Music Hall song
My grandmother she at the age of eighty three,
One day in May took ill and then she died.
And when shew was dead the will of course was read,
By a lawyer as we all stood by his side.
To my broother it was found she had left a hundred pound,
The same unto my sister I declare,
But when it came to me the lawyer said I see,
Granny's left to you the ould armchair.
How they tittered how they chaffed,
how my brohter and my sister laughed,
When they heard the lawyer declare,
Granny's gone and left to you the old armchair.
Well i said it's hardly fair but I said I didn't care,
And in the evening took the chair away.
All the neighbours at me laughed and my brother he scoffed,
But he said it might be useful George some day,
When you settle down in life you will find yourself a wife,
You'll find it very handy I declare ,
On a cold and stormy night when the fire burns bight,
To sit in the old armchair.
How they tittered how they chaffed,
How my brohter and my sister laughed,
When they heard the lawyer declare,
Granny's gone and left to you the old armchair.
What my brother said came true, for in a year or too,
Sure enough I settled down in married life.
I first began to court and then the ring I bought,
Took her to the churcg and she became my wife,
The old girl and me were as happy as could be,
And in the evening when the work was done,
I never abroad did roam I preferred to stay at home.
How they tittered how they chaffed,
How my brohter and my sister laughed,
When they heard the lawyer declare,
Granny's gone and left to you the old armchair.
One day the chair fell down, when I picked it up I found,
The seat had fallen out upon the floor,
And there to my surprise, before my eyes,
Lay a lot of notes ten thousand pounds or more,.
When my brother heard of this, the fellow I confess,
Went nearly mad with rage and tore his hair,
But I sidled up to him and I said unto him Jim,
Don't you wish you had the old armchair.
How they tittered how they chaffed,
How my brohter and my sister laughed,
When they heard the lawyer declare,
Granny's gone and left to you the old armchair.