A popular song from 1929 Words by Edgar Leslie Music by Walter Donaldson
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Lyrics
Chorus:
I left Frisco Kate
Swingin’ on the Golden Gate
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
I left Ma and Pa, out in Oma-ha-ha-ha
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
She comes from Missouri and she showed me
Like a Texas steer she buffaloed me
Every Jim and Jack
Got the well known Hackensack
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
Chorus:
I just played the chill, for the famous Diamond Lil
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
Folks in New Rochelle said
“He ain’t done right by Nell”
Since Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
I gave Georgia Brown my watch case Sunday
I gave Louisville Lou the “works” on Monday
I passed up those Queens
Like you’d pass up Boston Beans
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me