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Now I went looking for work one day And wherever I came to look The first thing that they asked me for Was my insurance book I was sent to clean the windows The lady said to me 'Before you start upon the job, Your book I'll have to see.' I started sticking me stamp on But just as I begun The lady thought I wanted a kiss So up the stairs did run Her husband came with a knobbly stick He said I was a scamp He caught me on my tummy-tum-tum While I was licking the stamp One day feeling a bit run down A doctor I went to see He looked at my insurance book Before he looked at me He popped some medicine down my throat He thought I was a tramp He said, 'The medicine makes you work So don't forget your stamp' I started sticking the stamp on But to the railings clung For a big mad bull came rushing along And when he saw my tongue He tossed me into a china shop I thought I'd got the cramp And there I sat on a china cat While I was licking me stamp Every Monday morning a brand new stamp I'd stick inside of my book I always have to have a drink Before my tongue will lick Last week I had a pint of scotch Inside a Tram I got Before my tongue got nicely moist I had to drink the lot. I started sticking the stamp on As I sat in the Tram One lady with a wooden leg Said to me, 'Hi, young man? Who are you making faces at?' And sloshed me with her gamp There was I with her leg in my eye While I was licking the stamp. Every Monday I take for lunch A bit of cold meat with me One morning it was black with fog And when I went out to see I wrapped my meat in a handkerchief Just like a silly Turk I put me pants on inside out And off I rushed to work. I started sticking me stamp on As I rushed through the fog By accident I rushed into A house that kept a dog He gave me such a bite I shouted out with fright 'Will someone bring a lamp?' For at my lunch he was having a munch While I was licking me stamp. |
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| Written and composed by Willie Wye & Harry Champion - 1913 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performed by Harry Champion (1865-1942) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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