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Thread #1893 Message #1454305
Posted By: Mr Happy
07-Apr-05 - 08:38 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Knees Up Mother Brown
Subject: Lyr Add: KNEES UP, MOTHER BROWN! (Weston, Lee)
KNEES UP, MOTHER BROWN! by Harris Weston and Bert Lee (1939)
Knees up, muvver Brahn, Knees up, muvver Brahn, Under the table you must go, Ee eye ee eye ee eye oh! If I catch you bending I'll saw your legs right orf!, SO! Knees up knees up, Don't get the breeze up, Knees up, muvver Brahn!
Oh, my, What a rotten song, What a rotten song, What a rotten song, Oh, my, What a rotten song, And what a rotten singer too!
It's coming by degrees, It's coming by degrees, Got the table, got the chair, Evryfink for a babe to wear, Got the soap and flannel To wash it's dirty knees, We 'aven't got the baby yet, But it's coming by degrees!
Oh, my, What a rotten song, Etc.
Give it to the girl next door, Give it to the girl next door; She goes in for luxuries, She can 'ave it if she pleases, I don' wannit, I tole you so before! Take it away, take it away, Give it to the girl next door
Oh, my, What a rotten song, Etc. Pickin' all the big ones aht, Pickin' all the big ones aht, Oh you should 'a seen me face fulla wrinkles When I saw me pennyworth 'a winkles. All the big ones gorn! It made me rave an' shaht! My ole woman an' seven little kids, Pickin' all the big ones aht!
Oh, my, What a rotten song, Etc.
Knees up, muvver Brahn, Knees up, muvver Brahn, Under the table you must go, Ee eye ee eye ee eye oh! If I catch you bending I'll saw your legs right orf!, SO! Knees up knees up, Don't get the breeze up, Knees up, muvver Brahn!
KNEES UP MOTHER BROWN Traditional Party Song
There came a girl from France Who didn't know how to dance The only thing that she could do Was knees up Mother Brown
Oh, knees up Mother Brown Knees up Mother Brown Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up, Knees up Mother Brown
Oh, hopping on one foot Hopping on one foot Hopping, hopping, never stopping Hopping on one foot
Oh, knees up Mother Brown Knees up Mother Brown Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up, Knees up Mother Brown
Oh, prancing up and down Prancing up and down Prancing, prancing, never dancing Prancing up and down
Oh, knees up Mother Brown Knees up Mother Brown Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up, Knees up Mother Brown
And whirling round and round Whirling round and round Whirling, whirling, never twirling Whirling round and round
Oh, knees up Mother Brown Knees up Mother Brown Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up, Knees up Mother Brown