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Egyptian Ella
Walter Doyle (1930)

The first of two narrative songs on this album. Later on we Make Whoopee!

lyrics

Lyrics:

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

If you hear of a gal who shakes and quakes
'Till it makes you think of a nervous snake,
They're speaking of... Egyptian Ella.
She weighs two-twenty but that's OK,
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 sweethearts and throw 'em to the crocodiles!
And all the sheiks in the audience jump up and shout that, "She's immense."
They're cheering for Egyptian Ella.

When the first sweet notes of the music sound,
The boys all gather from miles around,
Just to see Egyptian Ella.
And folks all say when those caravans
Start pouring in from the desert sands
That it must be Egyptian Ella.
And Mister Sphinx sits up and blinks, for there's so much to see.
She squirms and shakes so the worms and snakes all bite themselves from jealousy.
She's a great big gal in a great big land and the boys all give her a great big hand,
How they love Egyptian Ella.

credits

from Back In Your Own Backyard, released October 31, 2016
Greg Poppleton - authentic 1920s - 30s vocals
Geoff Power - sousaphone, trumpet and trombone
Paul Furniss - alto sax and clarinet
Grahame Conlon - Spanish guitar with steel strings
Lawrie Thompson - drums and washboard

Recording Engineers:
Rowan Wilson and Gregory Appia

Mix and Mastering:
Peter Gage

Post Mastering
George Stathopoulos

Artwork:
Locallure Design

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www.gregpoppletonmusic.com

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Greg Poppleton Sydney, Australia

I saw Louis Armstrong on TV when I was 3 and have been hooked on 1920s-1930s jazz and swing ever since. I sing songs with some musician characters

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