Lyr Add: Tally-I-O the Grinder

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tally -i-o the grinder
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 14 May 05 - 10:44 AM

Makes me think of a joke, no doubt apocryphal (however you spell that) attributed to George Bernard Shaw and his wife:

GBS: Men are more intelligent than women, don't you agree, dear?

Mrs. GBS: Yes. That's why we marry you, and you, us.

(Love the part where he begrudges her the money to buy a bit of lace or a new pot at the fair!)

Subject: Lyr Add: TALLY-I-O THE GRINDER
From: TheBigPinkLad
Date: 13 May 05 - 04:07 PM

Just jotted down the words from listening to a favourite version (The Hush with the inimitable Ray Stubbs). Here you go:

Tally-I-O the Grinder

O Saturday night I lost me wife
I didn't know where to find her
Found her at home, sitting alone
Tally-i-o the grinder!

Me wife she is a winsome thing
No woman could be kinder
I love to hear her dance and sing
Tally-i-o the grinder!

Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o the grinder!
Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o the grinder!

It's seldom she could fret or scold
And then I never mind her
I loved her young I love her old
Tally-i-o the grinder!

Me wife she went unto the fair
And left her money behind her
She nivvor knew till she got there
Tally-i-o the grinder!

Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o the grinder!
Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o the grinder!

I never grou'ed in all me life
That in wedlock I'd joined her
She's always been a canty wife
Tally-I-o the grinder!

Oh if you meet her in the street
Be certain that you mind her
She always goes so smart and neat
Tally-I-o the grinder!

Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o the grinder!
Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o! Tally-i-o the grinder!