"I Wouldn't Leave My Little Wooden Hut for You!" is a music hall song written and composed by Tom Mellor and Chas Collins in 1905. It was popularised by singer Daisy Dormer.
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Lyrics
Once on a cannibal isle there dwelt a dark eyed maid
She lived all alone in a little log hut in the palm tree's shade
And on that island she reigned as queen
One day a stranger appeared on the scene
Said he don’t waste your time out in this awful clime
But come with me my pretty southern maid
To my home across the sea
But he went very red
When she turned up her nose and said
Chorus:
I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you-oo
I've got one lover and I don't want two-oo
What might happen there is no knowing
If he comes around so you'd better be going
Cause I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you
Just then some cannibals came in sight with swords and spears
Longing for something for supper that night making ugly leers
That queen said ‘Stranger you'd better go
That chief in warpaint you see is my beau'
'Oh is that true?' he said, as towards the stream he fled
And jumped into a boat afloating there
He was soon clean out of sight
He won't return again, just to hear that girl explain
A 1905 recording by Burt Shepard on a Gramophone Concert 78 record may be heard at
Albums
Music for London (The Gift of Music) – CD (2008)