I Met Her At St Kilda 1911 Billy Williams

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16Apr2025
2025

On the shore of Hobson's Bay,
I was strolling along one day,
When I reached St. Kilda,
I met my Matilda.
'Neath a dainty parasol,
she was walking by the sea,
Oh I thought I wise,
but her goo goo eyes
oh this they fair goo goosled me.

I met her at St. Kilda,
my beautiful Matilda.
My love got so very very hot,
Oh it absolutely grilled her,
Boys shouted in St. Kilda,
Oh have mercy on Matilda
and ev'ry time I kissed her
on the back yard wall,
Oh I thought I should have killed her.

I met her at St. Kilda,
my beautiful Matilda.
My love got so very very hot,
Oh it absolutely grilled her,
Boys shouted in St. Kilda,
Oh have mercy on Matilda
and ev'ry time I kissed her
on the back yard wall,
Oh I thought I should have killed her.

When we strolled there by the spray,
what a Kleiner, I heard them say,
there comes our Matilda,
along with Brown the Builder.
We sat down upon the Beach,
and I took the dainty hand of this
dearest of dears and poulove in her ears
while she filled my mouth with sand.

I met her at St. Kilda,
my beautiful Matilda.
My love got so very very hot,
Oh it absolutely grilled her,
Boys shouted in St. Kilda,
Oh have mercy on Matilda
and ev'ry time I kissed her
on the back yard wall,
Oh I thought I should have killed her.

I met her at St. Kilda,
my beautiful Matilda.
My love got so very very hot,
Oh it absolutely grilled her,
Boys shouted in St. Kilda,
Oh have mercy on Matilda
and ev'ry time I kissed her
on the back yard wall,
Oh I thought I should have killed her.

But I found that I'd been had,
my Victorian plum was bad,
I thought she was well born,
as she came from Melbourne,
Here's the wedding ring I bought
for her finger but for spite,
as we'll never get wed
I shall pawn it instead
and I'll drown myself tonight.

I met her at St. Kilda,
my beautiful Matilda.
My love got so very very hot,
Oh it absolutely grilled her,
Boys shouted in St. Kilda,
Oh have mercy on Matilda
When er husband come along
with her six kids,
Oh I thought I should have killed her.

I met her at St. Kilda,
my beautiful Matilda.
My love got so very very hot,
Oh it absolutely grilled her,
Boys shouted in St. Kilda,
Oh have mercy on Matilda
When er husband come along
with her six kids,
Oh I thought I should have killed her.

Soft karaoke
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I Met Her At St Kilda 1911 Billy Williams
Lyrics & Music by Weston, Barnes & Castling
© 1911 by Collin & Williams
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 14.27
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne