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Thread #56254   Message #878345
Posted By: Lanfranc
30-Jan-03 - 07:53 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Turned Up: 'Mary Ellen at the church ...'
Subject: Lyr Req: Mary Ellen at the church turned up
I've flown this one before, without success, but perhaps I'll be luckier this time!

Does anyone know the other verses to this old music hall song, which I remember being sung, but not recorded, by Redd Sullivan.

Chorus:
Mary Ellen at the church turned up
Her Ma turned up and her Pa turned up
Her sister Gert, and her rich uncle Bert
And the Vicar in his long white shirt turned up
But no bridegroom with a ring turned up
But a telegram boy with his nose turned up
Brought a telegram that said he didn't want to wed
And they found him in the river with his toes turned up

Verse 1:
In our little village there has been a tragedy,
Deary, deary me, such a terrible tragedy
Mary Ellen Bottomley she was supposed to have been wed
But when she turned up at the church this is what they said.

Chorus:

... If there had been a wedding, there'd have been a funeral too...

That last is the only other line I can remember, but the burden of the story was that poor old ME's intended was already married!

Can anyone out there help me complete this? I've Googled and BBC'd and been through Music Hall sites galore, but nowhere can I find the other verses, most sites that have the song just have the chorus.

Alan