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GUEST,Robin Lyr Req: The Stuttering Bum ("Jehosaphat & Jones") (15) Lyr Add: THE STUTTERING BUM (from Ronnie Barker) 20 Sep 09


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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