from the BBC Word of Mouth message board (this thread)


Tonight I feel so happy, tonight I feel so gay,
My mother's got a roly-poly pudding on the way.
I saw her put the currants in, the suet in as well.
Tonight I'm having Spotted Dick, this story I must tell.

I'm having a bit at Easter, I'm having a bit tonight,
Me mother says I must be quick if I'm to get a Spotted Dick.
I loves me roly-poly, it fills me with delight:
I haven't had any since Easter, so I'm having a bit tonight.

Stringbag Sal's my girlfriend, she's such a lovely girl,
Her eyes are like the setting sun, her teeth as white as pearl.
There's just one thing that's wrong with her, she isn't very fat:
S-o-o-o-o-o Tonight she'll have my Spotted Dick, what'll she think of that?

'Cos she's having a bit at Easter, she's having a bit tonight,
Her mother says she must be quick to get her bit of Spotted Dick.
She loves her roly-poly, it fills her with delight:
She hasn't had any since Easter but she's having a bit tonight.

Then there's dear old grandpa, he seldom gets enough.
Although he's nearly ninety, he's a b*gg*r for his Duff.
So he's having a bit at Easter, he's having a bit tonight,
Me grandma says he's lucky, 'cos he's having a bit tonight.