From the musical play “Little Johnny Jones”, 1904.
Words and music by George M. Cohan.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- We’d like to take a drive around
An hour or two or three
‘Op in me ‘ansom, ‘Op in me ‘ansom
The Tower of London we should
Really, dearly love to see
‘Op in me ‘ansom cab
There is not a thing in London we won’t show
There is not a thing in London we don’t know
Hyde Park they say is grand
We want to hear the band
We want to see the strand
‘Op in me ‘ansom cab
Chorus
Crack, crack, will go the whip
Upon his blooming back
And off we’ll go
Will you show me all about the city here?
Pretty near
Point me out the diff’rent spots of interest
Very best
And will you tell me all about it, Sir?
Oh I shall gab
So very much I want to see
And want to hear the history
Then, ‘op in me ‘ansom
‘Op in me ‘ansom
‘Op in me ‘ansom cab
- The House of Parliament
We’d really like to see, of course
‘Op in me ‘ansom, ‘Op in me ‘ansom
And after that we’d like to take
A drive to Charing Cross
‘Op in me ‘ansom cab
Straight a Piccadilly we will go, you know
Drive you through the Park
And show you Rotten Row
Please take us ev’rywhere
Drive us to Leicester Square
Show us the actors there
‘Op in me ‘ansom cab
Sung here by Fred Feild: