《Jubilee Sov’rin》歌词

[00:00:00] Jubilee Sovereign - Stanley Holloway

[00:00:07] On jubilee day the ramsbottoms

[00:00:09] Asked all their relations to tea

[00:00:12] Including young albert's grandmother

[00:00:15] An awkward old party were she

[00:00:19] She'd seen queen victoria's jub lee

[00:00:22] And her wedding to albert the good

[00:00:25] But got quite upset when young albert

[00:00:28] Asked how she'd got on in the flood

[00:00:31] She cast quite a damper on party

[00:00:34] But cheered up a bit after tea

[00:00:37] And gave albert a real golden sovrin

[00:00:40] She'd saved since the last jubilee

[00:00:43] It had picture of queen on the one side

[00:00:46] And a dragon fight on the reverse

[00:00:49] And tasted of camphor and cobwebs

[00:00:53] Through being so long in her purse

[00:00:56] Albert cuddled the coin and he kissed it

[00:01:00] And felt the rough edge with his tongue

[00:01:04] For he knew by the look of his father

[00:01:07] It wouldn't be his very longer

[00:01:10] Shall I get your money box alber

[00:01:13] Said mother so coaxing and sweet

[00:01:16] But albert let drop an expression

[00:01:19] He must have picked up in the street

[00:01:22] I'll show you a trick with that sovrin

[00:01:24] Said pa who were hovering near

[00:01:28] Then he took and pretended to eat it

[00:01:31] Then brought it back out of his ear

[00:01:34] This magic filled albert with wonder

[00:01:38] And before you could say uncle dick

[00:01:40] He'd got the coin back from his father

[00:01:43] And performed the first part of the trick

[00:01:47] When they saw as he'd swallered his suffering

[00:01:50] With excitement his relatives burned

[00:01:54] And each one suggested some process

[00:01:57] For getting the money returned

[00:02:00] Some were for fishing with tweezers

[00:02:03] Well some were for shaking it out

[00:02:06] If they only got back a few shillings

[00:02:10] They said would be better of the nowt

[00:02:13] They tried holding albert head downwards

[00:02:16] And giving his back a good thump

[00:02:19] Realse uncle who worked for a chemist

[00:02:22] Said there's nowt for it but stummick pump

[00:02:26] They hadn't a stummick pump andy

[00:02:29] But pa did the best that he could

[00:02:32] With a bicycle pump as he'd borrowed

[00:02:35] But that weren't a haporth of good

[00:02:37] At the last they to came to the doctor

[00:02:40] Who looked down his throat through a glass

[00:02:43] And said this'll mean operation

[00:02:46] He afraid out to laugh to have gas

[00:02:50] How much is this were going to cost us

[00:02:53] Said father beginning to squirm

[00:02:56] Said the doctor it comes quite expensive

[00:02:59] The best gas is it eightpence a therm

[00:03:02] There's my time four shillings an hour

[00:03:06] You can't do these things in two ticks

[00:03:09] By rights I should charge you a guinea

[00:03:11] But I'll do it for eighteen and six

[00:03:15] What eighteen and six to get sovrin said father

[00:03:19] That doesn't sound sense

[00:03:22] I'll tell you what you'd best keep

[00:03:24] Albert and give me the odd eighteen pence

[00:03:29] The doctor concurred this arrangement

[00:03:32] But to this day is stands in some doubt

[00:03:35] As to whether he's in eighteen shillings

[00:03:39] Or whether he's eighteen pence out