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Thread #67172   Message #3461796
Posted By: GUEST
05-Jan-13 - 01:35 PM
Thread Name: need the song title-tomatoes are soft: Uncle Jim
Subject: RE: help I need the song title-tomatoes are soft
My granddad (born 1907) used to sing this version:

Last night I went walking with my Uncle Jim.
Someone was throwing tomatoes at him.
"Tomatoes don't hurt me," he said with a grin,
"But that one, it did; it was still in the tin."

CHORUS: Toora-lie, Toora-lay. If you don't know the chourus, it's Toora-lie-ay.
Last night I did die and to Hell I did go,

And where I came from they wanted to know.
And when I said "Wigan," the Devil did stare.
"Get out, young man, we've enough come from there."

CHORUS

Last night I did die and to Heaven did go,
And where I came from they wanted to know.
And when I said "Wigan," St. Peter did stare.
"Come in, young man, you're the first one from there."

CHORUS