Nov-01 - 09:02 PM
Thread Name: Ballad of Dangerous Dan McGrew
Subject: RE: Ballad of Dangerous Dan McGrew
Guy Lombardo lyrics.....Posted in a previous forum.

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Guy Lombardo vocals Kenny Gardner

Dangerous Dan McGrew

A bunch of the boys were whoopin it up at the Malamut Café
And the ragtime kid at the musicbox was a jazzin a tune that was gay.
And back of the bar in a poker game sat a man that everyone knew
He was grim and cold, he was bad and bold, he was Dangerous Dan McGrew

Now while Dangerous Dan, was a playin his hand, and keeping his mind on his game
You could see standing by, with a gleam in her eye, and her hair just as red as a flame
A gal who was tall, with a face like a doll, and her fingernails painted blue
A gal who was tall, with a face like a doll, the lady who is known as Lou

When out of the night which was fifty below and into the din and the glare
A man staggered in, who was haggard and thin, and his face was filled with dispair.
Now he looked all around, until he had found, the lady that is known as Lou
Then the stranger turned and his eyes they burned, on Dangerous Dan McGrew

Then suddenly wham, all the lights went out, and a voice cried "Die you must!"
And then a woman screamed, and a shot rang out, and somebody bit the dust.
And then the lights flashed on, and the Nortwest Mounted police came a crashin in
They drew their guns and then said which one, is Dangerous Dan McGrew?

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And then somebody said, "Ooww, they're so big" and then skipped across the floor.
A one, two, skip, a hand on hip, right out through the open door.
Now was it the stranger a taken his leave, or the lady that is known as Lou?
It was nobody else, in this whole wide world, than Dangerous Dan McGrew