A popular song from 1929
Words by Edgar Leslie
Music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Chicago Charlie was a good time Romeo
He’d love a gal, then whisper, “good-bye, cheer-i-o”
Just like Napoleon, love got Charlie, too
Here’s how Chicago Charlie said he met his Waterloo
Chorus:
I left Frisco Kate
Swingin’ on the Golden Gate
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
I left Ma and Pa, out in Oma-ha-ha-ha
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
She comes from Missouri and she showed me
Like a Texas steer she buffaloed me
Every Jim and Jack
Got the well known Hackensack
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
- 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:
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