Hot-Pot 1928

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Apr 2004

Poets like the stars above,
the sailors like the sea.
And some men like their missus,
that's a form of lunacy.
I only like to eat and drink,
I don't care for the rest.
I'll bet I make you hungry
when you hear what I like best.

Oh I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot!
It's alright when it's not,
but it's better when it's hot.
Real good stuff, that's no bluff
Once you taste the flavour
then you can't get half enough,
it's a fine old feed in Lancasheer,
the country I was born in,
so, I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot,
on a cold and frosty morning.
Oh I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot!
It's alright when it's not,
but it's better when it's hot.
Real good stuff, that's no bluff
Once you taste the flavour
then you can't get half enough,
it's a fine old feed in Lancasheer,
the country I was born in,
so, I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot,
on a cold and frosty morning.

Christmas comes but once a year,
I'm glad it doesn't stay.
We always have a turkey
at our house on Christmas Day.
A turkey's only got two legs
as ev'rybody knows.
I always sing as they pass on
to me the Parson's Nose.

Oh I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot!
It's alright when it's not,
but it's better when it's hot.
Real good stuff, that's no bluff,
You know what you can do
with all your pudding and your duff,
It's a fine old feed in Lancasheer,
the country I was born in,
so, I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot,
on a cold and frosty morning.
Oh I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot!
It's alright when it's not,
but it's better when it's hot.
Real good stuff, that's no bluff,
You know what you can do
with all your pudding and your duff,
It's a fine old feed in Lancasheer,
the country I was born in,
so, I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot,
on a cold and frosty morning.

I've just been made the father
of a bouncing bonny boy,
and as it is my first offence,
it's filled my heart with joy.
He caused a great commotion
in the house the other day.
We offered him some Glaxo,
he said: "Take the stuff away."

Oh I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot!
It's alright when it's not,
but it's better when it's hot.
I'd like some, you'd like some,
it's better than a poultice
sticking round my tummytum,
It's a fine old feed in Lancasheer,
the country I was born in,
so, I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot,
on a cold and frosty morning.

Oh I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot!
It's alright when it's not,
but it's better when it's hot.
I'd like some, you'd like some,
it's better than a poultice
sticking round my tummytum,
It's a fine old feed in Lancasheer,
the country I was born in,
so, I do like a basinful of HotPot Hot,
on a cold and frosty morning.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Hot-Pot 1928
music and words by Mr. Fred Shuff
© MCMXXVIII by Campbell, Connelly & Co. London WC2
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 18 April 2004 at 21.20
in association with Doug Grierson
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