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Thread #57891   Message #3915660
Posted By: Steve Gardham
06-Apr-18 - 01:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: burglar boy? / Old Maid & Burglar
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: burglar boy? / Old Maid & Burglar
My grandad's version is formed by a verse in a parody on the song 'My Own Bluebell' of 1904. In the 3 verses 'Bluebell' is in turn a singer in the Music Hall, a girl, and a racehorse. Here's the middle verse

One night I went out burgling, I entered a house at dark
And when I got to Bluebell's room I fairly got a start,
For she had a loaded pistol, she placed it against my head,
She said "Marry me or I'll fire," so I looked at her face and said,
"Goodbye old Bluebell. Farewell, adieu,
I've seen better faces on the monkeys in the zoo.
When I first saw you, i thought you was a beaut,
But if that's your face, it's a damn disgrace
And for the lord's sake shoot!

A recording made in the 60s is on the British library Sound Archive website under my name and my grandfather, Jack Sykes.