- 1 - Feel free to share photos or videos of tonight’s sing-a-long on social media using the hashtag #cockneysingalong You can follow Carradine’s Cockney Sing-a-long on the following social media channels: Facebook: /cockneysingalong Twitter: @tomcarradine Instagram: @tomcarradine - 2 - OPENING MEDLEY Fortune's always hiding, I've looked ev'rywhere, Anytime you're Lambeth way, I'm forever blowing bubbles, Any evening, any day, Pretty bubbles in the air. You'll find us all doin' the Lambeth Walk. - o - Ev'ry little Lambeth gal With her little Lambeth pal, Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer You'll find 'em all doin' the do! Lambeth Walk. I'm half crazy, all for the love of you! Ev'rything free and easy, It won't be a stylish marriage, Do as you darn well pleasey, I can't afford a carriage, Why don't you make your way there, But you'll look sweet upon the Go there, stay there. seat Once you get down Lambeth way, Of a bicycle made for two! Ev'ry evening, ev'ry day, - o - You'll find us all doin' the Lambeth Walk. Let's all go down the Strand ('ave a banana) - o - Let's all go down the Strand. Come, come, come and make eyes at I'll be leader, you can march me behind, Down at the old Bull and Bush. Come with me and see what we can (Dah dah dah dah dah) find. Come, come, drink some port wine Let's all go down the Strand with me ('ave a banana) Down at the old Bull and Bush. Oh, what a happy band. Hear the little German band That's the place for fun and noise (Dah de dah de dah dah dah) All among the girls and boys, Just let me hold your hand, dear. So let's all go down the Strand. Do, do, come and have a drink or - o - two Down at the old Bull and Bush. Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner (Bush bush!) That I love London so, Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - o - That I think of her wherever I go. I'm forever blowing bubbles, I get a funny feeling inside of me Pretty bubbles in the air. Just walking up and down, They fly so high, nearly reach Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner the sky, That I love London Town. Then like my dreams they fade and die. - 3 - MARY POPPINS MEDLEY Let's go fly a kite Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Up to the highest height! Chim chim cher-ee! Let's go fly a kite and send it A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can soaring be Up through the atmosphere Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Up where the air is clear Chim chim cher-oo! Oh, let's go fly a kite! Good luck will rub off when I shakes 'ands with you When you send it flying up there Or blow me a kiss and that's lucky All at once you’re lighter than too. air You can dance on the breeze, Now, that the ladder of life 'as Over ‘ouses and trees been sprung With you fist holding tight You might think a sweep's on the To the string of your kite bottommost rung Though I spends me time in the Let's go fly a kite ashes and smoke Up to the highest height! In this 'ole wide world there's no Let's go fly a kite and send it 'appier bloke. soaring Up through the atmosphere Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Up where the air is clear Chim chim cher-ee! Oh, let's go fly a kite! A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be - o - Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey Chim chim cher-oo! In ev'ry job that must be done Good luck will rub off when I There is an element of fun shakes 'ands with you You find the fun and SNAP! The Or blow me a kiss and that's lucky job's a game too. And ev'ry task you undertake Becomes a piece of cake - o - A lark! A spree! It's very clear to see, that a... With tuppence for paper and strings, Spoonful of sugar helps the You can have your own set of medicine go down wings; The medicine go down-wown With your feet on the ground The medicine go down You're a bird in a flight Just a spoonful of sugar helps With your fist holding tight the medicine go down To the string of your kite. In a most delightful way. Oh, oh, oh! - 4 - A robin feathering his nest Kick your knees up, step in time Has very little time to rest Kick your knees up, step in time While gathering little bits of Never need a reason, twine and twig Never need a rhyme Though quite intent in his Kick your knees up, step in time! pursuit He has a merry tune to toot Flap like a birdie ... (etc) He knows a song will move the job along - o - Just a spoonful of sugar helps Supercalifragilisticexpiali- the medicine go down docious! The medicine go down-wown Even though the sound of it The medicine go down Is something quite atrocious, Just a spoonful of sugar helps If you say it loud enough the medicine go down You'll always sound precocious, In a most delightful way. Supercalifragilisticexpiali- docious! - o - Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle Ain't it a glorious day? ay. Right as a mornin' in May Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle I feel like I could fly ay. 'Ave you ever seen the grass so green? Or a bluer sky? Because I was afraid to speak When I was just a lad, Oh, it's a jolly 'oliday with Mary. Me father gave me nose a tweak Mary makes your 'eart so light! And told me I was bad! When the day is grey and But then one day I learned a word ordinary, that saved me achin' nose, Mary makes the sun shine bright! The biggest word you ever heard Oh, 'appiness is bloomin' all And this is how it goes: around 'er, The daffodils are smilin' at the Supercalifragilisticexpiali- dove. docious! When Mary 'olds your 'and you feel Even though the sound of it so grand Is something quite atrocious, Your 'eart starts beatin' like a If you say it loud enough big brass band! You'll always sound precocious, Oh, it's a jolly 'oliday with Mary Supercalifragilisticexpiali- No wonder that it's Mary that we docious! love! ! - o - - 5 - COCKNEY CLASSICS "Can't get away to marry you today, “Wotcher!” all the neighbours My wife won't let me". cried, “Who’re yer goin’ to meet, Bill? - o - Have her bought the street, Bill?” Laugh! I thought I should ‘ave Oh! We ain't got a barrel of money, died, Maybe we're ragged and funny Knocked ‘em in the Old Kent Road! But we'll travel along, singin' a song, side by side. - o - Don't know what's comin’ tomorrow, Maybe it's trouble and sorrow, On Mother Kelly's doorstep, down But we'll travel the road, sharin' Paradise Row, our load, side by side. I'd sit along o' Nelly, and she'd sit along o' Joe. Thru all kinds of weather what if She'd got a little hole in her the sky should fall? frock, a hole in her shoe, Just as long as we're together, A hole in her sock, where her toe It doesn't matter at all. peep'd through, When they'll all had their But Nelly was the smartest down quarrels and parted, our alley. We'll be the same as we started, Just trav'lin' along, singin' a On Mother Kelly's doorstep, I'm song, side by side. wondering now If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe, her beau, And does she love me like she “Don't jump off the roof, Dad used to, You'll make a hole in the yard On Mother Kelly's doorstep, down Mother's just planted petunias Paradise Row. The weeding and seeding was hard If you must end it all, Dad - o - Won't you please give us a break Just take a walk down the park, There was I waiting at the church Dad Waiting at the church, waiting at And there you can jump in the the church lake.” When I found he'd left me in the lurch Lor', how it did upset me All at once he sent me round a note Here's the very note, and this is what he wrote - 6 - BEATLES MEDLEY Desmond had a barrow in the market place, What would you do if I sang out Molly is the singer in a band. of tune, Desmond says to Molly, girl I like Would you stand up and walk out your face on me? And Molly says this as she takes Lend me your ears and I’ll sing him by the hand. you a song And I’ll try not to sing out of Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on bra. key. La la how the life goes on. (x2) Oh, I get by with a little help - o - from my friends, Mm, I get high with a little help Well, shake it up, baby, now from my friends.