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Thread #28249   Message #352995
Posted By: GeorgeH
07-Dec-00 - 08:45 AM
Thread Name: Christmas Parodies I
Subject: Lyr Add: ARREST THESE MERRY GENTLEMEN
OK, here's "Arrest These Merry Gentlemen". Fortunately I found it in "Since Time Immoral: The Kipper Family Songbook" which made my life easier. Perhaps I'll copy the only other Christmas song for Monday.

ARREST THESE MERRY GENTLEMEN (C) Dick Nudds and Chris Sugden


Arrest these merry gentlemen and take them all away,
Arrest these merry gentlemen, it may be Christmas Day
But they're singing and they're shouting and they're causing an affray,
So take tidings to Constable Joy, Constable Joy,
So take tidings to Constable Joy,


They started off on Christmas Eve to drink without control,
And in the cellar of the Inn the drunkards they did roll,
And now they've set off home to try to find the wassail bowl,
Chorus


The merry coachman blows his horn as he comes riding past,
The passengers all shout for joy now they've arrived at last,
But Joy arrests the coachman for he's driving much too fast
Chorus


Arrest these little children who go begging in the street,
They're dirty and they're ragged, they've no shoes upon their feet,
They're not the type of person who we really wish to meet,
Chorus


It was a silent night until some rough, unruly lout
Began to pick an argument and loudly he did shout,
And now I think I see some Christmas boxing breaking out,
So take tidings to Constable Joy, Constable Joy,
So take tidings to Constable Joy,