The Thing-ummy-bob 1941 Gracie Fields

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 April 2011
2011

I can't pretend to be a great celebrity
but still I'm quite important in my way.
The job I have to do
may not sound much to you,
But all the same I'm very proud to say:

I'm the girl that makes the thing
that drills the hole
that holds the spring
that drives the rod that turns the knob
that works the thingummybob.
I'm the girl that makes the thing
that holds the oil
the oils the ring
that takes the shank
that moves the crank
that works the thingummybob.
It's a ticklish sort of job
making a thing for a thingummybob.
Especially when you don't know what it's for.
But it's the girl that makes the thing
that drills the hole
that holds the spring
that works the thingummybob
that makes the engines roar.
And it's the girl that makes the thing
that holds the oil
that oils the ring
that works the thingummybob
that's going to win the war.

I'm not what you would call a heroine at all
I don't suppose you'd even know my name.
But tho' I'll never boast
of my important post,
I strike a blow for Britain just the same.

I'm the girl that makes the thing
that drills the hole
that holds the spring
that drives the rod that turns the knob
that works the thingummybob.
I'm the girl that makes the thing
that holds the oil
the oils the ring
that takes the shank
that moves the crank
that works the thingummybob.
It's a ticklish sort of job
making a thing for a thingummybob.
Especially when you don't know what it's for.
But it's the girl that makes the thing
that drills the hole
that holds the spring
that works the thingummybob
that makes the engines roar.
And it's the girl that makes the thing
that holds the oil
that oils the ring
that works the thingummybob
that's going to win the war.

Soft karaoke
Words
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lyric
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The Thing-ummy-bob 1941 Gracie Fields
Music by David Heneker
Lyrics by Gordon Thompson
© 1941 by Francis Day & Hunter Ltd. London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Suunday 23 April 2011 at 10.23
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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