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Gasoline Gus and His Jitney Bus Lyrics by Billy Murray

1915

[Verse 1:]
\nDid you ever hear the story? Did you ever hear the yarn?
\n('Bout what?) 'Bout Gasoline Gus
\nHe saved up a dollar and he borrowed twenty cents
\n(Then what?) Bought a jitney bus
\nHis coffee mill was made of tin
\nBut tin was made to pack things in
\nHe hung a sign and it read thus:
\n"This is Gasoline Gus and his jitney bus."
\n
\n[Chorus:]
\nGus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
\nGasoline Gus and his jitney bus
\nHe packed them on the fenders and he packed them on the hood
\nHe packed them by the dozen and the other dozen stood
\nFrom out the heap there came a cry:
\n"Hey, take that suitcase out of my eye."
\nGus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
\nGasoline Gus and his jitney bus
\n
\n[Verse 2:]
\nDid I tell you what he purchased? Did I tell you what he used?
\n(Who used?) Why, Gasoline Gus
\nHe bought a ton of dynamite, he bought a pint of gin
\n(For what?) For his jitney bus
\n"It's got a bigger kick than gasoline,"
\nSaid Gus as he loaded his tin machine
\nA lady said, "Don't go too far."
\nSaid Gus, "It's not that kind of a car."
\n
\n[Chorus:]
\nGus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
\nGasoline Gus and his jitney bus
\nHe turned a dozen somersaults, then he looped the loop
\nHe made a bigger noise than the boarders eating soup
\nHow far he went I quite forget
\nBut, according to Hoyle, he's not back yet!
\nGus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
\nGasoline Gus and his jitney bus
\n
\n[Verse 3:]
\nDo you want to hear the finish? Do you want to hear the end?
\n('Bout what?) 'Bout Gasoline Gus
\nHe bumped into old Satan and he got old Satan's goat
\n(With what?) With his jitney bus
\nOld Satan frowned; said, "Take him out
\nAnd let him ride my imps about."
\nIn fifteen minutes, big as life
\nHe was making love to the old boy's wife
\n
\n[Chorus:]
\nGus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
\nGasoline Gus and his jitney bus
\nThey telephoned old Satan that his wifey had eloped
\nWith a funny looking fellow in a funny little boat
\nOld Satan never turned a hair
\nHe smiled and said, "They're a perfect pair."
\nGus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
\nGasoline Gus and his jitney bus\n\n
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Billy Murray

Billy Murray

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