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Thread #71095 Message #3081027
Posted By: Steve Gardham
23-Jan-11 - 06:44 PM
Thread Name: Origins: little shirt my mother gave to me?
Subject: RE: Origins: little shirt my mother gave to me?
Here's my Gran's version which I sing occasionally. It's probably pretty close to the orginal as she would have learnt it when it first appeared.
I'll never forget the day that I was born Twas on a cold and frosty winter's morn The doctor said I was a funny chap And then the nurse she laid me on her lap, She washed me all over I remember Then after powder puffing me you see She laid me in a cradle by the fender In the little shirt me mother made for me.
The first day that I wore me knickerbocks I did feel funny after wearing frocks I looked a little picture they all say But when I went out on the street to play All the people in the street at me were staring So in the street I took em off you see It's a good thing for me that I was wearing The little.....
The first time I went on me 'olidays Upon the briny ocean I did gaze, The water looked so cool I thought I'd go And have a swim, but in a minute, Oh! All the girls on the beach were staring And some were taking pictures I could see It's a good......