We All Sang Too-Ra-Loo-Ral-Addie! 1909 Billy Williams

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22Jan2025
2025

I've had such a beano
at the house across the way;
my pal gave a party,
he was thirty yesterday.
All the latest comic songs
we soon commenced to bawl,
but one called "Tooraladie"
was the daddy of them all.
I don't know what the verses were about
but the chorus was a thing
you had to shout.

We all sang
"Tooralooraladdie"
The song to me was absolutely new.
It started off with
"Tooralooraladdie"
and finished up with
"Tooralooraloo!"

We all sang
"Tooralooraladdie"
The song to me was absolutely new.
It started off with
"Tooralooraladdie"
and finished up with
"Tooralooraloo!"

Tompkins meant to do his best
to please the merry throng,
so he called a lady fair
to sing a little song.
"Make way for the lady"
all the boys began to roar,
but when she started singing
we were making for the door.
The song she warbled nearly made us weep,
but as soon as she got out
"Sing me to sleep,"

We all sang
"Tooralooraladdie"
The song to me was absolutely new.
It started off with
"Tooralooraladdie"
and finished up with
"Tooralooraloo!"

We all sang
"Tooralooraladdie"
The song to me was absolutely new.
It started off with
"Tooralooraladdie"
and finished up with
"Tooralooraloo!"

After we persuaded this fair damsel
to sit down, someone shouted,
"Why not have a stroll around the town?"
Off we toddled arminarm
a very merry crew
but soon we were accosted
by a gentleman in blue.
He said, "You seem a jolly lot
of boys, and I'll let you go
if you won't make a noise!"

We all sang
"Tooralooraladdie"
The song to me was absolutely new.
It started off with
"Tooralooraladdie"
and finished up with
"Tooralooraloo!"

We all sang
"Tooralooraladdie"
The song to me was absolutely new.
It started off with
"Tooralooraladdie"
and finished up with
"Tooralooraloo!"

When we murmured, "Blow the slop!"
a whistle blew instead.
Sev'ral more arrived,
and to the station we were led.
There was all the lot of us,
so very mild and meek,
all standing in a row
before a hastytempered beak.
He looked at us in quite a savage way,
and when he exclaimed,
"What have you got to say?"

We all sang
"Tooralooraladdie"
The song to me was absolutely new.
It started off with
"Tooralooraladdie"
and finished up with
"Tooralooraloo!"

We all sang
"Tooralooraladdie"
The song to me was absolutely new.
It started off with
"Tooralooraladdie"
and finished up with
"Tooralooraloo!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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We All Sang Too-Ra-Loo-Ral-Addie! 1909 Billy Williams
by Will Letters
© MCMIX by Francis, Day & Hunter
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 22 January 2025 at 12.13
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne