OUR FAVOURITE THINGS
(Steve Belsey, Tony Goodenough, Phil Jarrett)

Sheep in galoshes and nuns in black leather
Up on the chandelier, swinging together
Nubile young housemaids, all tied up with string
Those are a few of our favourite things.

High heels and short skirts, suspenders and stockings
Rubberwear catalogue, really quite shocking
Gymnast in gymslips, the though of it brings
A temperature rise, and a few other things...

When the Crew sings, and your ears ring
And it drives you mad
Just try to remember our favourite things
And then it won't seem so bad.

Nudge, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, wink
Nudge, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, wink.

Ladies in G-strings and tarts in white satin
Whips, chains and handcuffs, stilettoes quite Latin
Nice lady wrestlers in t-shirts that cling
Those are a few of our favourite things.

Small furry animals, wild and exciting
Books in the white van so strangely inviting
To which all the singers so avidly cling
Far too int'resting to put in the bin.

When the Crew sings, and your ears ring
And it drives you mad
Just try to remember our favourite things
And then it won't seem so bad.

Nudge, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, wink
Nudge, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, wink.

each Tuesday night, midst the masons and nurses
In a small pokey back room, the group it rehearses
Over and over familiar ground
Tryin' to achieve a spontaneous sound.

Belsey and Money and Spindlow and Jarrett
Chris Roche and Rita and Tony and parrot
Dominic Magog and other strange things
That's what you get when the Shanty Crew sings.

hen the crew sings, and your ears ring
And it drives you mad
Just try to remember our favourite things
And then it won't seem so bad.