DREADBELLY

Horses, hounds and humans
All sitting on an underground train
That fox that lives in the Mile End Road
Is gonna get chased again
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (The founder of both Singapore and London Zoo)
And his mate Sir Richard Van Dyke (Dick Van Dyke - Hollywood actor, knighted by Billy Bragg)
Are following on behind the hunt
On a two-stroke motorbike
Sidecar combination

Dreadbelly come running over the hill
And he cried out, "I be cursed
Before I get it out of my system
I’ve gotta get some in there first"
He threw himself at her dainty feet
And he begged her for an answer
She said, "You’re a much better fishmonger
Than you’re ever gonna be a clog dancer"
And at that time he was champion clog dancer of all England

Who would have thought it ?
Who would have thought it ?
Tell me, who would have thought it ?
So hip !
So hip !

The strongman Egyptologist (Giovanni Belzoni (1778-1823) was billed as “Patagonian Samson” in a circus before later becoming an engineer and a famous explorer of Egyptian antiquities)
He couldn’t return her gaze
But she won him over with a tight pullover
And her wonderful turn of phrase
She said, "Clear piss and hard shit
Is all you need to make
You’ll find in life that everything else
Is just icing on the cake"
But what luminous icing, brothers and sisters

Who would have thought it ?
Who would have thought it ?
Tell me, who would have thought it ?
Who would have thought it ?
Tell me, who would have thought it ?
So hip !
So hip !

Skip a Rope, skip a rope
Skip a Rope, skip a rope
Skip a Rope, skip a rope
Skip a Rope, skip a rope

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