Don't Bring Lulu 1925 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12Dec2013
2013

"Your presence is requested,"
wrote little Johnny White;
"But with the invitation
There is a stipulation.
When you attend this party,
you'll all be treated right;
But there's a wild and woolly woman
you boys can't invite."

Now

You can bring Pearl
she's a darn nice girl
but don't bring Lulu;
you can bring Rose
with the turned up nose,
but don't bring Lulu.
Lulu always wants to do
what we boys don't want her to,
ev'ry time she starts around
London Bridge is falling down.
You can bring cake
or fillets of steak
but don't bring Lulu;
Lulu gets the blue and goes cuckoo
like the clock upon the shelf.
She's the kind of smarty
who breaks up ev'ry party;
Hullabalooloo
don't bring Lulu
I'll bring her myself.

You can bring Nan
and bring her old man
but don't bring Lulu;
You can bring Tess
with her "no" and "yes"
but don't bring Lulu;
Lulu has the reddest hair
redder here and redder there;
how can we boys keep our head
Bulls go wild when they see red.
You can bring peas
and biscuits and cheese
but don't bring Lulu;
Give her two beers
and she bursts in tears
and she throws cups off the shelf;
when she loves with feeling
the boys all hit the ceiling;
Hullabalooloo
don't bring Lulu
She'll come by herself.

We all went to the party
a real high toned affair;
and then along came Lulu
as wild as any Zulu;
She started into shimmy
and how the boys did shout;
but when she did the hula hula
then they turned her out...

Now

You can bring Pearl
she's a darn nice girl
but don't bring Lulu;
you can bring Rose
with the turned up nose,
but don't bring Lulu.
Lulu always wants to do
what we boys don't want her to,
ev'ry time she starts around
London Bridge is falling down.
You can bring cake
or fillets of steak
but don't bring Lulu;
Lulu gets the blue and goes cuckoo
like the clock upon the shelf.
She's the kind of smarty
who breaks up ev'ry party;
Hullabalooloo
don't bring Lulu
I'll bring her myself.

You can bring Nan
and bring her old man
but don't bring Lulu;
You can bring Tess
with her "no" and "yes"
but don't bring Lulu;
Lulu has the reddest hair
redder here and redder there;
how can we boys keep our head
Bulls go wild when they see red.
You can bring peas
and biscuits and cheese
but don't bring Lulu;
Give her two beers
and she bursts in tears
and she throws cups off the shelf;
when she loves with feeling
the boys all hit the ceiling;
Hullabalooloo
don't bring Lulu
She'll come by herself.

Soft karaoke
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lyric
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Don't Bring Lulu 1925 JPitt-Payne
by Billy Rose, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
© 1925 by Jerome H. Remick & Co.,  New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 12 December 2013 at 16.38
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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