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Thread #85395 Message #1584264
Posted By: Jim Dixon
16-Oct-05 - 04:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Wait Till I'm as Old as Father (Williams)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When I'm As Old as Father
Am I missing something? I went to the site that Joe provided the link to, and I seem to be on the right page, but I can't figure out what I'm supposed to click to make the song play or download.
Billy Williams' recording of WAIT TILL I'M AS OLD AS FATHER is included in the various-artists compilation "Boiled Beef & Cabbage: Australian Stars of the International Music Hall," Larriken CD #325, 1994. I transcribed this from a sound sample:
...holiday, Dad took me round the town one night and he got very gay. He had some scotch and sodas, quite a dozen, I'm afraid, While I was thirsting myself out on rotten lemonade; But wait till I'm as old as Father, rather. Wait till I'm as old as Dad. Just as sure as my name's Jim, I'll be doing the same as him, Having some scotch and sodas. When the time comes, I'll....