You Wouldn't Know The Old Place Now 1932

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 23 Oct 2002

When I left my village home,
for lands across the sea,
It was such a quiet place,
as rustic as could be;
Stay'd away a long, long time,
then I began to mourn,
so I return'd and hurried
to the spot where I was born.

But that quaint oldfashion'd spot,
has completely gone to pot.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!
On the green we used to play
there's a parking place today.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!
And under the spreading chestnut tree,
they've built a Woolworth's, oh dear me!
On the pond where swam the ducks,
there's a cinema deluxe.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!

And the village pub, oh lor!
Isn't homely any more.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!
Carpets thick to walk upon,
but the old spittoons have gone.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!
So peaceful and quiet in a bygone day,
it's now got a band and a cabaret.
When you go in it's so posh,
that you feel you've got to wash.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!

When I found the cottage
where I lived in days of yore,
I saw instead of roses
garden tables round the door;
Mother's gone all modern and commercial,
it's a crime,
she's doing "teas" for visitors
at one and six a time.

And the village pump is dead,
there's a petrol pump instead.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!
The Manor House I knew,
has gone with other manners too.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!
And the chapel where I sang of yore,
is a fifty shilling tailor's store.
And the bunshop Missis Ryans
is now a Maison Lyons.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!

Once we used to spoon at ease,
with our sweethearts 'neath the trees.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!
'Cos it's now a public park,
and they turn you out at dark.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!
The old Town Crier is still there,
but instead of "Oh Yes" he says "Oh Yeah".
And the cowshed on the green,
is a College of Hygiene.
Oh you wouldn't know the old place now!

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You Wouldn't Know The Old Place Now 1932
by Clarkson Rose and Hastings Mann
copyright 1932 by B. Feldman and Co.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 23 October 2002 at 14.20
in association with Doug Grierson
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