[Dixielandjazz] Re: Kansas City Kitty

[Loerchen2 at aol.com]

My sheet music gives the verse as:
 
"Folks in New Rochelle..."
 
and
 
"I gave Georgia Brown my watch case Sunday
I gave Louisville Lou the works on Monday"
 
(Louisville Lou being a popular song of the period...)
 
Sue
 
another displaced New Orleanian...
 
 
2.  I [ just played the  chp] for the famous Diamond    [Lil ]// when
Kansas City   Kitty smiled at     me.///   /// While
Folks in Nouro-   shal say "He ain't  done right by Nell,"// when
Kansas City   Kitty smiled at   me.///   ////
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I gave  Georgia   Brown my watch case   Sun-///    day///
I gave Lula Ba-   loo the works on    Mon-///   day.///
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I passed up  those   queens// like   ketchup Boston    beans,//  when
Kansas City   Kitty smiled at    me.///    ///|