My Girl From London Town 1910 Billy Williams

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3Feb2025
2025

They say at home that we have
got a girl in ev'ry port,
said a sailor to his chum upon the foam.
But all the while I'm thinking
of one girl, the best of all,
who is waiting for her sailor lad at home.
For sev'ral years I've been away,
and never seen her since.
Tho' I've seen a lot of others here and there.
All around my heart comes stealing
such a funny kind of feeling
ev'ry time I gaze upon her lock of hair.

She's never seen the Swanee River,
when the sil'vry waters flow;
she's never been in Mexico,
Borneo, Ohio.
She's just a simply little fairy,
her christian name is Brown.
Hurry up and come with me!
If you're good I'll let you see
my girl from London Town.

She's never seen the Swanee River,
when the sil'vry waters flow;
she's never been in Mexico,
Borneo, Ohio.
She's just a simply little falry,
her christian name is Brown.
Hurry up and come with me!
If you're good I'll let you see
my girl from London Town.

You never see her picture in the "Tatler,"
or the "Sketch",
or any other kind of picture books.
She suits me very nicely,
does my buxom little craft,
and I don't care tuppence ha'penny
'bout her looks.
But when her cheeks are blooming
well, you'd think it was a rose!
Said the sailor as he sat upon his box.
And she'll make the meat on Sunday
last till supper time on Monday,
and she knows the way
to darn a pair of socks.

She's never seen the Swanee River,
when the sil'vry waters flow;
she's never been in Mexico,
Borneo, Ohio.
She's just a simply little fairy,
her christian name is Brown.
Hurry up and come with me!
If you're good I'll let you see
my girl from London Town.

She's never seen the Swanee River,
when the sil'vry waters flow;
she's never been in Mexico,
Borneo, Ohio.
She's just a simply little fairy,
her christian name is Brown.
Hurry up and come with me!
If you're good I'll let you see
my girl from London Town.

The sailor and his chum arrived
in London Town one day,
and his little wife was
waiting at the door,
And round her knee
was playing such a tiny little girl,
whom the sailor lad had
never seen before.
She whispered, "You're my Daddy,"
and it sent him mad with joy,
as in sailor fashion
he admired her charms.
Whilst the kettle there was singing,
round this room his voice was ringing,
as he held his little lady in his arms.

She's never seen the Swanee River,
when the sil'vry waters flow;
she's never been in Mexico,
Borneo, Ohio.
She's just a simply little fairy,
her christian name is Brown.
Hurry up and come with me!
If you're good I'll let you see
my girl from London Town.

She's never seen the Swanee River,
when the sil'vry waters flow;
she's never been in Mexico,
Borneo, Ohio.
She's just a simply little fairy,
her christian name is Brown.
Hurry up and come with me!
If you're good I'll let you see
my girl from London Town.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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My Girl From London Town 1910 Billy Williams
by Fred Godfrey & Billy Williams
© MCMX by Francis, Day & Hunter
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 3 February 2025 at 12.23
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne