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Thread #82808   Message #1518277
Posted By: Fiona
08-Jul-05 - 04:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ee By Gum (from Fivepenny Piece)
Subject: Eeh By Gum Broon Coo
Does anyone know the proper title and the rest of the lyrics for this song as I can't find it in the DT.

The lyrics I do know are,

'Jonathan Pratt were a gravely chap and he liked his pint of ale.
That's why his nose was always red and his cheeks was always pale,
And if tha stops him on the street to ask the time of day,
In drunken tones as he raised his hat, this is what he'd say:

Eeh by gum broon coo, eeh by gum broon coo,
Cos me hands are like stone, me feet are like lead,
Ah hanna bin warm sin Ah left me bed,
Ah skips right up t'fire, as near as Ah'm allowed.
An Ah might git gradley warm at last,
Eeh by gum broon coo.'

I know there's another verse (at least about a parson stopping him but we can't remember them.

Many thanks,
Fiona