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Thread #100697   Message #3462876
Posted By: Jim Dixon
07-Jan-13 - 06:34 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Could Lloyd George Do It? (Weston/Lee)
Subject: Lyr Add: COULD LLOYD GEORGE DO IT? (Weston/Lee)
Here's my attempt at a transcription based on the YouTube recording linked above. Note there are several gaps indicated by ellipses, and the words adjoining them should be regarded as doubtful. Corrections would be appreciated:


COULD LLOYD GEORGE DO IT?
Written by R P Weston ; B Lee
As sung by Stanley Lupino on Columbia 3718.

There's a lot of clever men that the ordinary hen
Can take them down a peg.
Whilst they're laying down the law, the old chicken in the straw
Sits her down and she lays an egg, that's all.
She lays … new-laid egg.
But could Lloyd George do it? Could Winston do it?
Could Baldwin do it? Why, no!
Could Ramsay Mac and the other clever men
Do the same as the poor old hen?
The hen lays an egg; nobody has ever
Said that it was wonderful or marvelous or clever,
But could Lloyd George do it? Could Winston do it?
Could Baldwin do it? Why, no!

Now the ordinary cat takes … upon the mat
Without the aid of knives,
And its … upon the tiles can be heard for thirty miles,
And it also has nine lives, that's all,
With perhaps two thousand wives.
But could Lloyd George do it? Could Winston do it?
Could Baldwin do it? Why, no!
Could Peckham Rye or even Shepherd's Bush
Do the same as the sweet little puss?
The cat leads a life that is nothing else but clover.
With his little tongue he can wash himself all over,
And could Lloyd George do it? Could Winston do it?
Could Baldwin do it? Why, no!

See the flighty little fly dancing round the apple pie,
Or your bacon nice and brown,
When you … him with a fork he will fly away and walk
On the ceiling upside down. He walks
On the ceiling upside down,
But could Lloyd George do it? Could Winston do it?
Could Baldwin do it? Why, no!
Could Wellington or Napoleon Bonaparte
Sit for two hours in the raspberry tart?
You swear it's a fly and you … just like a trooper,
But that wouldn't stop him sitting on the bacon … super,
And could Lloyd George do it? Could Winston do it?
Could Baldwin do it? Why, no!

In the wilds of Africa … hip hoorah
The ostrich roams the dales.
But a fortnight he will stand with his head stuck in the sand,
And he eats horseshoes and nails, that's all,
With perhaps amusing ….
But could Lloyd George do it? Could Winston do it?
Could Baldwin do it? Why, no!
Could Henry Ford out in Oshkosh, Mich.
Eat horseshoes like the poor ostrich?
It's only a bird and it's ugly and it's skinny,
But on its fluffy part it grows a feather worth a guinea.
And could Lloyd George do it? Could Winston do it?
Could Baldwin do it? Why, no!