| SILK HAT TONY (They Built Piccadilly For Me) |
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You can tell by my manner and style I'm a swell, yes, a swell all the while It's one life of pleasure, I stroll at my leisure My stride to an inch is correct Bond Street measure I walk up and down Piccadilly From sunrise to close of the day I've strolled the same beat till I've worn out my feet And my ankles have senile decay. I'm Silk Hat Tony, I'm down and I'm stony I'm not only broke but I'm bent The fringe round my trousers keeps lashing the houses But, dammit, I'm gay and content I stroll the West gaily, you'll see me there daily From Burlington Arcade up to the Old Bailey I'm Tony, I'm stony But that makes no difference you see If I haven't a fraction, I've this satisfaction They built Piccadilly for me. |
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| Written and composed by William Hargreaves - 1913 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performed by J.W. Rickaby (1869-1929) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||