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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  • The Whimple Wassail

    A wassail a wassail, the moon she shines down
    Our apples are ripe and our nuts they are brown
    For when you shall bud dear old apple tree
    And when you shall bear we’ll sing unto thee

    With our wassail a-wassail a-wassail
    And joy come to our jolly wassail!

    Oh apple tree prosper, bud, bloom and bear
    So we may have plenty of cider next year
    And where there’s a barrel we hope there’ll be ten
    So we may have cider when we come again

    Oh mistress and master our wassail begin
    Please open your door and let us come in
    Besides all on earth you’ll have apples in store

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