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Thread #98628   Message #1956743
Posted By: Jim Dixon
03-Feb-07 - 02:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cockney Sparrow? / Eros (Sydney Carter)
Subject: Lyr Add: EROS (Sydney Carter)
Dave Bryant posted these lyrics in a BS thread. Since they'd be hard to find there, I'll copy them here:

EROS
Sydney Carter

Me father was a Cupid and me mother pushed a barrer.
I was born in Piccadilly, with a bow and arrer.

CHORUS: One leg up and one leg down like an old cock sparrer,
Flying over Piccadilly with me bow and arrer.

Caesar came to London Town, thought the girls were pretty.
Look at all those Roman noses, walking round the City.

Up the river came a load of whiskers long and flaxen.
If your eyes are china blue, then blame it on a Saxon.

Up the river came a Viking, out for blood and thunder,
Saw a lady to his liking, then began to plunder.

William came to conquer us, then we got the Yanks, sir;
So, if you look like Georgie Bush, then you know who to thank, sir.

I've got feathers on me back, and arrers in me quiver,
Just because me father came a-flying up the river.

Where's your Cockney pedigree? I'm surprised you asked it.
Everybody's been and put a bun into the basket.