This recording was unusually clear, so I think my transcription has it nailed.

You can hear this song at YouTube. It's the second of 2 songs on that "video."


I WANT MEAT (1925)
As recorded by Harry Champion

1. I'm very fond of what I like, and what I like, I like.
When they tell me to eat more fruit, my inside goes on strike.
The roast beef of old England's good enough for me today,
And when my dinner time comes round, you're sure to hear me say:

CHORUS: I want meat. I want meat,
Meat, meat, meat, meat, meat.
I like it cold. I like it hot,
Like it in a stew in the old Dutch pot,
Leg of pork, a leg o' lamb,
Juicy steak and a slice of ham.
I don't want fruit from Alabam'.
I want meat, meat, meat.

2. Now when the world was plotted out, and Noah built the ark,
He didn't take his animals inside just for a lark.
He knew the grub to live on. He knew it wasn't fruit.
Each mealtime when it came around, you'd hear the fam'ly hoot: CHORUS

3. Now who wants a banana when he's worked for eight long hours?
It's just like feeding tigers on a little bunch of flowers.
Just fancy training boxers on an apple grape or plum!
One punch in the larder would send him to Kingdom Come. CHORUS