Serves You Right! - 1908

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 28 Aug 2001

P. C. Seventythree
once arrested Billy McGee;
Bill he tried his best the 'cop' to kill;
So that limb of the law dragg'd him home
and knock'd at the door,
while the neighbours shouted out at Bill:

"Serves you right! It serves you right!
Jolly well serves you right!
You've pinch'd his whistle
and torn his clothes,
smash'd his helmet and broke his nose;
he was going to lock you up,
but now as you want to fight,
he's going to take you home to your wife,
and it jolly well serves you right!

"Serves you right! It serves you right!
Jolly well serves you right!
You've pinch'd his whistle
and torn his clothes,
smash'd his helmet and broke his nose;
he was going to lock you up,
but now as you want to fight,
he's going to take you home to your wife,
and it jolly well serves you right!"

Bill Green, terribly mean,
wearing shoddy clothes could be seen,
made by foreign work to save a bob.
His knives, forks and his plates
were foreign made, so all of his mates
shouted when they heard he'd lost his job.

"Serves you right! It serves you right!
Jolly well serves you right!
A German cut out the clothes you wear,
a Russian barber has cut your hair,
matches cut in Sweden, too,
you use if you want a light,
Now a foreigner's cut you out of your job,
and it jolly well serves you right!

"Serves you right! It serves you right!
Jolly well serves you right!
A German cut out the clothes you wear,
a Russian barber has cut your hair,
matches cut in Sweden, too,
you use if you want a light,
Now a foreigner's cut you out of your job,
and it jolly well serves you right!"

Oh, dear! up on the pier,
Simpson felt a kick in the rear,
fell in to the water with a splosh.
Bill Brown, barber by trade,
shouted out: 'You ought to have paid
tuppence in my shop to've had a wash!'

"Serves you right! It serves you right!
Jolly well serves you right!
Said the fellow: 'Oh, save me, do!'
Said the barber: 'But who shaves you?'
He replied: 'I shave myself.'
The barber said: 'Blow me tight!'
If you shave yourself,
you can drown yourself,
and it jolly well serves you right!

"Serves you right! It serves you right!
Jolly well serves you right!
Said the fellow: 'Oh, save me, do!'
Said the barber: 'But who shaves you?'
He replied: 'I shave myself.'
The barber said: 'Blow me tight!'
If you shave yourself,
you can drown yourself,
and it jolly well serves you right!"

Some spark, when it was dark,
ev'ry ev'ning sat in the park
with a diff'rent girl upon his knees.
One night, when he had sat
hours and hours,
or longer than that,
he heard this loving echo
through the trees:

"Serves you right! It serves you right!
Jolly well serves you right!
You can love her and call her 'sweet,'
But this morning we've tarred the seat.
Nice and thick it's bound to stick,
you've got to stop here all night.
And tomorrow you'll have to marry the girl,
and it jolly well serves you right!

"Serves you right! It serves you right!
Jolly well serves you right!
You can love her and call her 'sweet,'
But this morning we've tarred the seat.
Nice and thick it's bound to stick,
you've got to stop here all night.
And tomorrow you'll have to marry the girl,
and it jolly well serves you right!"

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Serves You Right 1908

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Serves You Right 1908
by R. P. Weston and Fred J. Barnes
© 1908 Francis, Day and Hunter
sung by Mr. Billy Williams
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sequenced for Piano by
Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Tuesday 28 Aug 2001 at 15.46
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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