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Thread #171646 Message #4154833
Posted By: Monologue John
12-Oct-22 - 02:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs and Recitations of Weston & Lee
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Songs and Recitations of Weston & Lee
Here comes OXO written by RP Weston and Fred Barnes Performed Billy Williams
Now, Two little bow-legged boys And one little knock-kneed kid Knocked their heads, I mean their legs Together oh yes they did. Said the one with the legs like X 'You two have legs like O's But stand by me and I'll get all three Good food and the finest clothes.' So out they went all three And the people yelled with glee:
Here comes OXO, O-X-O, Oxo.' While the kids walked down the street They advertised extract of meat. With gaily coloured socks, Oh, they chase the fairer sex While the bow-legged boys walked one each side, Of the kiddie with legs like X
These three little Oxo boys The Oxo firm soon found Went in all three to the Company And demanded a thousand pounds. Said the boss with a smiling face: 'You're a good advert I know,' And they gave each kid a hundred quid And told them they could go. And as they marched away You could hear the people say:
These three little Oxo boys With the cash they got that day On pleasure to the country went But they met three bulls, they say. These three little Oxo boys Were tossed up by each bull With pants all burst They came head first Through a skylight on the school. As through the air they fell, The scholars gave a yell: