Knees Up Mother Brown by Gert and Daisy Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We've just been to a ding-dong down dear old Brixton way
Old Mother Brown the Pearly Queen's a 'undred years today
Oh, what a celebration!
Was proper lah-di-dah
Until they rolled the carpet up, and shouted:
"Now then, ma..."
[Chorus]
Whoo!
Knees up Mother Brown!
Well!
Knees up Mother Brown
Come along deary, let it go
Ee-i-ee-i-ee-i-o
It's a bloomin' Thursday
Let's wake up all the town
So, knees up, knees up
Don't get the breeze up
Knees up Mother Brown!
[Verse 2]
'Ere, poor old Granny Weston she 'ad a good blow out
(Not 'alf!)
She 'ad two pints o' winkles with some cockles and some stout
"I might 'ave indigestion," she murmured with a grunt
"But lummy, up to now, it's all quiet on the Western front! Hic!"
[Chorus]
Knees up Mother Brown
(Hic! Oh bother...)
Knees up Mother Brown
(Hic! There I go!)
Come along deary, let it go
(Ha ha ha!)
Ee-i-ee-i-ee-i-o
It's a bloomin' Thursday
(Come on!)
Let's wake up all the town
So, knees up, knees up
Don't get the breeze up
Knees up Mother Brown!
(spoken)
[DAISY]
Well, what a time we've 'ad Gert
[GERT]
Yes
[DAISY]
As a matter o' fact it was Bert's going away party
[GERT]
Ah, fancy ol' Bert in the army again
[DAISY]
Yeah, and they wasn't gonna pass him at first either
[GERT]
No?
[DAISY]
Said his teeth wasn't good enough. Blimey they're the same teeth his cousin wore when 'e joined up
[GERT]
[???] y'know. How's he get on with the others?
[DAISY]
Oh 'e gets on alright. All the officers salute 'im right up to the colonel. As a matter of fact Bert and 'im smoke the same cigars
[GERT]
Bert smokes the same cigars as the colonel?
[DAISY]
Yes. The colonel smokes the first 'alf and Bert smokes the rest. Yeah, the only real bit of bother 'e's had with the colonel was when 'e shouted "What'cha, mate?" to 'im with his 'ands in his pockets
[GERT]
Oh, Dais, it must be rude to talk to an officer with yon 'ands in yer pockets
[DAISY]
Well it would've been ruder if he'd taken his 'ands out of his pockets! He'd just busted his braces!
[GERT]
Oh, in't that 'alf awful. D'ya think he'll be goin' abroad at all?
[DAISY]
I dunno yet. If he does I'd feel bloomin' sorry for the other side
[GERT]
Feel sorry for them? Why?
[DAISY]
Well, y'know what his temper is. If he loses it out there there's sure to be a row. Any 'ow I expect that I shall hear all about it
[GERT]
Oh, he's bound to write
[DAISY]
Yes. And he's taken our parrot out with 'im too
[GERT]
Parrot?
[DAISY]
Yes. Well y'see, like, if Bert can't get any letters through he's gonna send the parrot home with a message
[GERT]
Good, isn't he?
[DAISY]
Good idea! Not 'alf!
(sung)
Oh, when this war is over
Oh, won't it be a lark?
And what a treat when we can see each other in the dark
And won't we 'ave a party
(Ooo, not 'alf!)
When the sun shines after rain
We'll all troop 'round to Mother Brown
And sing it once again!
[Chorus]
Ooo!
Knees up Mother Brown!
(C'mon, boys!)
Knees up Mother Brown
Come along deary, let it go
Ee-i-ee-i-ee-i-o
It's a bloomin' Thursday
Let's wake up all the town
So, knees up, knees up
Don't get the breeze up
Knees up Mother Brown!
We've just been to a ding-dong down dear old Brixton way
Old Mother Brown the Pearly Queen's a 'undred years today
Oh, what a celebration!
Was proper lah-di-dah
Until they rolled the carpet up, and shouted:
"Now then, ma..."
[Chorus]
Whoo!
Knees up Mother Brown!
Well!
Knees up Mother Brown
Come along deary, let it go
Ee-i-ee-i-ee-i-o
It's a bloomin' Thursday
Let's wake up all the town
So, knees up, knees up
Don't get the breeze up
Knees up Mother Brown!
[Verse 2]
'Ere, poor old Granny Weston she 'ad a good blow out
(Not 'alf!)
She 'ad two pints o' winkles with some cockles and some stout
"I might 'ave indigestion," she murmured with a grunt
"But lummy, up to now, it's all quiet on the Western front! Hic!"
[Chorus]
Knees up Mother Brown
(Hic! Oh bother...)
Knees up Mother Brown
(Hic! There I go!)
Come along deary, let it go
(Ha ha ha!)
Ee-i-ee-i-ee-i-o
It's a bloomin' Thursday
(Come on!)
Let's wake up all the town
So, knees up, knees up
Don't get the breeze up
Knees up Mother Brown!
(spoken)
[DAISY]
Well, what a time we've 'ad Gert
[GERT]
Yes
[DAISY]
As a matter o' fact it was Bert's going away party
[GERT]
Ah, fancy ol' Bert in the army again
[DAISY]
Yeah, and they wasn't gonna pass him at first either
[GERT]
No?
[DAISY]
Said his teeth wasn't good enough. Blimey they're the same teeth his cousin wore when 'e joined up
[GERT]
[???] y'know. How's he get on with the others?
[DAISY]
Oh 'e gets on alright. All the officers salute 'im right up to the colonel. As a matter of fact Bert and 'im smoke the same cigars
[GERT]
Bert smokes the same cigars as the colonel?
[DAISY]
Yes. The colonel smokes the first 'alf and Bert smokes the rest. Yeah, the only real bit of bother 'e's had with the colonel was when 'e shouted "What'cha, mate?" to 'im with his 'ands in his pockets
[GERT]
Oh, Dais, it must be rude to talk to an officer with yon 'ands in yer pockets
[DAISY]
Well it would've been ruder if he'd taken his 'ands out of his pockets! He'd just busted his braces!
[GERT]
Oh, in't that 'alf awful. D'ya think he'll be goin' abroad at all?
[DAISY]
I dunno yet. If he does I'd feel bloomin' sorry for the other side
[GERT]
Feel sorry for them? Why?
[DAISY]
Well, y'know what his temper is. If he loses it out there there's sure to be a row. Any 'ow I expect that I shall hear all about it
[GERT]
Oh, he's bound to write
[DAISY]
Yes. And he's taken our parrot out with 'im too
[GERT]
Parrot?
[DAISY]
Yes. Well y'see, like, if Bert can't get any letters through he's gonna send the parrot home with a message
[GERT]
Good, isn't he?
[DAISY]
Good idea! Not 'alf!
(sung)
Oh, when this war is over
Oh, won't it be a lark?
And what a treat when we can see each other in the dark
And won't we 'ave a party
(Ooo, not 'alf!)
When the sun shines after rain
We'll all troop 'round to Mother Brown
And sing it once again!
[Chorus]
Ooo!
Knees up Mother Brown!
(C'mon, boys!)
Knees up Mother Brown
Come along deary, let it go
Ee-i-ee-i-ee-i-o
It's a bloomin' Thursday
Let's wake up all the town
So, knees up, knees up
Don't get the breeze up
Knees up Mother Brown!