Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?

Subject: are you working?, no are you?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 10 May 02 - 03:52 AM

can anyone help with the words to this song?

the chorus goes something like:

are you working, no are you
are you working, no are you
oh oh all the people know
when you're passing by
they shout hello, hello
are you working, no are you
three cheers for the red, white and blue
tell me the old, old story
are you working, no are you

and also who wrote, sang it

Line Breaks <br> added.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: rich-joy
Date: 10 May 02 - 04:49 AM

Is this the same "Are You Working?" song that's on Roy Bailey's "Freedom Peacefully" ??
I think the authors are : Sanford, Kendall, and Gilbert with additional lyrics from Kirkpatrick and Bailey ...
Cheers, R-J

Subject: Lyr Add: ARE YOU WORKING? (NO! ARE YOU?)
From: Bugsy
Date: 25 Oct 02 - 03:05 AM

Since this world began of phrases we have had our share.
"Let them eat cake" and "On your bike!" and "Lord I do declare".
But now the latest thing you'll hear as you walk down the street,
You can't be up to date if you don't call out when you meet.

chor:
Are you working, no are you,
Are you working, no are you,
Oh, Oh, everywhere you go,
When you meet a pal you say
Hello, Hello,
Are you working, no are you,
Three cheers for the red white and blue,
Tell me the old old story
Are you working, no are you

Now Jones he married Mary Ann and twelve months after that,
Something new arrived to liven up the flat.
A bonny bouncing baby boy, when he could hardly speak,
Looked up at his papa and said in accent rather weak

Chor..............

Now Katie Brown she ran through town the day she finished school
She couldn't wait to get a job she knew she was no fool
But day by day to her dismay ther were no jobs about
And passing by the playground she could hear the kids all shout


Chor.............

Well back in Nineteen Twenty Two when first this song was sung
There wasn't any work about for my old Dad and Mum.
Now they sit and listen and these words they still are true
What do we say to our kids when they ask of me and you

CHor





CHeers
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Bugsy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 25 Oct 02 - 03:52 AM

superb update bugsy, thanks a lot

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: BB
Date: 28 Oct 02 - 03:26 PM

Andy Barnes has written an extra verse to those above. I'll draw his attention to the thread, and he may respond.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 28 Oct 02 - 07:22 PM

This will be stealable even without Mr Barnes extra verse

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: John Byng
Date: 27 Apr 20 - 06:27 PM

Please could someone provide the tune?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Apr 20 - 06:35 PM

Hi, John - I'm wondering if it's Frere Jacques - (click to play)

It would take a bit of a stretch to make it fit the tune.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: r.padgett
Date: 28 Apr 20 - 03:14 AM

More like all the nice girls love a sailor tune

Ray

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 28 Apr 20 - 03:18 AM

I've heard it sung, and it has its own tune.

Kitty

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: cnd
Date: 28 Apr 20 - 08:23 AM

Confusingly, there appears to be 2 threads on this song. You can see the tune in the other one.

https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=145122&messages=10

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: are you working?, no are you?
From: GUEST,Tom
Date: 25 Dec 25 - 06:04 AM

I found it in this video 13th minute. Apparently the song is from the early 1920s

https://youtu.be/mtMu6-0ab74?si=cOWrHvR6nG11eLR6