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Thread #95964   Message #1872666
Posted By: Jim Dixon
30-Oct-06 - 09:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I Played My Concertina (Sam Mayo)
Subject: Lyr Add: I PLAYED MY CONCERTINA (f. Arthur Osmond)
There's a complete mp3 file here, at the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at UC Santa Barbara:

I PLAYED MY CONCERTINA
As sung by Arthur Osmond on Edison Standard Record 10209, 1909.

This concertina, you must know,
I take with me where'er I go.
While I was sailing once abroad,
My poor wife she fell overboard.
I said, "I am a selfish clown.
I can't stand here and see her drown."
So I shut my eyes and sat me down
And played my concertina.

One day whilst bathing in the sea,
Some ladies had a game with me.
Those naughty ladies, sad to say,
They pinched my clothes and ran away.
"Give me my clothes," I had to screech,
But they stuck to them just like a leech,
So I walked home along the beach
And played my concertina.

At twelve o'clock the other night,
I rushed around to Doctor White.
When I got there and rang the bell,
The doctor came and shouted, "Well!
Please tell me, sir, what brings you here
At twelve o'clock? It's very queer."
I said, "I thought you'd like to hear
Me play my concertina."

For a donkey ride I went one day,
And in my usual careless way,
I pinned my concertina to
The donkey's tail, and off we flew.
I gave a shout as we set sail.
He jumped me up till I felt pale,
And every time he wagged his tail,
It played my concertina.