Billy Murray <br /><br />"Where Did You Get That Girl?" <br /><br />1913 <br /><br />Words by Bert Kalmar <br /><br />Music by Harry Puck <br /><br />Lonesome Johnnie Warner, <br />Sitting in a corner of a swell cafe, <br />Eating his heart away because he had no girl. <br /><br />At another table sat a girl named Mabel with a fellow <br />who Johnnie knew and his brain began a-whirl. <br /><br />The girl had caught his eye, and John began to cry. <br /><br />Where did you get that girl? Oh, you lucky devil. Where did you <br />get that girl? Tell me on the level. Have you ever kissed her? <br />If she has a sister, lead me, lead me, lead me to her, mister. <br /><br />Gee! I wish I had a girl. I’d love her. I’d love her. <br />Oh, goodness, how I’d love her. <br /><br />If you can find another, I’ll take her home to mother. <br />Where! Where! Where did you get that girl? <br /><br />Johnnie found a corker, started in to walk <br />her down the avenue--down to the parson <br />who would make them man and wife. <br /><br />Parson Lee received him, and when he relieved him <br />of the marriage fee, Parson Lee said, "Never in my life <br />have I seen such a miss. Say, Johnnie, tell me this..."
