Not even sure where I found this now, but the second verse seems to fit the tune better. Hope it helps. The reference to Lord Lovell would be what was once called a "minced oath", both for the rhyme (= shovell) and possibly for the benefit of the Lord Chamberlain. Jimmy Bean (What a Mouth) Old Jimmy Bean was a funny looking fellow If he had a bigger mouth, you'd've took him for the cellar But his mouth-- Queered him- From winning a beauty show Oh, it was like a steam boat funnel, Or a railway arch, Or the Blackwall tunnel, And you can't- See Jim- When he opens his mouth, you know. And as old Jim goes a-walkin' about- You can 'ear the kids all 'ollerin' out- Chorus: What a mouth, What a mouth, What a North and South Blimey, what a mouth he's got. When he was a baby, Oh Lord Lovell, His poor old mother used to feed 'im with a shovel What a gap-- Poor chap-- He's never been known to laugh For if he did, it's a penny to a quid That 'is face would fall in half… What a mouth, what a mouth, Oh Lor, Oh Lumme He can whisper in his own ear, ain't that funny, And to quench His thirst, He takes a little drink you know, He got so drunk one foggy night He lay down in the road Just as a poor Old man Came round delivering coal… And as he went to shoot the load – He saw Jim's mouth there in the road – What a mouth, what a mouth, What a North and South, Blimey what a mouth he's got, That poor old man bein' a short sighted fellah Well he saw Jim's mouth and he took it for the cellar And he shot The lot, Right into Jim's mouth, no joke, Jim poor soul's got a belly full of coal And he coughs up lumps of coke.
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