From The Book of Comic and Dramatic Monologues by Michael Marshall (London : Elm Tree Books/EMI Music Pub., ©1981.)


OUT IN THE COLD, COLD SNOW
Will E. Haines & Jimmy Harper
Sung by Gracie Fields in the film "Love, Life and Laughter" (1934)

1. I wander alone through the city.
Not a friend in the world do I know;
Not a crust, not a bite as I trudge thro' the night
Out in the cold, cold snow.
They think I'm a tramp or a hiker,
But it's pride that compels me to go
Past the homes of the posh thro' the slush and the slosh
Out in the cold, cold snow.

CHORUS: Out in the cold, cold snow –
Out where the cold winds blow –
No-one to love me and nowhere to go
Out in the cold, cold snow.

2. It's all through the bloke that I married,
When he gambled and spent all the dough;
Then he slung me, Oh Heck! By the back of the neck,
Out in the cold, cold snow.
He left me with one little off-spring,
Cast your eye on our John Willie Joe:
Does it seem worth a kiss to be landed like this
Out in the cold, cold snow.

3. One dark night I jumped in the river
For to end all my weal and my woe;
But I just missed the flood, so I stuck in the mud,
Out in the cold, cold snow.
I've only the rags that I'm wearing.
All my silks went in pawn long ago:
But I keep out the wet with my red flannelette,
Out in the cold, cold snow.

4. Last night I was chased by a bandit,
He took me for the Duchess of Bow;
'Where's your town house?' he cried, and to him I replied,
Out in the cold, cold snow.
I don't seek revenge on my 'usband
'Cause to blazes I'm sure he will go:
Then how glad he would be to change places with me,
Out in the cold, cold snow.