OUR 'OUSEBOAT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I says to Bill, when my uncle, in his will Left us all a bit of 'splosh' that he possessed 'Now a 'ouseboat on the river, it 'ud cure yer sluggish liver An' it's better than a mansion in the West. Don't yer fink so? Bill says, 'All right, anyfink you like, I ain't at all particular Only mind the boat is near, a nice public house, my dear With a handy little four-ale bar.' Chorus: Our 'ouseboat is a 'ouse-boat With a lot of water flowing underneath For five hundred it was sold, an' it's painted green an' gold Just to match my old man's teeth From Monday up to Saturday All the 'Arries, and the 'Rias, an' the Em's Gather there in throngs, singin' comic songs On our 'ouseboat on the River Thames. We doesn't play the 'Johanna' all the day Like the members of the 'airy-stock-ra-cee' But, whenever we assemble, we make all the neighbours tremble When we sing 'The Honeysuckle and the Bee' What do you think? Bill says, 'Sit down! I'll gve you a toon, Somefink new without a doubt.' When he plays us, 'Home Sweet Home' on some paper and a comb It's no wonder that the tide goes out. Chorus: We often go on the river for a row For of boats an' punts we've got just twenty two When he takes a job like that on, Bill he puts a big cocked-hat on An' they takes him for an Admiral - they do. If I tell you One day, dear Ma she fell in the Thames Gave her clothes a fine old rinse We'd a boat hook, close at hand so we rescued mother grand But she's never sat in comfort since. Chorus: |
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Written and composed by J. P. Harrington & George Le Brunn - 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performed by Lottie Lennox (1886-1947) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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