“My Lulu”
Description
"My Lulu hugged and kissed me, She wrung my hand and cried, She said I was the sweetest thing That ever lived or died." The singer praises Lulu and threatens any who court her. (He will follow her anywhere, but she deserts him)
Supplemental text
My Lulu
Complete text(s)
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From Carl Sandburg, The American Songbag, pp. 378-379. No source
indicated, though Sandburg implies that the verses are only a selection
of those known to him.
1 My Lulu hugged and kissed me,
She wrung my hand and cried,
She said I was the sweetest thing
That ever lived or died.
2 My Lulu's tall and slender,
My Lulu gal's tall and slim,
But the only thing that satisfies her
Is a good big drink of gin.
3 If you go monkey with my Lulu gal,
I'll tell you what I'll do,
I'll carve your heart out with my razor,
I'll shoot you with my pistol too.
4 My Lulu gal's a daisy,
She wears a big white hat;
I bet your life when I'm in town
The dudes all hit the flat.
5 I ain't goin' to work on the railroad,
I ain't goin' to lie in jail,
But I'm goin' down to Cheyenne town
To live with my Lulu gal.
6 My Lulu she's an angel,
Only she aint (sic.) got no wings.
I guess I'll get her a wedding ring
When the grass gets green next spring.
7 My Lulu, she's a dandy,
She stands and drinks like a man,
She calls for gin and brandy,
And she doesn't give a damn.
8 Engineer blowed the whistle,
Fireman rang the bell,
Lulu, in a pink kimona
Says, "Baby, oh fare you well."
9 I seen my Lulu in the springtime,
I seen her in the fall;
She wrote me a letter in the winter time,
Says, "Good-bye, honey," that's all.
Notes
I suppose this could be a clean version of one of the "Bang Away, Lulu" songs, but the scansion appears slightly different. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Pig at Home in the Pen" (floating lyrics)
References
- Sandburg, p. 378, "My Lulu" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Lomax-FSNA 178, "Lulu" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Lomax-ABFS, pp. 182-184, "Lulu" (1 text, 1 tune)
- ST San378 (Full)
- Roud #3435
- BI, San378