====== #440 - Where the Sparrows and Chippies Parade ======
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  *Composer:
    *++David Braham|{{search>"David Braham" @cobs}}++ (1838-1905), 1888
    *from the [[:groups:opera|drama]] ++Waddy Googan|{{search>"Waddy Googan" opera @cobs}}++
  *Title variations:
    *Where the Sparrows and the Chippies Parade
  *[[:incipit]]: 33333213556666275
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 321356275
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
I stand with my hack on the corner,\\
In front of a gilded Cafe;\\
Where lulus, and cuckoos, and spenders,\\
Stay up 'till the break of the day,\\
Of course I am quite an observer,\\
It follows along with my trade.\\
It's how are you Waddy this morning,\\
Where the Sparrows and Chippies parade.\\
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//chorus: //\\
Oh, how are you Waddy? Good morning!\\
Come tell us old boy how is trade,\\
Get down from your hack dear old Paddy a whack\\
Where the Sparrows and Chippies parade.\\
\\
I shake with the dude and the banker,\\
In front of a gilded Cafe;\\
The copper, the bracer, the gambler,\\
That promenade upper Broadway,\\
The girls in a frenzy of laughter,\\
The bar does a rollicking trade.\\
It's how are you Waddy this morning,\\
Where the Sparrows and Chippies parade.\\
\\
I meet with an old politician,\\
In front of a gilded Cafe;\\
He cackles, he prattles, he argues,\\
The party has gone to decay,\\
The swells from the clubs come a howling,\\
With girls in their suits tailor made.\\
It's how are you Waddy this morning,\\
Where the Sparrows and Chippies parade.\\
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I nod to the clerk and the roundsman,\\
In front of a gilded Cafe;\\
The milkman, the butcher, the baker,\\
I give them a pleasant good-day,\\
The swells on the walk are a shouting,\\
No straws in their last lemonade.\\
It's how are you Waddy this morning,\\
Where the Sparrows and Chippies parade.\\
\\
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    *++Edward Harrigan|{{search>"Edward Harrigan" @cobs}}++ (1844-1911), 1888