Here are the lyrics from the Ronnie Barker version, as best as I've been able to hear them. THE STUTTERING BUM (from Ronnie Barker) Mary-Lou, I'm a-calling you up on the telephone To say thanks for coming to the dance with me and letting me take you home. I'm sorry I seemed so nervous and started to stammer and sweat, But it s-started as s-soon as I saw you, and I ain't got over it yet. I stared at your great big b-b-b-b-b-beautiful blue-green eyes, I wondered if you f-f-f-f-f-flirted with all the guys. When you smiled at me, I nearly sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-shot right out the door, 'Cause I'd never seen such pretty little t-t-t-t-t-teeth before. I ain't usually a bashful boy, I've took out other gals. I've kissed them on the b-b-b-b-b-back door step and p-p-p-p-promised to be pals, But since I first caught sight of you on the Brownsville Buggy Ride, Why, I've become a s-s-stuttering bum and my tongue's perpetually t-tied. My c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-collar gets awful tight, When I f-f-f-fear(?) it grows as I did last night, I get a funny feeling in my b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-brain, And I can't ????, just gotta see you again. She said she'd see me Saturday, and I put down the phone. My tongue is back to normal now, and I'm off once more alone. But next time that I meet her, on Saturday night around ten, You can b-bet your b-bottom dollar I'll be a stuttering bum again. I'll grab her by the b-b-b-b-b-barn and p-p-push her inside. I'll take my c-c-c-courage in both hands and ask her to be my b-bride. And if she holds my c-c-c-clammy hand and tells me that she would, I'll f-f-f-f-fetch a preacher right away, that'll cure my stutter for good. That's good! That's g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-good!
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