Tick! Tick! Tick! 1885

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11Mar2025
2025

My name is Percy Prattle
well known up and down
for my patter versus clatter
on the topics of town.
A one's my motto
nothing else for me.
Good as well as Dakin's tea.
I've a deal of land
left by my Sire,
a noble castle in Ayrshire.
I'm tall but short of tin
but can do the trick
like a watch am I
for I do it on tick.

Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick!
Ha! Ha!

Now on we go again
for I never stick.
No doubt you're surprised
it's done on tick
I'm a happy jolly dog
as you can see and
tick's the little game for me.

Now many fast gents
you've seen no doubt
who think they're lions
at a ball or rout
but I'm the ticket of the day
and the fun is
I am never asked to pay.
My tradesmen bow when
e'er we meet
and as a monarch me they greet
Poole's my taillah
an establish'd brick
all the latest fashions
and done it on tick.

Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick!
Ha! Ha!

Now on we go again
for I never stick.
No doubt you're surprised
it's done on tick
I'm a happy jolly dog
as you can see and
tick's the little game for me.

Of course in the season
to Brighton I go,
on the grand parade I make a show.
Lounge along the beach with glass in eye
and quiz the pretty girls
on the sly.
I know all the boys of the "Skylark" boat
bitter beer them all and manage the "float"
then I go to Mutton's
a bit of lamb to pick
wind up with sherry and all on tick.

Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick!
Ha! Ha!

Now on we go again
for I never stick.
No doubt you're surprised
it's done on tick
I'm a happy jolly dog
as you can see and
tick's the little game for me.

At the Music Halls oft I'm seen about
whe they sing the "jolly dogs"
then I'm good to shout
there's not a comic man
but what I know
they put me on the free list to go.
Then I do a stately promenade
breaking females' hearts
if they're not too hard,
drink my sherry cobbler
blow a pickwick
and "square" the waiter all on tick.

Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick!
Ha! Ha!

Now on we go again
for I never stick.
No doubt you're surprised
it's done on tick
I'm a happy jolly dog
as you can see and
tick's the little game for me.

I'm looking for a wife eighty years of age
if she's as many husbands
why we may engage
girls don't be alarmed list awhile to me
and I'll explain how it is you see.
Marriage is dear I can't stand the outlay,
one can't wed on tick and I never pay.
Unless amongst you here,
I could chance to pick
some charmer who'd marry
this heavy swell on tick.

Tick! Tick! Tick! Tick!
Ha! Ha!

Now on we go again
for I never stick.
No doubt you're surprised
it's done on tick
I'm a happy jolly dog
as you can see and
tick's the little game for me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Tick! Tick! Tick! 1885
by A.G.Vance
© 1885
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 16.05
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne