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Thread #59991   Message #958654
Posted By: Charley Noble
24-May-03 - 10:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Our Lodger's Such a Nice Young Man
Subject: Lyr Add: OUR LODGER'S SUCH A NICE YOUNG MAN
Here's another Music Hall jewel which I've finally tracked down the words to. I've had fragments of this for years in the form of a photocopy of the original sheet music but now via the world-wide-web:

OUR LODGER'S SUCH A NICE YOUNG MAN
(By Fred Murray & Laurence Barclay, © circa 1900; as sung by Vesta Victoria)

1. At our house not long ago a lodger came to stay,
At first I felt as if I'd like to drive him right away;
But soon he proved himself to be so very good and kind,
That, like my dear mamma, I quite made up my little mind.

CHORUS: Our lodger's such a nice young man, such a good young man is he;
So good, so kind, to all our family!
He's never going to leave us. Oh dear, oh dear no!
He's such a good, goody, goody man. Mamma told me so.

2. He made himself at home before he'd been with us a day,
He kissed Mamma and all of us, 'cos Papa was away;
Before he goes to work he lights the fires and scrubs the floor,
And puts a nice strong cup of tea outside Ma's bedroom door. CHO

3. At night he makes the beds and does the other little jobs
And if the baby hurts itself he really cries and sobs;
On Sunday when Ma's cooking and Papa is at the club,
He takes the kids and baths us all inside the washing tub. CHO

4. We usually go to Margate, in the sea to have a splash,
This year Pa said, "I'm busy!" but I think he had no cash;
The lodger took us down instead, Mamma and baby too,
And never charged Pa anything- now there's a pal for you! CHO

Cordially,
Landlady's Daughter