| THE LITTLE SHIRT MY MOTHER MADE FOR ME | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I shan't forget the day that I was born 'Twas on a cold and frosty winter's morn The doctor said I was a chubby chap And when the nurs she took me on her lap Oh she washed me all over I remember And after powder-puffing me you see She laid me in the cradle near the fender In the little shirt my mother made for me. The first day that I wore me knicker-bocks I did feel funny after wearing frocks I looked a little picture, they all say But when they sent me out to run and play Oh I didn't like the breeches I was wearing So in the street I took 'em off you see And I started walking back home brave and daring In the little shirt my mother made for me. Last year when I was on me holidays Upon the briny ocean I would gaze The water looked so nice I thought I'd go And have a swim, but in a minute, how All the girls upon the beach at me were staring And some were taking snap-shots I could see 'Twas a good job for me that I was wearing The little shirt my mother made for me. When first they told me to school I must go I didn't like the teacher you must know Because I played truant once, oh dear The master shouted, 'Muggins, you come here.' And his thick stick came down wallop on me There's no mistake it spoilt my pedigree I'd the map of England printed nicely on me Near the little shirt my mother made for me. |
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| Written and composed by Harry Wincott - 1903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performed by Tom Woottwell (1865-1941) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||