SPOTTED DICK.

Origin - Music Hall - A song about a steamed pudding using flour currants and suet.

Last 2 verses - Geoff Hardman - Anglesey.


Tonight I am so happy, Tonight I am so gay (Old meaning)
Me mothers got a rolly poly pudding on the way
I saw her put the currants in and the lumps of fat
Tonight we'll have some Spotted Dick well what do you think of that,

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We're having a bit tonight tonight we're having a bit tonight
Me mother says I must be quick to get me bit of Spotted Dick
I loves me rolly poly it fills me with delight
We haven't had any since Christmas but we're having a bit tonight.

Then there is me Uncle Bill and me Auntie Nell
Then there is the lodger he likes his bit as well
Then there is me ould granda' he's really very tough
Although he's nearly ninety he's a bugger for his dough (duff)

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Then there is me brother Joe he lives in London town,
He hasn't had a bit for years it's really got him down.
But now he's getting married he's going to be alright,
'Cause Josephine his girlfriend says he'll get a bit each night

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Then there is me sister Liz, she's a lovely girl,
Her hair is like the waving corn her teeth are like the pearl
There's only one thing wrong with her she isn't very fat.
Tonight I'll give her Spotted Dick, well what do you think of that.

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Now little sister Lizzie she really loves her dough(duff)
And since she started getting it she just can't get enough
And little brother Willie, he is an awful brat,
And if you do not watch him well he gives it to the cat

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Me mother's rolly poly, it is the very best
It really fills your belly and puts hairs upon your chest.
So if you're feeling poorly, or if you're feeling sick
There's nothing better for you than a bit of Spotted Dick

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