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Thread #46678   Message #693317
Posted By: Sorcha
18-Apr-02 - 09:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: British music hall songs
Subject: Add: A LITTLE BIT OF CUCUMBER (Harry Champion)^^^
Is this the one?

A LITTLE BIT OF CUCUMBER
(Harry Champion)

I was weaned on cucumber, and on my wedding day,
Sitting down to supper when the guests had gone away,
My old darling said to me, "You must be hungry, Joe.
What is it you fancy?" I said, "Fancy! Don't you know?"

CHORUS: "I like pickled onions, I like piccalilli.
Pickled cabbage is all right
With a bit of cold meat on Sunday night.
I can go termartoes, but what I do prefer,
Is a little bit of cu-cum-cu-cum-cu-cum, little bit of cucumber."

I went flying in the air with my old college chum.
Suddenly he said to me, "We're bound for kingdom come!
Is there anything on your mind before you wear a crown?"
I began to shake and said, "Write this confession down: CHORUS

To the Lord Mayor's banquet, I got in one foggy day.
When I saw the grub, it took my appetite away:
"Sparrowgrass" and chaffinches, and pigs-head stuffed with jam!
I said to the waiter there, "You don't know who I am!" CHORUS

Sev'ral years of married life have brought me lots of joys.
I don't know how many girls, I think it's fourteen boys.
When the last one came to town, it nearly turned my head.
It was marked with a cucumber, and the fust words that it said
Were: CHORUS^^^

(I'll go look for the other one.)