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No. 17 - Song - Moonshine - "Did he?"
| Moonshine: | A ragged little urchin Wheeled a barrow down the street, |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! And shouted "Shrimps and winkles! Fine and fresh, they can't be beat!" |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! He started as a stow-away, who couldn't pay his fare, Went all the way to Africa, Came home a millionaire, And built himself a palace in the middle of Mayfair, |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! |
| Chorus: | Wretched little stow-away,
couldn't pay his fare, All the way to Africa, a modern millionaire, |
| Moonshine: | Grew himself a comic nose, they're all the fashion there. |
| Chorus: | Did he? |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! |
| Moonshine: | He built himself a racing yacht, the fastest thing afloat, |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! He said "Sir Thomas Lipton never owned so good a boat," |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! He challeng'd for a trophy, and he ask'd his friends to sup, He made them all a stirring speech, His fighting blood was up; He said "It takes some doing, but I mean to lift the cup," |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! |
| Chorus: | Wretched little stow-away,
couldn't pay his fare, All the way to Africa, a modern millionaire, |
| Moonshine: | Only came in second but he swore he didn't care. |
| Chorus: | Did he? |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! |
| Moonshine: | He bought himself a motor car, and said he'd learn to drive, |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! He gave his friends a premium if he brought them home alive, |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! One day he struck a farm-yard where he made the yokels laugh, He dash'd into a flock of geese, And cannon'd off a calf; He crucified a turkey, and he cut a pig in half, |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! |
| Chorus: | Bought himself a motor car,
said he'd learn to drive, Gave his friends a bonus if he brought them home alive; |
| Moonshine: | Motor cost a thousand and he'll sell the bits for five! |
| Chorus: | Will he? |
| Moonshine: | I think he will! |
| Moonshine: | He had a taste for politics and got upon his legs, |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! And made a speech at Aylesbury forgetting ducks laid eggs, |
| Chorus: | Do they? |
| Moonshine: | I think they do! Free Trade was all his battle-cry, to Cobden he was true; The rustics came to hear him and the addled eggs came too! And now he thinks that Joseph's sure to get his measure through, |
| Chorus: | And will he? |
| Moonshine: | I think he will! |
| Chorus: | Joseph has a secret
which I've promised not to tell. This is why he's resting in the country for a spell, |
| Moonshine: | Latest bulletin: my child and I are doing well. |
| Chorus: | Are they? |
| Moonshine: | I think they are! |
| Moonshine: | He met a little lady with a wealth of golden hair, |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! She'd lost her railway ticket, Would he kindly pay the fare, |
| Chorus: | And did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! She started with the story of the way she'd lost her purse, A tale with variations, sometimes better, sometimes worse, The sequel's rather funny but the Censor stopp'd the verse. |
| Chorus: | Did he! |
| Moonshine: | I think he did! |
| Chorus: | Lovely little lady
with a crown of golden hair, Looking just as innocent as she was young and fair. |
| Moonshine: | Said that her ambition was to wed a millionaire, |
| Chorus: | And did she? |
| Moonshine: | I b'lieve not! |
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Page modified 1 November 2016