With my other hat on – putting this on here so I can refer people to it – I have a stack of Jack Payne Popular Music and Dancing Weekly from 1934/5. Some of the lyrics are incredibly daft.
May 16 1935 32
Out in the cold cold snow
the tower of London
The Lover’s Waltz
Antonio
Yvonne
Bon soir!
Dec 1 1934 (2 copies)
Without that certain thing
Swaller-tail coat
The sweetest music this side of heaven
Blue river roll on
Song of the dawn
Bonny Face
(Home)
Oct 13 1934
Easy Come, Easy Go
Lady of Madrid
Aloha beloved
The show is overcoat
Josephine
Icicle Joe (the Eskimo)
(Whispering)
Oct 20 1934
Unless
The beat o’ my heart
In other words – we’re through
Melody in spring
True
Hospitality
(Lady of Spain)
Oct 27 1934
My design for living
You have taken my heart
Lullaby in blue
Beloved
Coom, pretty one
In San Antonio
(Clap hands, here comes Charley)
Nov 10 1934
Dearest
Sweetheart of Red River Valley
Why not?
If
Nobody’s sweetheart
My Convent Belle
(On the air)
Dec 15 1934
Kickin’ the gong around
The old sow
Humming to you
Old monastery bell
Little wallflower
Spellbound
(You die if you worry)
Dec 22 1934
The sun has got his hat on
Driftin’ tide
It don’t mean a thing
At the corner of the street
What do I care, it’s home
The bells of home are ringing
(On her doorstep last night)
Dec 29 1934
Throw open wide your window
In my little bottom drawer
Go to sleep
You or no-one
Here’s to the ones we love
Hills of Devon
(Airman)
Jan 5 1935
Good night, lovely little lady
Moon Country
Best wishes
Prairie Lullaby
I’m one of the lads of Valencia
You’ve made my life complete, dear
(Casabiance)
Jan 12 1935
Grinzing
Who’ll buy my lavender?
Seven years with the wrong woman
Love thy neighbour
The captain’s daughter
If I hadn’t been green
(The changing of the guard)
Jan 19 1935
Cocktails for two
Cradle in the trees
Old father Thames
Ill wind
You’re in my power
Rio Grande
(What’s the use of money after all)
Jan 26 1935
The very thought of you
You’re just unfair
Rockin’ chair
Trouble in paradise
The ripping waltz
My sweet
(Sittin’ on a five barred gate)
Feb 2 1935
Madonna Mine
Remembrance
It’s all forgotten now
He was a handsome young soldier
I’m bettin’ the roll on roamer
A star that shines in the night
(Soldier on the shelf)
Feb 9 1935
I bought myself a bottle of ink
The breeze
That’s what life is made of
In the Cumberland mountains
Will the angels play their harps for me?
My Treasure
(Fairy on the clock)
Feb 16 1935
Isle of Capri
Faith
Little Dutch mill
Silly girl
You oughta be in pictures
Sonoma
(Cupid on the cake)
Feb 23 1935
Soon
Ridin’ around in the rain
The prize waltz
How’m I doin’?
The general and the private
When it’s springtime in Normandy
(Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!)
Mar 2 1935
Out in the cold again
There was an old woman
Riding on the clouds
Just a little grey-haired lady
The crazy song
That forgotten melody
(When I met Connie in the cornfield)
Mar 9 1935
Oh! Muki Muki Oh!
I read it in the paper
Marta
Where? (I wonder where?)
‘Fonso
Faded letters
(Dance of the rain-drops)
Mar 16 1935
Dreamy Serenade
In the hills of Colorado
Let’s make love
Snowball
What is there to take its place?
Away from the rest of the world
(Oh! Arthur)
March 23 1935
Every time I look at you
Over on the sunny side
You’re wonderful
Hold up your hands
Rufus on the roof
Blue moon in the sky
(Oh! Sailor behave!)
Mar 30 1935
The sob song
Lullaby lady
Someone’s laying the table
When days begin
Three o’clock in the morning
Offer up a little prayer for mother
(Please Percy)
April 6 1935
Way down south in North Carolina
Three of us
This is the rhythm for me
I’m going to meet my jolly old girl
In a gondola
I will have a real good time
The shamrock your wore in your hair
April 13 1935
He didn’t even say goodbye
Lady rainbow
Roll along Kentucky moon
Old Sweetheart days
The closer they nestle together
Oh! Suzanne!
April 20 1935
Argentina
I was in the mood
I heard
Rambling down the lane together
Wait for the kettle to boil
Desert Start
April 27 1935
That night in Venice
Song of the Nightingale
For ever
In the hollow of your hand
I’m a failure
I’ll always be sorry for you