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Thread #96785 Message #2889538
Posted By: Jim Dixon
19-Apr-10 - 12:42 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Slap Bang, Here We Are Again
Subject: Lyr Add: SLAP BANG
From the Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, Harding B 11(3537):
SLAP BANG
1. O we're a crew of jolly dogs Who never can get cross. We're good at any mortal thing, At fighting, fun, or toss.
CHORUS: And we're always off to the races O! Races O, races, O! And we're always off to the races O! Such jolly dogs are we. We dance, we sing, we laugh, O! ah! We laugh, ha! ha! and dance and sing. Such jolly dogs are we. Fal lal la, fal lal la, fal lal la. Fal lal la, tra la la, fal lal la. Tral di dal di dal, al I da. Slap bang, there we are again, There you are again, there are you again Slap bang, there you are again, Such jolly days are we.
2. Each night we meet at six o'clock. Together all we dine. Each course, of course, soon out of sight, And quickly to the wine.
3. Near eight o'clock sallying forth That is when it is dark I'll do you dads, exclaim the chief, All ready for a lark.
4. To masquerades and hops we go Each smokes the fragrant weed Stick well up for each other If one's in grief or need
5. Waterford, will all his pals In the Haymarket larks, Could never life his head among Our crew of jolly sparks.