Here is the version I learnt from my father in the 1950s. Listen to the song I'm going to sing you You'll laugh till you haven't any breath People seem to think it very funny When they hear of a violent death Poor little Solomon Snoozer behaved just like an ass He searched the house with a candle Looking for a big escape of gas. Chorus: And there was more work for the Undertaker Another little job for the tombstone maker At the local cemetery they've been very busy On a brand new grave - Snoozer's snuffed it. Simon Shuter laboured on the railway, his work he was very clever at One day he was polishing the railway tracks with a lump of mouldy fat Up came a runaway engine. He stood upon the track He held up his hands for he firmly believed He could push the locomotive back. Chorus: And there was more work for the Undertaker Another little job for the tombstone maker At the local cemetery they've been very busy On a brand new grave – for Simon had been shunted. Reuben he was standing on Broadway. Of cable cars he'd heard an awful lot. He wanted to see how the old thing worked So he looked down in the slot. A car came up behind him. He didn't hear the bell. The bump of the car changed his address From Broadway down to... Chorus: And there was more work for the Undertaker Another little job for the tombstone maker At the local cemetery they've been very busy On a brand new grave for Reuben by cable. Now little Freddy Fickleton the fat boy went to visit his Uncle Brown And just as he was leaving Uncle gave him half a crown So feeling very, very thirsty Fred went into a shop Drank ten lemonades a dozen ginger beers And then there was a terrible pop. Chorus: And there was more work for the Undertaker Another little job for the tombstone maker At the local cemetery they've been very busy On a brand new grave –for Freddy had busted. Peter Pickles visited the circus and saw what he never could forget One of the performers jumped from the top of the tent into a net. Early the very next morning, Peter tried a similar drop Jumped from a building twenty storeys high And landed on a big fat cop. Chorus: And there was more work for the Undertaker Another little job for the tombstone maker At the local cemetery they've been very busy On a brand new grave –for Peter and the policeman.
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