Only a couple of words differently in the version I sing:

THEY DON'T WRITE THEM LIKE THAT ANY MORE
(Betts)

Chorus:
And ee, how we could sing, what joy those nights would bring
Singing for hours on end
Once we found the key - oh what harmony
Those boozie voices could blend
Heart of My Heart, just for a start
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
When it comes to an end it's "let's sing it again"
They don't write them like that any more

Da's drunk again and he's brought lots of men
And their wives back home from the pub
They've got no beer but you need have no fear
Tam's gone round the back door of the club
Someone's playing a piano as if using a sledgehammer
Murdering There Goes My Heart
There's a burst through the door, and it's Bert and what's more
Hes' brought the beer, so we're ready to start

Ma's in the kitchen tryin' to knock up a snack
From the chicken we had this afternoon
Jack says, Where's the toilet, Ma says, "out the back,
And by the looks - not a minute too soon
Then a laugh shakes the whole house: Jack's fell in the coalhouse
Man, he's as drunk as a newt
But with his face coloured black he's not taken aback
He sings Mammy and the rest follows suit

Half past one in the mornin', and Dad's started yawnin'
He's got to be workin' at six
A bored audience is watchin' while Tony is botchin'
And messin' an easy card tricks
Ah but it's time to go now, and Dads got the knowhow
To make 'em all want to go home
"Cos when you're all full of beer the last thing you want to hear
Is a tune on his paper and comb

Cheers

bugsy

HTML line breaks added --JoeClone, 3-Jan-02.