Genius Lyrics
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Bernard Cribbins – Right, Said Fred
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[Verse 1] / "Right," said Fred, "Both of us together / One each end and steady as we go." / Tried to shift it, couldn't even lift it / We was getting nowhere / And so, we had a
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Bernard Cribbins – Folk Song
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“Folk Song” is a pastiche that Ted Dicks and Myles Rudge wrote for their musical comedy revue …And Another Thing, which premiered in London’s West End in 1960. After George Martin
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Bernard Cribbins – Overture
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“Overture” is a selection from Ted Dicks and Myles Rudge’s musical comedy revue …And Another Thing, which premiered in London’s West End in 1960. Bernard Cribbins was a castmember
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Bernard Cribbins – Ringing on the Engine Bell
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[Verse 1] / Oh, down the pole / Then off we go / Where the bloomin' fire is / I don't know / I'm a-ringin' on the engine bell / And, like as not, I've forgotten me 'elmet / Half
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Bernard Cribbins – Get Your Hair Cut
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[Verse 1] / There we were, me and her / Side by side on the sofa / Just me and her doin' fine / We had a nice little chat as we / Sat on the sofa / Found that her hand was in mine
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Bernard Cribbins – Gossip Calypso
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Released in 1962, “Gossip Calypso” is a novelty song that pokes fun at white English housewives of a certain age—particularly their turns of phrase and what they might talk about.
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Bernard Cribbins – Double Thinks
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I wonder what she meant when she said "Yes" like that. It was the way she said it: "Yeees". Not "Yes" but "Yeees". I wonder if she meant "No". Hmm. I should have asked her what she
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Bernard Cribbins – "B" Side Blues
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[Intro] / B-sides, B-sides / They ain't good news / Turn it up, don't turn it over / Don't play me the B-side blues / [Verse 1] / Now, this right here / Is a paddle of steel / I
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Bernard Cribbins – The Bird on the Second Floor
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[Verse 1] / A dolly old moon's gonna shine tonight / Whichever way you look at it, I'm all right / Waiting for the bird on the second floor / [Verse 2] / I'm tellin' all the birds
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Bernard Cribbins – Quietly Bonkers
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[Verse 1] / Here am I / Going quietly bonkers / And 'cause why? / I'm dreamin' of you / Well, love's no joke / When here there is a bloke like me / A-goin' quietly bonkers / [Verse
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Bernard Cribbins – The Tale of a Mouse
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[Verse 1] / A mouse fell in love with an elephant / An elephant wide and tall / On the whole, he was large for an elephant / While the mouse, for a mouse, was small / But, the love
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Bernard Cribbins – What About Me Then?
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[Verse 1] / What about me, then / Watching you twistin' / With other layabout / Instead of with me? / I know his girlfriend's / None too bright / But she's with me / So she's all
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Bernard Cribbins – When I’m Sixty Four
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[Verse 1] / When I get older, losing my hair / Many years from now / Will you still be sending me a Valentine / Birthday greetings, a bottle of wine? / If I'd been out till quarter
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Bernard Cribbins – I Go a Bundle
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I go a bundle on Camden Town / Sitting down in geraniums / Just why they send me I don't know / But, oh, what a bundle I go / Some go a bundle on filter tips / Launching ships and
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Bernard Cribbins – I’m Hans Christian Andersen
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[Verse 1] / I'm Hans Christian Andersen / I've many a tale to tell / And, though I'm a cobbler, I'd say / I tell them rather well / I'll mend your shoes and I'll fix your boots
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Bernard Cribbins (Ft. Deryck Guyler & Miriam Margolyes) – Giggling Gertie the Laughing Traffic Warden
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[Verse 1: Bernard Cribbins] / I know a traffic warden / She's always on our street / She's blonde and fat with yellow hat / And very hard to beat / Just park an extra minute / And
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Bernard Cribbins – Winkle Picker Shoes Blues
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[Verse 1] / I've got those / Wish-I'd-never-bought-these / Winklepicker-shoes blues / I've got those / What's-the-good-of-shoes / Your-feet-can't-even-use blues / My lickle toe's
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Bernard Cribbins – Verily
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[Verse 1] / Verily, O thou art fair / Two blue eyes and golden hair / And verily, very verily / Other good points elsewhere / [Verse 2] / Verily the fairest rose / Thou hast these
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Bernard Cribbins – The Ugly Duckling
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[Verse 1] / There once was an ugly duckling / With feathers all stubby and brown / And the other birds, in so many words, said / "Get out of town!" / Get out, get out / Get out of
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Bernard Cribbins – My Resistance Is Low
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[Verse 1] / You touch my fingertips / And my heart is aglow / You bend to kiss my lips / And I can't let you go / Maybe I should resist / I'm a fool, I know / But at a time like
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Bernard Cribbins – The King's New Clothes
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[Verse 1 intro (spoken)] / Once, there was a king who was very fond of wearing new clothes. Now, one day, two swindlers came to sell him what they did said was a magic suit of
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Bernard Cribbins (Ft. Joyce Blair) – Once in a Blue Moon
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[Verse: Bernard Cribbins and (Joyce Blair)] / I don't want to hear your promise / For I'm now a doubting Thomas / Your behaviour is an absolute disgrace / (But, Billy!) / If you
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Bernard Cribbins – I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
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[Verse 1] / I've grown accustomed to the tune / She whistles night and noon / Her smiles, her frowns / Her ups, her downs / Are second nature to me now / Like breathing out and
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Bernard Cribbins – Sea Shanty
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[Verse 1] / I've been ashore too long, me boys / I've been ashore too long / So 'eave away, me hearties / For the call of the sea is strong / My heart is there / Where the wind is
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Bernard Cribbins – Jenny Kissed Me
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Could I be dreaming? / Jenny kissed me / Jenny kissed me / Touched my hand / Why tempt my heart? / She's much too divine / Why let it start? / She'd never be mine / To know her
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The Beatles – When I'm Sixty-Four
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A song written by McCartney at the tender age of fourteen, it didn’t see the light of day until Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released.
Still, in the early days of the
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Bernard Cribbins – No Two People
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[Verse 1] / (Never before / And never again / Could anything more / Romantic and beautiful be) / Never before and never again / No two people have ever / Been so in love / (Been so
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