Lyr Req: Happy Eliza and Converted Jane

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Happy Eliza and Converted Jane
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 12 Sep 12 - 11:34 AM

Joe, my unabridged dictionary says that bunce is slang for money. CF 'bonus.'

Artful, thanks to microwave ovens, we CAN cook in five minutes. Had you forgotten? Trouble is, microwaves can't cuddle or chat.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Happy Eliza and Converted Jane
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 12 Sep 12 - 11:30 AM

bunce a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

bunce

: Does anyone know the origin of "Bunce" when referring to receiving payment over and above that which was due?
: Thanks

"BUNCE n. British -- money or profit. A word dating from the 19th century and almost obsolete by the 1960s, except among street traders and the London underworld. In the late 1980s the word was revived by middle-class users such as alternative comedians in search of colourful synonyms in a climate of financial excesses. Bunce may originally have been a corruption of 'bonus.'" "The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang" by Tony Thorne (Pantheon Books, New York, 1990).
"British English: A to Zed" by Norman W. Schur (Harper Perennial, New York, 1987) says the American equivalent is "windfall." And that bunce is informal, "...Originally, just an profit (derived from bonus?) but latterly an unexpected one. It has now gained some currency as a verb, especially in the gerund, buncing, to describe the practice, in retail stores, of sticking new higher-price tags over the original lower-price labels on articles for sale."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Happy Eliza and Converted Jane
From: Artful Codger
Date: 12 Sep 12 - 09:11 AM

I wouldn't mind a Converted Jane: a woman who can cook in five minutes.

(As the giant hook reaches out from the wings...)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Happy Eliza and Converted Jane
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Sep 12 - 09:00 PM

Make some bunce???

Any idea what that's supposed to be?

-Joe-

Subject: ADD: Happy Eliza and Converted Jane
From: Joe Offer
Date: 11 Sep 12 - 08:58 PM

Yes, it was hard to copy because it's a graphics file. I had to download the RTF file.

HAPPY ELIZA AND CONVERTED JANE (A Duet)

Behold in us two quiet girls, we're very sanctified
Since twelve months from this very day, we've never sinned or lied
The path of goodness now we walk, and think it mighty grand
For we have joined the noble lot, the Hallelujah band.

CHORUS
They call me Happy Eliza and me Converted Jane
We've been so wicked in our time, we'll never do so again
Oh will you come and join us? it's easily understood
We're hallelujah sisters and we're bound to do you good.

It's just a year ago today since we gave up all vice
Altho' we know it naughty was, we still think it was nice
The army came upon us and, though enemies we were
The Captain said, 'You'll both be saved if to our cause you swear.'

CHORUS

We know that very good we are, but strangely to relate
Although we're often deep in thought, we don't forget the plate
For money we can't do without, for nice things we all crave
Besides we all must make some bunce (???), if through the streets we rave.

CHORUS

So come my noble brethren come, and join our noble flock
It's not as bad as you may think, for we've got right good stock
Of buxom lasses young and fair, not like big chunks of wood
But all are truly beautiful, and sure to make you good.

CHORUS

They call me Happy Eliza and me Converted Jane
We've been so wicked in our time, we'll never do so again
Oh will you come and join us? it's easily understood
We're hallelujah sisters and we're bound to do you good.
We're hallelujah sisters and we're bound to do you good.


Written and composed by Will Oliver Performed by Alphonse Bertini www.traditionalmusic.co.uk

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Happy Eliza and Converted Jane
From: GUEST,999
Date: 11 Sep 12 - 07:46 PM

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/early-20th-century-songs/happy_eliza_and_converted_jane.htm

The lyrics are at that site. I don't know how to copy them to here.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: happy eliza and converted jane
From: beardedbruce
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 02:37 PM

actually, sheet music:

This Vocal Popular sheet music book, An Evening At the Music Hall, is available to purchase online, and is published by Cramer Music.



Contents:
Abdallah Bulbul Ameer
The Amateur Whitewasher
The Baby's Name
A bad bad woman
The best little woman in the worl
Bill Bailey
The Boy in the Gallery
Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green
The Coffee Shop in Pimlico
Come home, father
The Coster's serenade
Daisy Bell
Don't dilly dally on the way
Don't do it again Matilda
Down the road
Everybody knows me in my old Brown Hat
The four-oss Sharrybang
The future Mrs Awkins
Gendarmes Duet
The ghost of Benjamin Binns
The golden dustman
Half-past Nine (my wedding day)
Happy Eliza and converted Jane
I avent told 'im - not up to now
I do like to be beside the seaside
I'd like to live in Paris all the time
If those lips could only speak
I'll be your sweetheart
In the good old summertime
Jeerusalem's dead
The L:ambeth Walk
Tis the last rose of summer
Love's old sweet song
The man on the flying trapeze
Moonstruck
More work for the undertaker
The next horse I ride on
The old brigade
Saturday
She was poor but she was honest
Shelling Green peas
A simple little string
Sweet little rose from Persia
They're moving father's grave to build a sewer
Twiddly wink
Two little sausages
Villikins and his Dinah
While London's fast asleep


ISMN/ISBN: 9790220906251
Price: £16.95



Arrangement: Voice and Piano
Publisher: Cramer Music
Edition: 90625
Format: Album
Series: N/A
Genre: Popular
Difficulty: 0
0=N/A
1= Beginner
2=Intermediate
3=Advanced

Exam Board: N/A
Grade: N/A
Lead Time: One to two working days

Anyone know where I could get it in the US??

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: happy eliza and converted jane
From: beardedbruce
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 02:35 PM

http://www.musicroom.com/search.aspx?searchtype=songtitle&songid=248636

You can buy the album...


Still searching for lyrics.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: happy eliza and converted jane
From: Peace
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 02:32 PM

Title:
Happy Eliza and Converted Jane, sung by the Sisters Cuthbert at the Crystal Palace

Author:
W&M. Will Oliver

Subject: Lyr Req: happy eliza and converted jane
From: GUEST,tiggy
Date: 10 Apr 07 - 02:19 PM

Does anyone know the lyrics to this old music hall song?