| GILBERT THE FILBERT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I am known round Town as a fearful blood For I come straight down from the dear old flood And I know who's who, and I know what's what And between the two I'm a trifle hot For I set the tone as you may suppose For I stand alone when it comes to clothes And as for gals just ask my pals Why everybody knows. Chorus: I'm Gilbert the Filbert the Knut with a K The pride of Piccadilly the blasé roué Oh Hades, the ladies, who leave their wooden huts For Gilbert the Filbert the Colonel of the Knuts. You may look upon me as a waster, what? But you ought to see how I fag and swot For I'm called by two, and by five I'm out Which I couldn't do if I slacked about Then I count my ties and I change my kit And the exercise keeps me awfully fit Once I begin I work like sin I'm full of go and grit. Chorus: |
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| Written and composed by Arthur Wimperis & Herman Finck - 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performed by Basil Hallam (1889-1916) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||