The Hob-Nail Boots That Farver Wore.

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

Poor Farver's feet took up half the street,
so his boots were in proportion,

and the kids he'd squash in a day, by Gosh!
It really was a caution!

Now me and my brother, from the age of four,
up till eleven, used to sleep and snore,

Nice and cosy in a box of straw,
In the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

Now me and my brother, from the age of four,
up till eleven, used to sleep and snore,

Nice and cosy in a box of straw,
In the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

We had a goat with a cast iron throat,
though he never used to bite us,

Farver's boots he chewed, and that goat they slewed,
for he died of appendicitus

Now that goat had whiskers,
and they touched the floor,
and when they were plaited by the kids next door,

made the finest laces that you ever saw,
for the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

Now that goat had whiskers,
and they touched the floor,
and when they were plaited by the kids next door,

made the finest laces that you ever saw,
for the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

On a Lord Mayor's Day, just to shout hooray!
Farver went and how he sauced 'em!

But he blocked the street with his big fat feet,
and the Lord Mayor drove acrossed 'em.

And as he went a~riding through the Guildhall door,
Farver fell with a wallop on his back, oh lor!

And the crowd stopped hooraying then,
for all they saw,
were the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

And as he went a~riding through the Guildhall door,
Farver fell with a wallop on his back, oh lor!

And the crowd stopped hooraying then,
for all they saw,
were the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

I've got good teeth, and it's my belief,
I must thank my Farver for it,

for if we've got coke, and we want it broke,
I pick it up and gnaw it.

You've all got to eat a peck of dirt or more,
before you snuff it, it's a wise old saw!

Well I've had my whack, I cut me teeth, oh lor!
On the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

You've all got to eat a peck of dirt or more,
before you snuff it, it's a wise old saw!

Well I've had my whack, I cut me teeth, oh lor!
On the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

When young Kate and Flo went to Southend,
so as my money they'd be saving,

Farver's boot was seen as a bathing machine,
in it they undressed for bathing.

While they were undressing,
they forgot, I'm sure,
The hole Farver'd cut for his corn, oh lor!

Now the boys are a~giggling at what they saw,
in the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

While they were undressing,
they forgot, I'm sure,
The hole Farver'd cut for his corn, oh lor!

Now the boys are a~giggling at what they saw,
in the hob~nailed boots that my Farver wore.

When I went to school, oh! I looked a fool,
for one day when we were drilling,

my teacher said, "Toe the line fathead!"
and I did though most unwilling.

Said she,
"Don't keep backing through the school~house door,
But just toe the line as I've told you before!"

Oh! he has toed the line," said the kids with a roar,
"In the hob~nailed boots what his Farver wore".

Said she,
"Don't keep backing through the school~house door,
But just toe the line as I've told you before!"

Oh! he has toed the line," said the kids with a roar,
"In the hob~nailed boots what his Farver wore".

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The Hob-Nailed Boots That Farver Wore 1907 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 20 Dec 2000

The Hob-Nailed Boots That Farver Wore 1907 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne 20 Dec 2000
Copyright 1907 Francis, Day, and Hunter Ltd
performed by Mr. Billy Williams
Researched by Doug Grierson
Sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne 20 Dec 2000
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones