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01-34 song: Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus (1915) (3:29)
Day 1 (Dec 2007) – Track 34 – 12:38 PM (12:38:06)

A very addictive song about a man, a bus, and Satan.

(full description below, and in lyrics tag of MP3 file)

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01-34 song: Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus (1915) (3:29)
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A very addictive song about a man, a bus, and Satan.
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Day 1 (Dec 2007) – Track 34 – 12:38 PM (12:38:06)
The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com) – “An audio world to discover and explore.”
Created by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com) in New Jersey, USA
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Song “Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus”. Released in 1915 on Edison Records. Performed by: Billy Murray and chorus. Composers: Byron Gay and Charley Brown. Sheet music scans (with slightly different lyrics than this version): http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagGasoline&Rag&main
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Lyrics:

Did you ever hear the story, did you ever hear the yarn?
‘Bout what?
‘Bout Gasoline Gus

He saved up a dollar then he borrowed twenty cents
Then what?
For the Jitney Bus

His coffee mill was made of tin
But tin was made to pack things in
He hung a sign and it read thus
This is Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus

Gus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus
He packed them on the fenders and he packed them on the hood
He packed them by the dozen and the other dozen stood

From out the heap there came a cry
Hey take that suitcase out of my eye

Gus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus

Did I tell you what he purchased, did I tell you what he used?
Who used?
Why Gasoline Gus

He bought a ton of dynamite
He bought a pint of gin
For what?
For his Jitney Bus

It’s got a bigger kick than gasoline
Said Gus as he loaded his tin machine
A lady said “don’t go too far”
Said Gus “it’s not that kind of a car”

Gus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus
He turned a dozen somersaults and then he looped the loop
He made a bigger noise than the boarders eating soup

How far he went I quite forget
But according to Hoyle he’s not back yet

Gus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus

Do you want hear the finish?
Do you want to hear the end?

‘Bout what?

‘Bout Gasoline Gus

He bumped into old Satan
And he got old Satan’s goat
With what?
With his Jitney Bus

Old Satan frowned
Said “Take him out, and let him ride my imp about”
In fifteen minutes, big as life
He was making love to the old boy’s wife

Gus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus

They telephoned old Satan that his wifey had eloped
With a funny looking fellow in a funny little boat
Old Satan never turned a hair
He smiled and said “they’re a perfect pair”

Gus, Gus, Gasoline Gus
Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus

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License for the audio contained in this file: Public Domain (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/). Source: Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project (University of California, Santa Barbara) (http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=4&query=Gasoline%20Gus&num=1&start=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=id) Credits – Released in 1915 on Edison Records. Performed by: Billy Murray and chorus. Composers: Byron Gay and Charley Brown.
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The Overnightscape Underground is a companion project to The Overnightscape (theovernightscape.com), an Internet radio show hosted by Frank since March 2003.
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