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Chords Req: Don't Bring Lulu (Brown, Rose...)

05 Sep 03 - 10:27 AM (#1013343)
Subject: Don't Bring Lulu Chords
From: GutBucketeer

I added this into the Pam's Favorite Song thread, but thought it should also be listed as a separate title for filtering and easy searching, etc.

JAB

  Don't Bring Lulu
  Lyrics by:  Lew Brown, Billy Rose        Music by:  Ray Henderson
  Originally made famous by: Van and Schenk
  
  Verse:
       C                Fm6 C               G7   F   G7    F  C     A7 Gdim
  V1: "Your presence is re--quested," wrote lit--tle John--ny White,
  V2:  We   all went to the party,  A     real hi- toned af-fair,
  
       G7                     C       D7                  G7
       "But with is in---vi---tation, there is   a  stipu-lation,
        And Then a--long came Lulu,   As    wild as an--y Zulu,
  
       G7           C    Fm6  C               G7  F   G7    F   C
       When you  at-tend this par----ty,  you all be  treat-ed  right, but
       She  started in   to   Charleston, and how the boys  did stare, but
  
       G           D7       G  Dm7 E7    Am        D7        G     G+5
       There's a   wild and wooly  woman you  boys can't in--vite, now.
       When    she did  the hu-la hula, then she  got   the air,  now.
  
  Chorus:
       C             Am7    C                   Am7   C         Ebdim G7
  C1:  You can bring Pearl, she's a   darn nice girl, but don't bring Lulu.
  C2:  You can bring Nan,   with  the old  dead pan,  but don't bring Lulu.
  
       G7                                                             C7
       You can bring Rose with the  turned up   nose, but don't bring Lulu.
       You can bring Tess with her  "No"   and "Yes", but don't bring Lulu.
  
       F             Fm               Ebdim C              A7
       Lulu al--ways wants to   do,   what  we  boys don't want her to,
       Lulu has the  red---dest hair, Red---der here and   red--der there,
  
       D7                        Fdim       D7               G              G7
       When she struts her stuff a---round, Lon---don bridge is   fal--ling down,
       How  can we     boys keep our head.  Bulls go  wild   when they see  red.
  
       C             Am7  C                  Am7     C         Ebdim G7
       You can bring cake or  Porter---house steak,  but don't bring Lulu.
       You can bring peas and crullers and   cheese, but don't bring Lulu
  
       G7                                                         Dm  G7  E7
       Lulu gets blue and   she     goes  cuc-koo  like the clock  up---on  the shelf,
       Give her  two  beers and she tears portiers And  she throws cups off the shelf
  
       Dm                   Fm6          Am7            C   A7   D7   G7
       She's the  kind of   smartie  who breaks up  eve-ry  par--ty,
       When  she loves with feeling "The boys   all hit the ceil-ing
  
       C      Am  C    D7                C            Dm   G7 C     G7
       Hullabaloo loo, don't bring Lulu, I'll   bring her  my-self.
       Hullabaloo loo, don't bring Lulu, She'll come  here herself.

08 Sep 03 - 11:18 PM (#1015166)
Subject: RE: Don't Bring Lulu Chords
From: GUEST,.gargoyle

O.K.????

A forum search of "Pam's Favorite SongS" brings up nothing!

Prey-Tell....what are you babbling about?

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

NICE SONG - Where is it from? (Country? State? City?) How did you come by it? When was it popular ? (DATE) Is there a lyricist? Is there a tune writer?

BTW...

IF...

You want the chord changed correctly during the "filtering" (if it is accepted) .....change it yourself....and repost it to your same thread....the clones don't care.... (Dick and Susan don't have time) to go looking for second lines of a chorus and replacing a chord....AND copying it over.

08 Sep 03 - 11:39 PM (#1015180)
Subject: RE: Don't Bring Lulu Chords
From: Amos

Garg:

It was a Twenties jazz hit parade piece -- the rhythm is similar to a Charleston. Sung in a sort of nasal Yaley voice, if you know what I mean, with a swing to it.

A

08 Sep 03 - 11:41 PM (#1015181)
Subject: RE: Don't Bring Lulu Chords
From: Amos

It's Pam's Mother's favorite, Garg: here it is

A

09 Sep 03 - 06:01 AM (#1015297)
Subject: RE: Don't Bring Lulu Chords
From: GUEST,Dale

Check out this page at redhotjazz.com for an RA recording from 3-30-1925 by The Little Ramblers.

Maybe a third of the way down the page you'll find this mention:
Don't Bring Lulu, another pop tune of the day has fine solos by Nichols (who already improvises the first chorus), Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey and King's kazoo, but it is Rollini's quiet work in the background that carries the number.

Then scroll down to the bottom of the page where you'll find "Don't Bring Lulu" in the alphabetical listing of the recordings by the group. Better yet, just start at the top and read it all. Always fine listening AND reading at Red Hot Jazz. I could have linked directly to the sound file, but then look at what you'd have missed.

The version I am most familiar with is that of Billy Murray. I couldn't find that one, but I'd say the Ramblers' version is equally as good.

09 Sep 03 - 07:21 AM (#1015324)
Subject: RE: Don't Bring Lulu Chords
From: GUEST

Lulu was the out of control daughter of Metaxa who was the Greek premier at the outbreak of world War Two.