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Thread #9193   Message #3255577
Posted By: Fergie
12-Nov-11 - 11:23 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Is for 'Orses (Cockney alphabet song)
Subject: Lyr Add: COCKNEY ALPHABET ("A is for 'Orses")
Variation of the Cockney alphabet that I learned in the fifties in Dublin.

A is for 'orses (hay is for horses)
B for mutton (beef or mutton)
C for yerself (see for yourself)
D for dumb (deaf or dumb)
E for over (heave her over)
F for vescence (effervescence)
G for police (chief of police)
H for weight (age for weight)
I for big one (I've a big one)
J for oranges (Jaffa oranges)
K for cavern (cave or cavern)
L for leather (hell for leather)
M for sis (emphasis)
N for lope (envelope)
O for the wings of a dove
P for ish (peeverish)
Q for the bus
R for it up (offer it up)
S for Williams (Esther Williams)
T for two (tea for two)
U for me (you for me)
V for la France (viva la France)
W for a bob (double you for a bob)
X for breakfast (eggs for breakfast)
Y for goodness sake (why for goodness sake)
Z for breezes (zephyr breezes)

Fergus