Misc Traditional – Dont Bring Lulu (Guitar)

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Your presence is requested, wrote little Johnny White,

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  But with this invitation,  there is a stipulation

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When you attend this party, you'll all be treated right,

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But there's a wild and wooly woman you boys can't invite

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You can bring Pearl, she's a darn nice girl,

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But don't bring Lulu!

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You can bring Rose with the turned-up nose,

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But don't bring Lulu!

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Lulu always wants to do

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What the folks don't want her to

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When she struts her stuff around, London bridge is falling down!

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You can bring cake or a porterhouse steak,

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But don't bring Lulu!

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Lulu gets blue and goes cuckoo

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Like the clock upon the shelf

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She's the kind of smarty who breaks up every party,

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Hullabaloo loo, don't bring Lulu,

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I'll bring her myself!

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We all went to the party, a real high-toned affair,

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  And then along came Lulu,   chuggin’ like a choo-choo

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She started in to Charleston, and how the boys did stare,

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And when she did the hula-hula, they never had a prayer.

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You can bring Flo, her dad's got dough

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But don't bring Lulu!

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You can bring Lil, she's an awful pill,

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But don't bring Lulu!

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Lulu has the reddest hair, auburn here and henna there

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Not a soul can keep their heads

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We all go nuts when we see red

C
You can bring Nan with the old deadpan,

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but don't bring Lulu

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Give her two beers and she bursts into tears

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and she can’t contain herself

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She can make a feller wild on sarsaparilla

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Hullabaloo loo, don't bring Lulu,

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I'll bring her myself!

C
You can bring ham and crackers and jam

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but don't bring Lulu!

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You can bring sweets and pickled pigs feet

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but don't bring Lulu!

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She’ll turn an uptight pastor into a dancing master

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Hullabaloo loo, don't bring Lulu,

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She’ll come here herself!