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the only line i remember for the English version went
He fell on pile of...
Shine your button with Brass-o,
Its only tu'pence a tin, You can by it, or nick it from Woolworths
This one really brings back memories of my schooldays, when it was a great favourite. The full version, as sung at Latymer Upper School, is as follows:
My ole man was a lavatory cleaner,
'e cleaned them ev-ery night
And when 'e came 'ome in the morning
'e was covered all over in -
Burnish your buttons with Brasso
It's only free-ha'pence a tin;
You can buy it or swipe it from Woolworths
But I doubt if they've got any in.
Some say that 'e died orv a fever,
And some say that 'e died orv a fit;
But I know very well what 'e died orv -
'e died of the smell of the -
Burnish your buttons wiv Brasso
etc etc.
As for What a mouth, what a mouth, what an awfull mouth he had!...." about a the guy who fell asleep with his jaw agape, and the coal truck filled it, ...
, this is , I thinka traditional song that was adapted for use in "Half a sixpence" - the stage musical version of H.G.Wells' "Kipps" and sung by the inimitable Tommy Steele ( who I remember singing in a "Skiffle Group" back in the sixties, in a Coffee Bar in Soho, London)
I can't remember the whole lyric, but the chorus went something like this:-
What a mahf (mouth), what a mahf,
what a norf an' sarf
Blimey! what a mahf 'e'd got.
It looked just like a steamboat funnel or a railway arch or the Blackwall Tunnel - - - -
What a mahf (mouth), what a mahf,
what a norf an' sarf
'e's never bin known to larf.
If 'e did, it's a penny to a quid
'Is face would fall in 'alf.
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