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Thread #136794   Message #3127182
Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-Apr-11 - 06:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs sung by Gracie Fields
Subject: Lyr Add: THE PARTY'S GETTING ROUGH (Gracie Fields)
Found at Bill Hanks' web site - Click to play an mp3 file. Here's my transcription:


THE PARTY'S GETTING ROUGH
Words and music by Pat Aza, ©1931
As sung by Gracie Fields

It isn't so very often I lose me temper,
But I really couldn't 'elp it the other night,
And when I tell you why I lost me temper,
Well, you're sure to say that I was in the right.

Our neighbour, Mrs Smutty, gave a party.
There were nineteen or twenty of us there
When some of them got a bit familiar,
So I shouted as I flew down the stairs:

"Give me back me 'at an' coat. The party's gettin' rough.
I don't like the way you play at Blind Man's Buff.
Turn up the light, please, Mr Brown.
If you don't, I'll scream the place right down.

"That was not Postman's Knock you played.
It was some new kind of stuff.
I can stand a bit of fun, but come, come, come!
Give me back me 'at an' coat. The party's gettin' rough."

Mrs Smutty said, "I'm awfully sorry,
But you know what boys an' girls at ... be."
I said, "I know, me dear, but that's no reason
Why they should try an' play their tricks on me."

"Don't get upset, my dear," said Mrs Smutty.
So I said, "Right," an' we were friends once more,
But someone said, "Atta boy!" an' this started,
So I shouted out much louder than before:

"I've been to a few parties in me time, but never been to a do like that."
Mrs Smutty said, "What are you goin' so early for, Mrs B?"
I said, "What am I goin' so early for? Ask Mr Robinson. 'E knows.
Blind Man's Buff! 'E wasn't so blindfolded as you all think.

"Next time you play Blind Man's Buff, Mr Robinson,
Have your 'ands blindfolded as well."
Mrs Smutty said, "Oh, well, it must 'ave been an accident."
I said, "Yes, I'm very like to get in an accident every day. Anyway, I'm goin'.

"Give me back me 'at an' coat. The party's gettin' rough.
I may look a muggins, but I've 'ad enough.
You've played a game called Nuts in May,
But I played it in a different way.

"Kiss in the Ring, well it's quite all right
With your little bits of fluff.
I'm a sport, but, ee by gum! Now come, come, come, come, come, come, come!
Give me back me 'at an' coat. The party's gettin' rough."