It's funny how songs evolve and change like stories with each telling....
THE GALLOPING MAJOR
(George Henry Bastow - 1906)
Stanley Kirkby - c.1910
All the girls declare
He's a grand old stager
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
Here comes the Galloping Major
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
Here comes the galloping major
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
As proud as an Indian rajah
All the girls declare
That I'm the golden pater
Hi, hi, clear the way
Here comes the Galloping Major
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
As if I was riding a charger
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
As fit as an Indian rajah
All the girls declare
That I'm the gallant major
Hi, hi, clear the way
Here comes the Galloping Major
Now I always had it as
Bumpety bumpety bumpety bump
as though you were riding a charger
Bumpety bumpety bumpety bump
as proud as an indian raja
and all the girls declare
that I'm a gay old stager
Hey! Hey! clear the way
here comes the Galloping Major.
THE GALLOPING MAJOR
(George Henry Bastow - 1906)
Stanley Kirkby - c.1910
All the girls declare
He's a grand old stager
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
Here comes the Galloping Major
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
Here comes the galloping major
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
As proud as an Indian rajah
All the girls declare
That I'm the golden pater
Hi, hi, clear the way
Here comes the Galloping Major
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
As if I was riding a charger
Bumpety-bumpety-bumpety-bump
As fit as an Indian rajah
All the girls declare
That I'm the gallant major
Hi, hi, clear the way
Here comes the Galloping Major
Now I always had it as
Bumpety bumpety bumpety bump
as though you were riding a charger
Bumpety bumpety bumpety bump
as proud as an indian raja
and all the girls declare
that I'm a gay old stager
Hey! Hey! clear the way
here comes the Galloping Major.
posted by the flashmaster general at
8:45 am
1 Comments:
Thrilled to pieces to see this. My dad used to sing it to me when I was a child and I started singing it to my own children but couldn't remember the words. Like yourself I used to be sang the final version that you've posted.
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