Burlington Bertie From Bow

artist:Julie Andrews

, writer:Harry B. Norris

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 {t:Burlington Bertie From Bow}
{key: C}
{artist: Julie Andrews}
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv5VYZcfZDM&t=41 Capo 3

[C]

I'm [A] Bert, [E7] p'raps you've heard of me
[Am] Bert, [E7] you've had word of me,
[Am] Jogging a-[A7]long, [F] hearty and strong
Living on plates of fresh [E7] air
I [Am] dress [E7] up in fashion
And [Am]  when I am feeling de-[E7]pressed
I [Am] shave from my [A7] cuff all the [Am] whiskers and [E7] fluff
Stick my [F] hat on and [D7] toddle up [G7] West
 
[G] I'm [C] Burlington Bertie, I rise at ten thirty
And saunter a-[E7]long like a [F] toff
[A] I [Dm] walk down the Strand with my gloves on my hand
Then I walk down again with them [G7] off
I'm [C] all airs and graces, correct easy paces
With-[G]out food so [F] long I've for-[G7]got where my face is
I'm [C] Bert, [Am] Bert, I [Dm] haven't a shirt
[G7] But my [Am] people are [D7] well off you [G7] know.
Nearly [C] everyone [Dm] knows me from [D] Smith to Lord Rosebr'y,
I'm [A] Burlington [G] Bertie from [C] Bow.

[G] [C] [Cm] [Dm]
[G] [C] [Cm] [Dm] 
[G] I'm [C] Burlington Bertie, I rise at ten thirty
And saunter a-[E7]long Temple [F] Bar
[A] As [Dm] round there I skip
I keep shouting 'Pip Pip!'
And the darn'd fools think I'm in my [G7] car
At [C] Rothchilds I swank it, my body I plank it
On his front door [F] step with 'The [G7] Mail' for a blanket
I'm [C] Bert, [Am] Bert, and [Dm] Rothchild was hurt
[G7] He said ' [Am] You can't sleep [D7] there' I said '[G7] Oh'
He said '[C] I'm Rothchild honey!' I [D] said ' That's [D7] damn'd funny,
I'm [A] Burlington [G] Bertie from [C] Bow'
{c: ignoring key change} 
[G] I'm [C] Burlington Bertie, I rise at ten thirty
And Buckingham [E7] Palace I [F] view.
[A] I [Dm] stand in the yard while they're changing the guard
And the queen shouts across "Toodle [G7] oo"!
The [C] Prince of Wales' brother along with some other
Slaps me on the [F] back and says "[G7] Come and see Mother"
But I'm [C] Bert, [Am] Bert, and [Dm] Royalty's hurt,
When they [Am] ask me to [D7] dine I say [G7] no.
I've just [C] had a ba-[D]nana with Lady Di-[G]ana
I'm [C] Burlington [G] Bertie 
[C] Burlington [G] Bertie 
I'm [C] Burlington [G] Bertie 
[C] Burlington [G] Bertie from [C] Bow.

Song Info

Title: Burlington Bertie From Bow

Artist: Julie Andrews

Writer: Harry B. Norris

Song Types: Musical

Key: D

Info: "Burlington Bertie" is a music hall song composed by Harry B. Norris in 1900 and notably sung by Vesta Tilley. It concerns an aristocratic young idler who pursues a life of leisure in the West End of London. Burlington is an upmarket London shopping arcade associated with luxury goods.

This song was parodied in the now-much-better-known "Burlington Bertie from Bow" (1915) credited to William Hargreaves and sung by his wife, Ella Shields, who performed the song whilst dressed in male attire as the sort of character known as a "broken down swell". Unlike the original song, Bertie's pretensions to gentility are belied by his residence in Bow, in the poverty-stricken East End of London, though his status as an idler ironically links him to the leisured aristocratic class, who reside in the West End

Betty Grable in the part of vaudevillian Myrtle McKinley Burt performed the song in the musical film Mother Wore Tights (1947).

Julie Andrews, also dressed in male attire, gave another rendition of the song in the film Star! (1968).

It was sung on episode 201 of The Muppet Show by a custom Bertie Muppet performed by Jerry Nelson.

It was referenced in the song "My Town" by the Canadian band Glass Tiger.

At the Royal Variety Performance in 1981, it was performed in the customary male evening dress by Anita Harris, who brought the house down with the line "I've just had a banana with Lady Diana" in the Buckingham Palace verse of the song. Although the Diana in the original version was probably Lady Diana Cooper, Prince Charles had married Lady Diana Spencer earlier in the year.

The two songs about Burlington Bertie are both predecessors of Irving Berlin's song "A Couple of Swells". In all three songs, a woman dressed in a ragged form of male finery brags about how well connected in society "he" is, while clearly demonstrating an actual state of poverty.

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Burlington Bertie From Bow

artist:Julie Andrews

, writer:Harry B. Norris

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