With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm 1934

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 20 Apr 2002

In The Tower of London, large as life,
The ghost of Ann Boleyn walks they declare.
Poor Ann Boleyn was once King Henry's wife
Until he made the Headsman bob her hair!
Ah Yes! He did her wrong long years ago,
And she comes up at night to tell him so.
With her head tucked underneath her arm,
She walks the Bloody Tower!
With her head tucked underneath her arm,
At the Midnight hour.
She comes to haunt King Henry,
she means to give him 'what for'.
Gad Zooks!
she's going to tell him off
for having spilt her gore,
And just in case the Headsman
wants to give her an encore,
She has her head tucked underneath her arm!
With her head tucked underneath her arm,
She walks the Bloody Tower!
With her head tucked underneath her arm,
At the Midnight hour.
Along the draughty corridors
for miles and miles she goes,
She often catches cold, poor thing,
it's cold there when it blows,
And it's awf'lly awkward
for the Queen to have to blow her nose,
With her head tucked underneath her arm
Sometimes gay King Henry gives a spread
For all his pals and gals, a ghostly crew.
The headsman carves the joint
and cuts the bread
Then in comes Ann Boleyn to 'queer' the 'do'!
She holds her head up with a wild war whoop,
And Henry cries "Don't drop it in the soup!"
With her head tucked underneath her arm,
She walks the Bloody Tower!
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the Midnight hour.
The sentries think
that it's a football that she carries in,
And when they've had a few they shout
"Is Arsenal going to win?"
They think it's Alec James
instead of poor old Ann Boleyn
With her head tucked underneath her arm!
With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower!
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the Midnight hour.
One night she caught King Henry,
he was in the Canteen Bar,
Said he: "Are you Jane Seymour,
Ann Boleyn or Cath'rine Parr?
For how the sweet san fairy ann
do I know who you are
with your head
tucked underneath your arm?!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
Lyric-tune
With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm 1934
by R. P. Weston & Bert Lee
in association with Doug Grierson
Sequence  and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 20 April 2002 at 00.17
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