The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #55544 Message #1890936
Posted By: melodeonboy
22-Nov-06 - 02:20 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Spotted Dick
Subject: Lyr Add: SPOTTED DICK
Here's the version that I sing (fairly similar to the Louise Fuller version - not surprising as I believe she came from a fairly similar area/background to me):
Tonight I feel so happy, tonight I feel so gay My mother's got a roly-poly pudding on the way I see her put the suet in, the currants in as well Tonight I'm having Spotted Dick, this story I must tell
(Chorus: Pretty much as above)
Then there is my girlfriend, she is a lovely girl Her eyes are like the setting sun, her teeth as white as pearl There's only one thing wrong with her, she isn't very fat Tonight she's having spotted dick, so what'll she make of that
The vicar of our country church, he has but one desire He likes to warm his roly-poly pudding by the fire He wraps it up in greaseproof, he jumps and shouts with glee And then he makes a pig of hisself and sings abide with me
Then there is old grandpa, he never gets enough Though he's nearly ninety, he's a bugger for his duff He loves his roly-poly, it fills him with delight, He may be nearly ninety but he's having a bit tonight