Half A Sixpence 1963 Economy

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Apr 2006
2006

[Cue: Kipps:] "One day we'll show 'im..."

System!
[Buggins:] Fishency
[Sid:] System
[Pearce:] Fishency!

[All:] Economy!
[Kipps:] He gives us tea
but it's halved and quartered,
[All:] all in the name of economy.
[Pearce:] The beer is free
but the beer is watered,
[All:] all in the name of economy.
[Buggins:] And as for our comforts
he does his bit.
Each night in the basement
he lets us sit...
[All:] By a lovely great fire
that ain't been lit!
All in the cause of economy.

[Kipps:] The gas pipes leak
and there ain't no plumbin'
[All:] All in the cause of economy.
[Buggins:] Our pay each week
is a long time comin'
[All:] All in the cause of economy.
[Sid:] In winter we perish
to save his coal,
[Kipps:] And even on Sundays
he takes his toll,
[All:] When he sends us to church
to save his soul.
All in the cause of economy.

[Sid:] At home he lives
like a mean old codger
[All:] All in the cause of economy.
[Pearce:] There ain't no room
but he takes a lodger,
[All:] All in the cause of economy.
[Buggins:] And as for 'is missus,
from what one 'ears,
[Pearce:] She sits all alone there
in floods of tears,
[Kipps:] 'Cos she ain't
had a kiss in forty years!
[All:] All in the cause,
all in the cause,
All in the cause of economy.
Ya Da Da Bum Bum!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Half A Sixpence 1963 Economy
by David Heneker
© MCMLXIII by Britannia Music Co.Ltd.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 10 April 2006 at 12.34
in association with Doug Grierson
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