Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine

Subject: Musichall song: Get(Take) your hands off
From:
Date: 14 Sep 99 - 08:28 PM

Anyone know where I can find the lyrics (&music or recording) of what is believed to be an old music hall song "Get your hands off, that's mine" or "Take your hands off, that's mine"?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Musichall song: Get(Take) your hands
From:
Date: 15 Sep 99 - 05:23 PM

Can anyone help?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Musichall song: Get(Take) your hands
From: Genie
Date: 16 Jul 02 - 01:41 PM

Anyone ever find this one?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Musichall song: Get(Take) your hands
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 18 Jul 02 - 07:42 AM

Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter) recorded KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF HER (click to see lyrics in DT). If there were some connection between Lead Belly's song and some old music hall song, that certainly would be interesting to know.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 16 Jun 10 - 01:18 AM

Oxford University has the sheet music, described as follows:

KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF—THAT'S MINE
Worton David, Bert Lee, Stanley Burnett, Chas. R. Whittle
London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1915.

First line: Percy was the idol of the ladies.

First line of chorus: Keep your hands off--that's mine.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jun 10 - 06:59 AM

Discussion that included it is here.

http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=100613

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: GUEST,Dave Illingworth
Date: 04 Jul 12 - 01:05 PM

This query may have been resolved, in which case my apologies.
I have been singing a version of this song for years, and thought I would revive it tomorrow for two old-folks' gigs. Just googled out of curiosity.
Anyway, this is what I sing:-

Percy lost his heart and married Mabel
They took a trip to the dear old Isle of Wight
Spooning everywhere, couples over there
Going through a tunnel dark as night
Mabel started giggling in the darkness
Oh Percy do stop kissing me, said she
Percy shouted out, Will you shine a light
There's somebody kissing the wife and it isn't me

Keep your hands of she's (that's) mine
Keep your hands off she's (that's) mine
You just be careful what you do
That little bit of fancy work she doesn't belong to you
She's a nice girl I know, and she squeezes absolutely fine
You can do what you like with another fellow's wife
But keep your hands off she's (that's) mine


There may well be other verses.    I learned it from an old BBC LP called NARROW BOATS (I think) which I have long lost. Although not a canal song, it was apparently popular amongst working boatmen, singing in the canalside pubs.

In some venues (eg folk clubs) I have indeed segued it into the Leadbelly song, previously mentioned.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 04 Jul 12 - 03:38 PM

Thanks, Dave.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 05 Jul 12 - 04:57 PM

Can't compare his version to Dave's just now but Benny Graham sings it on "They're Coming Back to the Water - Songs of the Waterways" (1997). The notes say "The [...] song, learnt from the singing of Dave Blagrove seems to be a fragment of what may well have been a much longer song very much in the style of those popular in the Nineteenth Century Music Halls".

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: GUEST,Dave Illingworth
Date: 06 Jul 12 - 01:21 PM

Susanne,

I am pretty sure it was David Blagrove singing on the old BBC LP I mentioned. And the version did indeed sound like part of a longer song.
Of course, over the years my words may well have changed from when I first heard it - what they call "the folk process"......

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 09 Jul 12 - 06:50 PM

Dave, I've listened, and Benny sings almost exactly what you've quoted above.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: GUEST,#
Date: 27 Mar 21 - 02:03 PM

David, W., Lee, B., Burnett, S., & Whittle, C. R. (1915). Keep your hands off- that's mine!. London:
Francis, Day & Hunter.

That MAY be it, but so far I've located zero lyrics other than the title.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 28 Mar 21 - 03:11 AM

I seem to recall the late John Slinger singing a second verse, I am sure the chorus came round twice.

Robin

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 30 Mar 21 - 04:58 PM

Apparently it is not written down in John's little book of song lyrics but Hilary also thinks that he sang more verses!

Robin

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: GUEST,#
Date: 31 Mar 21 - 10:00 AM

https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/topic/89585-yesterdays-witness-bbc-2-1969/

There is mention of the song at about 1:40 of the video that's five posts down (entitled "Cry From the Cut") on the page that opens.


I located that because of the post @ 04 Jul 12 - 01:05 PM

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Keep Your Hands Off--That's Mine
From: Long Firm Freddie
Date: 01 Apr 21 - 09:14 AM

Extract from The Aberdare Leader of 4th December 1915:


Grand Theatre, Aberaman. The patrons of the Grand" are again well catered for by the enterprising manager, Mr. W. Norton, whose sole aim is to please his many patrons.


...Miss Edith St. Clare is a dashing sporting girl, whose songs, especially "Keep your hands off- That's mine," makes a great hit...

Aberdare Leader

LFF