Up Housewives And At 'em!

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. July 2000.

Mister Herbert Morrison,
Right Hon'rable I mean,
Has given us another slogan now.

When he gave us "Go To It!"
he knew that we could do it
So let his latest slogan take its bow!

Up Housewives and at 'em!
Up Housewives and at 'em!

Save your paper and keep your eye on,
Rags, bones and any old iron.

Up Housewives and at 'em!
Soon we'll tit for tat 'em!

Throw out all the junk you've got
and help to win the war and,

Up Housewives and at 'em!
Up Housewives and at 'em!

Up Housewives and at 'em!
Save your paper and keep your eye on,
Rags, bones and any old iron.

Up Housewives and at 'em!
Soon we'll tit for tat 'em!

Throw out all the junk you've got
and help to win the war and
Up Housewives and at 'em!

Things you used to throw away,
or empty down the drains,

Are wanted for munitions now,
for making aeroplanes.

Look inside your what~not,
lots of rubbish you will see,

If you haven't got a what~not,
look just where it used to be.

Save your bits of gristle,
and your little bits of bread,

Save your little bits of fluff,
from underneath your bed,

Save your empty packets,
from your fags or anything,

Save your worn out zips,
and tie your doings up with string.

On the tops of wardrobes,
there's an awful lot of junk,

Father's hat for funerals,
and Mother's bit of skunk.

Look inside the tool shed,
and without a bit of swank,

You'll find enough of Father's rubbish,
there to build a tank.

If Morrison inside your bottom drawer
could have a look,

'Blimey!' he would murmur,
'What a turn up for the book'.

Hooks and eyes and hair pins,
and buttons what a crop,

And whale~bone that has busted out,
where whale~bone ought to stop.

So get together all your junk,
and hand it to the man,

Who'll call for it and take it out,
and bung it in the van,

They'll turn it into armaments,
and you can say with pride,

the metal in your old suspenders,
helped to turn the tide.

Up Housewives and at 'em!
Up Housewives and at 'em!

Save your paper and keep your eye on,
Rags, bones and any old iron.

Up Housewives and at 'em!
Soon we'll tit for tat 'em!

Throw out all the junk you've got
and help to win the war and,
Up Housewives and at 'em!

Up Housewives and at 'em!
Up Housewives and at 'em!

Save your paper and keep your eye on,
Rags, bones and any old iron.

Up Housewives and at 'em!
Soon we'll tit for tat 'em!

Throw out all the junk you've got
and help to win the war and,
Up Housewives and at 'em!

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Up Housewives and at 'em! 1940 Clarkson Rose seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 25Jun 2000
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