Lyrics

• The Lollipop Man

  Various Artists - The Mother of all Morris
  Chorus: trad. Verses: © Jim Causley, Paul Wilson & Marilyn Tucker 2007

  Oh the lollipop man has a great big stick
  And all that he charges is a penny a lick
  And he gets it out whenever he can
  He’s a dirty old devil is the lollipop man

  Who is this with his spurty spout?
  A dribbly cone, you can suck it all out
  And a knicker-knocker glory, it’s the ice-cream man
  But he cannot hold a candle to the lollipop man

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• My Grandfathers Ferret

  Possibly by Derek Jolly?

  My grandfather’s ferret was a beast of little merit
  What lived out the back in a cage
  If you peered through the bars you’d see eyes like little stars
  All a-glimmer with impotent rage
  The smell it gave off made you splutter gasp and cough
  And its habits were exceedingly gross
  For it bit off anything it could reach if you stood too close

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