Dangerous Dan McGrew Composer(s): Alex Kramer; Joan Whitney Performer(s): Guy Lombardo
A bunch of the boys were whoopin it up At the Malamute Café And the ragtime kid at the music box Was a jazz and a tune that was gay And back of the bar in a poker game Sat a man that everyone knew He was grim and cold, he was bad and bold He was dangerous Dan McGrew
And while dangerous Dan was a-playin his hand And keeping his mind on his game You could see standing by with a gleam in her eye And her hair just as red as a flame A gal who was tall, with a face like a doll And her fingernails painted blue Oh, a gal who was tall, with a face like a doll The lady thats known as Lou
Then out of the night which was fifty below And into the din and the glare A man staggered in who was haggard and thin And his face was filled with despair Now he looked all around until he had found The lady thats known as Lou And then the stranger turned And his eyes they burned On dangerous Dan McGrew
Then suddenly wham! All the lights went out And a voice cried Die, you must! And then a woman screamed and a shot rang out And somebody bit the dust And then the lights flashed on And the north-west mounted police Came a-crashin through They drew their guns and they said Which one is dangerous Dan McGrew?
And then somebody said whoo, whoo, theyre so big! And skipped across the floor A-one, two, skip, hand on hip Right out through the open door Now was it the stranger a-takin his leave? Or the lady thats known as Lou? It was nobody else in this whole wide world But dangerous Dan McGrew
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