[78-L] Kansas City Kitty

[Don Chichester]

Then, too, Hackensack is funny.  Teaneck isn't funny.

 

Don
 
> From: soundthink at live.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:58:32 -0800
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kansas City Kitty
> 
> 
> For those looking to do more research into this song, here are the lyrics from the original 1929 sheet music, which include the rarely heard verses and a 2nd version of the chorus. I'm guessing that "the Hackensack" means the "brush-off." The song plays on a lot of city names, so maybe there is no real reason for using Hackensack other than that:
> 
> VERSE 1
> Chicago Charlie was a good time Romeo
> He'd love a gal, then whisper "Good-by, cheerio!"
> Just like Napoleon, love got Charlie, too,
> Here's how Chicago Charlie said he met his Waterloo:
> 
> CHORUS 1
> I left Frisco Kate swingin' on the Golden Gate
> When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!
> I left Ma and Pa, out in Omaha-ha-ha,
> When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!
> 
> She comes from Missouri and she showed me,
> Like a Texas steer, she buffaloed me;
> Ev'ry Jim and Jack got the well-known Hackensack
> When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!
> 
> VERSE 2
> Chicago Charlie's singing "no more wedding bells,"
> He's got a sore throat singing "no more baby yells."
> They wake the neighbors, when they start to cry,
> And Charlie has to pacify them with this lullaby:
> 
> CHORUS 2
> I just played the chill, for the famous Diamond Lil,
> When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!
> Folks in New Rochelle said "he ain't done right by Nell"
> Since Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!
> 
> I gave Georgia Brown my watch-case Sunday,
> I gave Louisville Lou the "works" on Monday;
> I passed up those Queens like you'd pass up Boston Beans,
> When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!
> 
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
> > From: saag at telia.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:55:23 +0100
> > Subject: [78-L] Kansas City Kitty
> > 
> > What does "the well-known Hackensack" refer to in Walter Donaldson & Edgar 
> > Leslie's "Kansas City Kitty" (as recorded by Noble Sissle, Harry Reser, 
> > Original Memphis Five etc).
> > 
> > Ev'ry Jim and Jack
> > Got the well known Hackensack
> > When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
> > 
> > Full lyrics at
> > http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=5060
> > 
> > Kristjan 
> > 
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