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13 May 05 - 04:07 PM (#1484403) Subject: Lyr Add: TALLY-I-O THE GRINDER From: TheBigPinkLad 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! |
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14 May 05 - 10:44 AM (#1484923) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Tally -i-o the grinder From: GUEST,leeneia 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!) |