A Transport of Delight.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Apr 2001.

Some talk of a Lagonda,
Some like a smart M.G.

Or for Bonnie Army Lorry,
They'd lay them down and dee.

Such means of locomotion,
seem rather dull to us,

The Driver, and Conductor of
A London Omnibus.

Hold very tight please, ting~ting,
Hold very tight please, ting~ting.

When you are lost in London,
and you don't know where you are,

You'll hear my voice a~calling,
'Pass further down the car!'

And very soon you'll find yourself
inside the terminus,

In a London Transport,
Diesel engined,

Ninety seven horse power,
Omnibus!

Along the Queen's great Highway,
I drive my merry load,

at twenty miles an hour,
in the middle of the road.

We like to drive in convoys,
we're most gregarious,

The big six~wheeler,
scarlet painted,

London Transport,
Diesel engined,

Ninety seven horse power,
Omnibus!

Earth has not anything to show more fair!
Mind the stairs!
Mind the stairs!

Earth has not anything to show more fair!
Any more fares?
Any more fares?

When cabbies try to pass me,
before they overtakes,

I sticks me flippin' hand out,
as I jams on all me brakes!

Them jackal taxi drivers,
can only swear and cuss,

Behind that Monarch of the road,
Observer of the Highway Code,

That big six~wheeler,
Scarlet painted,

London Transport,
Diesel engined,

Ninety seven horse power,
Omnibus!

I stops when I'm requested
Although it spoils the ride,

So he can shout:
'Get aht of it!
We're full right up inside!'

We don't ask much for wages,
We only want fare shares,

So cut down all the stages,
and stick up all the fares.

If tickets cost a pound a~piece,
why whould you make a fuss?

It's worth it just to ride inside
That thirty foot long by ten foot wide,

Inside that Monarch of the road,
Observer of the Highway Code,

That big six~wheeler,
Scarlet painted,

London Transport,
Diesel engined,

Ninety seven horse power,
Ninety seven horse power,
Omnibus!

Hold very tight please! Ting~ting

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Transport of Delight 1974 seq Dr.Pitt-Payne in London UK 07 Apr 2001

Transport of Delight 1974 seq Dr.Pitt-Payne in London UK 07 Apr 2001
A Transport of Delight
words by Michael Flanders
music by Donald Swann
copyright 1974 by Chappell and Co Ltd.
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 07 Apr 2001
in association with Doug Grierson
karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones