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Verse 1
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You've eard ow young
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At the zoo up at Blackpool one year
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With a stick with an orse's
ead andle
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Gave a lion a poke in the ear?
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The name of the lion was Wallace,
The poke in the ear made im wild
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And before you could say ""Bob's
E'd upped and e'd
swallowed the child.
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E were sorry the moment e done it
With children e'd always been chums,
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And besides, e'd no teeth in his muzzle,
And e couldn't chew Albert
on't gums.
E could feel the lad movin' inside im
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As e lay on is bed of dried ferns
And it might ave been
little lad's birthday-
E wished im such appy returns.
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But Albert kept kickin'
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and fightin'-
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And Wallace got up, feelin' bad.
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Decided 'twere time that e started
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To stage a comeback for the lad.
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Then puttin' ead down in one corner,
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On is front paws e started to walk
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And e coughed, and e sneezed,
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and e gargled
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Till Albert shot out - like a cork!
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Now Wallace felt better directly
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And is figure once more be
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came lean.
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But the only difference with Albert
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Was, is face and is ands were
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quite clean.
Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom
Ad gone back to their tea,
feelin' blue.
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Ma said, ""I feel down in the mouth,
like.""
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I bet Albert does, too.""
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Said Mother, ""It just goes
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That the future is never revealed
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If I'd thowt we was goin' to lose im,
I'd ave not ad is boots soled and
eeled.""
""Let's look on the bright
side,"" said Father,
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""Wot can't be elped
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Each cloud as a silvery lining,
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And we did ave young Al
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bert insured.""
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A knock on the door came
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As Father these kind
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words did speak.
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Twas the man from Prudential
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- e'd come for
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Their tuppence per person per week.
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When Father saw oo ad been knockin',
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E laughed, and e kept laughin so -
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The man said ""Ere, wot's there to
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laugh at?""
Pa said ""You'll laugh and
all when you know!""
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""Excuse im for laughing,"" said Mother,
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""But really,
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things appen so strange -
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Our Albert's been et by a lion
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You've got to pay us
for a change!""
Said the young man from the
Prudential:
""Now, come, come,
let's understand this-
You don't mean to say
that you've lost im?""
Pa said ""Oh,
no, we know where e is!""
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When the young man ad eard all the details,
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A purse from is pocket he drew
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And e paid them with interest
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and bonus
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The sum of nine pounds, four and two.
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Pa ad scarce got is
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and on the money
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When a face at the window they see-
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And Mother cried ""Eee,
look, it's Albert!""
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And Father said ""Aye,
it would be.""
Albert came in all excited,
And started is story to give
And Pa said ""I'll never trust lions
Again, not as long as I live.""
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The young man from the
To pick up the money began
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But Father said ""ere, wait a moment,
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Don't be in a urry, young man.""
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Then giving young Albert a shilling,
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E said ""Ere, pop off back to the zoo
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Get your stick with the
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orse's ead andle-
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Go and see wot the tigers can do!""
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