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Ezio Lyr Req: The German Clockwinder (25) LYR: The German Clockwinder - HELP please 21 Dec 98


I cannot understand some words of this funny (and a little smutty) traditional song; also, I'm not sure to catch correctly the words I do understand.
Could you help, please? You can listen this song (as sung and arranged by Danny Doyle - RealAudio format) HERE
Thanks in advance, and .... best wishes for a merry Xmas to you all!

Ezio


The German Clockwinder

1) Well a German clockwinder to Dublin once came
2) Hector von Gerten was the _________ German name
3) All down the street with his little brass bell
4) 'Clocks for to wind' this old German would yell

Chorus

5) Too Dee Loo m My Too Dee Loo m
6) In the old fashion way
7) I wind them by night and I mend them by day
8) Ding dong - ding dong

9) Well he met a young woman in ___ William Square
10) She said __________ clock who's need of repair
11) She took him upstairs and he followed with delight
12) An in less than ten minutes he set her clock right

Chorus

13) Now this old German was the ladies' delight
14) And he often went to them by day and by night
15) Some went too fast and the others went too slow
16) But _________________________________ all go

Chorus

17) Now while they were busy at what they were at
18) ______________________ sudden there came a ____ hat
19) In came her husband who got such a shock
20) For to see the old German wind up his wife's clock

Chorus

21) Now ___________ clock _______ was mend ________ repair
22) And the poor old German he got such a scare
23) Never oh never for the rest of his life
24) Will he wind up the clock of another man's wife


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