I'm English Don't Cher Know? 1909

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Mar 2009
2009

I'm a cockney, don't cher know
and ev'rywhere I go,
they pick me out for English right away.
I wonder how they guess,
I know it ain't my dress,
and I am so very careful what I say.
Perhaps it's just my style,
I always wear a smile,
of course that ain't
the only thing I wear;
But what do you think today
a bloke walked up to say:
"'Ello English!"
I gave him a stony stare.

Now I wonder 'ow 'e knew that I was English!
They seem to spot me ev'rywhere I go,
for when ever I go out
some fellows sure to shout:
"She's English, don't cher know!"

Now what beats me over here,
the names is all so queer,
they calls a street car
what we calls a tram!
One day I took a ride,
and straight I nearly died,
the conductor says: "You're English,
ain't you ma'am?
What money's this? says 'e"
"That's tuppence, sir,! says me,
and then he laughed,
it fairly made me wince.
I got off then, you see,
and just 'tween you and me,
I avn't paid
a bloomin' car fare since.

Now I wonder 'ow 'e knew that I was English!
I'm getting wiser now, I'd 'ave you know,
'cause now I ain't afraid,
I just look as though I've paid,
I'm English, don't cher know!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I'm English Don't Cher Know? 1909
Music by Eddie Jewell
Lyrics by F.Clifford Harris
© MCMIX by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Satruday 28 March 2009 at 10.24
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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