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Thread #140776 Message #4166901
Posted By: Jim Dixon
04-Mar-23 - 07:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Music-hall songs sung by Will Fyffe
Subject: Lyr Add: SANDY’S HOLIDAY (Will Fyffe)
My transcription from the recording at YouTube (which provides a clear view of the original record label).
SANDY’S HOLIDAY Words and music by Will Fyffe As recorded by Will Fyffe on Regal G 7703, 1921.
I’ve just been down to London for to have a holiday. I’ve never been so far away fae hame. Oh, the wife was awf’ly anxious when I started on the trip, When I've never been so far away my lane. I got an invitation from an English friend o’ mine To dig with him in London, don’t you see? He asked me quite a dozen times; the last time did the trick, For he said that he would pay the fare for me.
CHORUS: Oh, whack fall, titty fall loll, toora loora lay! The sun was shinin’ brightly on the day I sailed away. I took a couple o’ bob wi’ me; I like to pay my way. Oh, whack fall, titty fall loll, toora loora lay! REPEAT CHORUS
Oh, London is a busy place an’ lots o’ people there. I love the bonny lassies, don’t you see? They were fairly captivated when they saw me in my kilt. My wee bit shuggie-shuggle took their ee. Then a bonny wee bit lassie wi’ a face just like a doll, She took my arm around Trafalgar Square. Says she: “It disnae matter, Sandy; no one knows you’re here,” But I'm awful glad the missus wasnae there.
Oh, whack fall, titty fall loll, toora loora lay! She took me to the pictures and of coorse I had to pay, And when the show was finished, then she helped herself to scotch. She helped herself to more than that; that’s how I lost my watch. CHORUS
[Andy Stewart also recorded this song. See YouTube.]