[78-L] Kansas City Kitty

[David Lennick]

Weehawken is hilarious.

dl

Don Chichester wrote:
> Then, too, Hackensack is funny.  Teaneck isn't funny.
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> Don
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>> 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
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>>> 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 
>>>