Cootie Trot De-Gink 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 Apr 2009
2009

The news has gone around,
since the hoboes came to town,
as guests of the Hotel De Gink;
you can hear the home guards shout,
when e'er the boes turn out,
"Get next to the prancing Gink."
See how he onesteps down the stairs,
walks like a butcher
at the country fairs,
Ducks and runs
from the bulls and shack
Looks around once,
never comes back, for

It's the Hobo Dance
it's got them all a guessing
it's the Hobo tango strangle hold,
and not a dancing lesson,
you learn it on the country roads,
and in the Booby hatches,
you dance awhile
then stop and smile
and enjoy a few good scratches.

It's the Hobo Dance
it's got them all a guessing
it's the Hobo tango strangle hold,
and not a dancing lesson,
you learn it on the country roads,
and in the Booby hatches,
you dance awhile
then stop and smile
and enjoy a few good scratches.

Turks have a hoochy dance,
and the French a funny twirl,
and others imitate their ways;
and the rich jump on the tables,
with chickens from the cradles,
and hit high spots ev'ry way.
But Hoboes back in Jungle Land
they have a dance
that beats those mongles grand,
a box car smashup from the rear,
when the onestep music
hits their ear.

It's the Hobo Dance
it's got them all a guessing
it's the Hobo tango strangle hold,
and not a dancing lesson,
you learn it on the country roads,
and in the Booby hatches,
you dance awhile
then stop and smile
and enjoy a few good scratches.

It's the Hobo Dance
it's got them all a guessing
it's the Hobo tango strangle hold,
and not a dancing lesson,
you learn it on the country roads,
and in the Booby hatches,
you dance awhile
then stop and smile
and enjoy a few good scratches.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Cootie Trot De-Gink 1915
Music by William H.Farrell
Lyrics by Jeff Davis
© 1915 by Strand Music Co.Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 23 April 2009 at 09.32
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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