American Old Time Song Lyrics: 34 The Cuckoo Club

Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 34

THE CUCKOO CLUB.
Copyright. 1891, by C.J. Dittess.
Words and Music by Harry S. Miller.

Have you ever seen the "Cuckoo Club" down on the corner street;
Well, ah, me boys, it is the hardest crowd you'd ever want to meet;
They hang around McCarty's place just seven days a week,
And call themselves the cuckoos, do you mind?
They are beyond comment, and they seldom have a cent,
But when they do, the growler's in it hot,
And they're up all night at that, singing "Comrades" in B flat,
Till the neighbors yell for heaven's sake to stop.

Chorus.
Then the gang all whistle -[Whistle]!
The gang all whistle-[Whistle]
It makes the neighbors mad, it makes them worse, bedad.
When the gang all whistle-what?- [Whistle.]

Now McCarty has his troubles with the gang most every week,
And, ah, the coppers have the same to do to keep them off their beat;
They flirt with all the shop-girls going up and down the street.
And call themselves the cuckoos, do you mind? (
They take in matinees, and then when the show does cease,
They stand out, out on the sidewalk in their pride;
When they see the coppers come, it's against their wil1 to run.
But they slowly get on to the other side.

Chorus.
Then the gang all whistle-[Whistle.]
The gang all whistle- [Whistle.]
They walk across the street, it's off the copper's beat,
Then the gang all whistle-what?- [Whistle.]

Oh, the Cuckoo gave a party here one night on Easy Street,
And, ah, the way they come through windows there it must have been complete;
And them that couldn't use their fist were in it with their feet,
And call themselves the cuckoos, do you mind?
The coppers took a hand, and the whole gang they did land
Before the judge, who said, without a fear:!
"Well, me birds, you're quite the rage, but you're safer in a cage.
So I'll send you to the island for a year."

Chorus
Then the gang all whistled-[Whistle.]
The gang all whistled-[Whistle.]
Twas very sad, you know, but still they had to go,
So the gang all whistled-what?-[Whistle.]