Most folks when they grow up
At times they do presume
In things that have gone by
It please them to amuse;
How I remember well,
I never felt such joy
Ever since the day when I got birched
In my suit of corduroy

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Then around me, young and old, around
If ever you wish to join me
If ever you wish to buy a suit
You buy the corduroy.

When father come home at night
If drunk we used to rob
And in the course of a week or so
We had up seven bob [i.e. 7 shillings; 0.45 of a euro]
My mother said unto me,
Jack, come with me my boy;
Let's go to Groves's shop
And buy a suit of corduroy

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We soon picked out the suit
The best that we could find;
It fitted very well in front
But hellish slack behind.
Ah, never mind, the shopman said,
He is a growing boy
I warrant his little arse
Will soon fill out the corduroy

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I felt quite proud
My mother she paid the brunt
It had two pockets by the side
And a little hole in front.
As I went marching down the street
The people they did say,
How very well he looks
In his suit of corduroy!

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One day I was taken sick
I told my mother my fault
She said: My boy, you must be ill
And give me a dose of salts
And when the salts begin to work
The buttons begin to fly,
Before I had my trousers down
I [raspberry] my corduroy

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As I was walking down the street
Some feller shouted, Jim!
Let's go to the canal
And there we'll have a swim!
And while we were swimming about,
Me and this other boy,
Some feller runned away
With my suit of corduroy

Chorus:

As naked as I was born
I was drove home in a cab
And when my mother heard of this
It nearly drove her mad.
She said, You silly little goose,
You're a very naughty boy!
But I shall never forget the day
When I [raspberry] my corduroy.

Last chorus.

(Charlie Wills, Somerset/Dorset, c.1971)