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Thread #80351   Message #1466780
Posted By: Jim Dixon
20-Apr-05 - 11:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Christening (Arthur Askey)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Arthur Askey's The Christening
I found a sound sample here: http://www.musicoutfitter.com/store/item/743625544428/helloplaymates.html
And transcribed this:

..font full of water
And Willie sucking coffee though they said he hadn't oughter.
There was little cousin Nell like Psyche at the well
Standing by the font and grinning like a fool.
There was old Ben Birch taking care of the church,
Looking like someone had left him in the lurch,
All wobbling at the knees, rattling his keys,
Standing all alone like a piece of cheese.
You couldn't see the kid for miles of lace.
"Gee," said its sister Kate, "I'm sure it'll suffocate."
Little pink kid, quite small, brand new
And it was some christening too.
Then the child's godmother...