November 6, 2008

  • Egyptian Ella

    Egyptian Ella

    by Walter Doyle

    Ella was a dancing girl who started getting fat
    Every day saw three more pounds on Ella
    Until one day she found she'd lost her job because of that
    And to make it worse, she'd lost her fella
    She took a trip to Egypt to forget
    And she made such a hit that she's there yet ...

    So if you hear of a gal who can quake and shake
    'Till it makes you think of a nervous snake
    They're speakin' ... of Egyptian Ella
    She weighs two-twenty but that's O.K.
    They like 'em plenty down there that way
    She has the love ... of every fella
    And when she shakes and when she starts
    Down by the River Nile
    The boys all take their old sweet-hearts
    And throw them to the crocodiles
    And every sheik in the audience
    Jumps up and yells that "she's immense!"
    They're cheering for Egyptian Ella.

    All the other dancers from the desert to the Nile
    One by one admit that they are jealous
    For although they dance each night and wear the sweetest smile
    Ella's is the tent that draws the fellas
    For Ella has a dance that they can't steal
    'Cause nothing else could do it but an eel
    So if you hear of a gal who can quake and shake
    'Till it makes you think of a nervous snake
    They're speakin' ... of Egyptian Ella
    She weighs two-twenty but that's O.K.
    They like 'em plenty down there that way
    She has the love ... of every fella
    And when she shakes and when she starts
    Down by the River Nile
    The boys all take their old sweet-hearts
    And throw them to the crocodiles
    And every sheik in the audience
    Jumps up and yells that "she's immense!"
    They're cheering ... for Egyptian Ella.

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    Copyright 1931 by Skidmore Music Co./Cambell, Connolly and Co.


    ^_^ A cute little song. I got it off of the Ted Weems CD below. Interestingly enough, this song was considered too risqué for film back in the day, almost resulting in a movie being banned under the Hayes Code for including it in a number.