At one of my monthly sing-around sessions at the sheltered accommodation at which I live, one of my audience gave me a leaflet containing the lyrics to a number of sing-along songs.
The chorus of this one was all that was on the leaflet, so I have sought the verses and although I could not find the chords to go with them, I have worked out my own accompaniment which seems to fit fairly well.
Having just finished recording it and uploading it to YouTube, I have found there are more verses than the two I have sung. The whole song is:
C G
Jeremiah Jones, a lady's man was he,
C
Every pretty girl he liked to spoon
C G
Till he found a wife and down beside the sea
F G C
Went to Margate for the honeymoon;
C F C F C
But when he strolled along the promenade
G C
With his little wife just newly wed,
Dm
He got an awful scare when someone strolling there,
G
Came up to him and winked and said:
C G
Hello! Hello! Who's your lady friend?
C
Who's the little girlie by your side?
Am
I've seen you with a girl or two
G
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am surprised at you;
C G
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games
C
Don't you think your ways you ought to mend?
Am Dm
It isn't the girl I saw you with at Brighton
G C
Who, who, who's your lady friend?
Jeremiah took his wife's mama one night;
Round to see a moving picture show.
There upon the screen,
A picture came in sight
Jeremiah cried \"He'd better go,\"
For on that picture there was Jeremiah
With a pretty girl upon his knee.
Ma cried, \"What does it mean?\"
Then pointing to the screen.
The people yelled at Jones with glee.
Hello! Hello! Who's your lady friend?
Who's the little girlie by your side?
I've seen you with a girl or two.
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am, surprised at you;
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games.
Don't you think your ways
You ought to mend?
It isn't the girl I saw you with at Brighton
Who? Who? Who's your lady friend?
Jeremiah now has settled down in life.
Said Goodbye to frills and furbelows:
Never thinks of girls
Except his darling wife.
Always takes her ev'rywhere he goes,
By Jove, why! There he is you naughty boy!
With a lady too you're rather free.
Of course you'll stake your life
The lady is your wife,
But tell me on the strict Q. T.
Hello! Hello! Who's your lady friend?
Who's the little girlie by your side?
I've seen you with a girl or two.
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am, surprised at you;
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games.
Don't you think your ways
You ought to mend?
It isn't the girl I saw you with at Brighton
Who? Who? Who's your lady friend?
Christmas pantomime were Jone's chief delight,
Once he madly loved the Fairy Queen.
There behind the scenes
He spoon'd with her one night.
Someone for a lark pulled up the scenes,
And there was poor old Jones upon the stage.
With his arm around the lady fair.
The house began to roar,
From galltry down to floor.
Then ev'rybody shouted there.
Hello! Hello! Who's your lady friend?
Who's the little girlie by your side?
I've seen you with a girl or two.
Oh! Oh! Oh! I am, surprised at you;
Hello! Hello! Stop your little games.
Don't you think your ways
You ought to mend?
It isn't the girl I saw you with at Brighton
Who? Who? Who's your lady friend?
The melody was written by Harry Fragson, a music hall entertainer pre WWI with lyrics by Worton David and Bert Lee and was originally performed by Fragson.
