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GUEST,Cookie Lyr Req: A Bum, A Jolly Good Bum (10) Lyr Req: A Bum, A Jolly Good Bum 14 Jan 03


Anyone know the title and artist of this song? I was told it comes from an old Vaudeville routine and actually has 24 verses - one for each hour of the day. Thanks

   
A bum, a bum, a jolly good bum
A bum I want to be
A bum gets up in the morning
To catch the early train
He washes his face in the frying pan
Forgets to comb his hair
A bum, a bum, a jolly good bum
A bum I want to be

It's four o'clock in the morning
And up upon the wall
The bed bugs and the roaches
Are having a game of ball
The score is six to nothing
The roaches were ahead
The bed bugs hit a homer
And knock me out of bed

Chorus

It's six o'clock in the morning
And Miss Murphy comes around
With a piece of bread and butter
That weighs a half a pound
The butter tastes like tomato juice
The bread is six months stale
It tastes just like the food you get
At any county jail

Chorus


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