Tim Gracyk | "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" Arthur Osmond on Edison cylinder recorded in England (1909) @timgracyk | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
"Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" on Edison Gold Moulded 13908, recorded in England.

Arthur Osmond is the singer. His real name is Arthur Gilbert.

Other names used by him (or for him) include Johnny Wakefield, Arthur Wardle, and Arthur Elliott.

At one point he was assistant recording engineer at The National Phonograph Company. He was later chief recording Engineer at Beka.

He died in Hong Kong in 1928 or 1929?

Kelly and his sweetheart wore a very pleasant smile,
And sent upon a holiday they went from Mona's Isle,
They landed safe in London but alas it's sad to say,
For Kelly lost his little girl up Piccadilly way.
She searched for him in vain and then of course began to fret,
And this is the appeal she made to everyone she met:

Has anybody here seen Kelly?
K-E-double-L-Y.
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Find him if you can!
He's as bad as old Antonio,
Left me on my own-ee-o,
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Kelly from the Isle of Man!

When it started raining she exclaimed, "What shall I do?"
For Kelly had her ticket and her spending money too,
She wandered over London like a hound upon the scent,
At last she found herself outside the House of Parliament.
She got among the suffragettes who chained her to the grille,
And soon they heard her shouting in a voice both loud and shrill.