TURNED UP (Mary Ellen At The Church Turned Up) |
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In our little village there has been a tragedy Deary, deary me, such a terrible tragedy Mary Ellen Bottomley should have been wed It's a good job that she didn't now so everybody said, Chorus: Mary Ellen at the church turned up... Her Mother turned up and her Dad turned up Her sister Gert, and her rich uncle Bert, And the Parson in his long white shirt turned up But no bridegroom with the ring turned up But a telegraph boy with his nose turned up Brought a telegram that said he didn't want to wed And they'd find him in the river with his toes turned up. The people waiting at the church fairly blocked the road They waited in the road for the money the bridegroom owed 'My heart is broken' cried the bride, so Jim the butcher's son He rushed into his shop and brought her out another one. Chorus: A week went by, then someone learned The bridegroom wasn't drowned He went a-round and found John asleep in his bed so sound His real wife, she was waiting at the church that day, it's true Said 'If there'd been a wedding there'd have been a funeral too.' Chorus: |
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Written and composed by Herbert Rule & Harry Castling - 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performed by Lily Morris (1882-1952) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performed by Florrie Ford (1876-1940) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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