Harry Fay 'Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?' Original 1909 Acoustic 78 rpm

Описание: Written in 1908 by C.W. Murphy and Will Letters this was a very popular song of the music hall in the early 20th century.
Harry Fay seems to have been predominantly a prolific recording artist and not a big music hall artist, hardly anything is known of him.

Kelly and his sweetheart wore a very pleasant smile,
And sent upon a holiday they went from Mona's Isle,
They landed safe in London but alas it's sad to say,
For Kelly lost his little girl up Piccadilly way.
She searched for him in vain and then of course began to fret,
And this is the appeal she made to everyone she met:

Has anybody here seen Kelly?
K-E-double-L-Y.
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Find him if you can!
He's as bad as old Antonio,
Left me on my own-ee-o,
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Kelly from the Isle of Man!

When it started raining she exclaimed, "What shall I do?"
For Kelly had her ticket and her spending money too,
She wandered over London like a hound upon the scent,
At last she found herself outside the Houses of Parliament.
She got among the suffragettes who chained her to the grille,
And soon they heard her shouting in a voice both loud and shrill:

Has anybody here seen Kelly?
K-E-double-L-Y.
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Find him if you can!
He's as bad as old Antonio,
Left me on my own-ee-o,
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Kelly from the Isle of Man!

After she escaped
From several gentlemen in blue
She very quickly started
Making headway for the Zoo
From there she made her way toward
Tussaud's great waxwork show
'Twould be a likely place,
Thought she, to find her missing beau
The Chamber full of Horrors
Very quickly came in sight
She looked in every corner and
Then yelled with all her might.

Has anybody here seen Kelly?
K-E-double-L-Y.
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Find him if you can!
He's as bad as old Antonio,
Left me on my own-ee-o,
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Kelly from the Isle of Man!