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Thread #12154 Message #94788
Posted By: Bert
13-Jul-99 - 02:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Ballad of Bethnal Green (P Roberts)
Subject: RE: Still looking for Ballad of Bethnal Green
He did an album called "Strictly for grownups"(I think)
A snippet from one of the numbers goes...
When I was a boy scout and you were a brownie We leaned all the regulations, of which there were lots We went to the woods and we practiced them over You did your semaphore while I did my knots.
There was another one called "Love isn't what it used to be" Which contains the classic line "Just grab a handful and damn the finesse"