The Biggest Aspidistra In The World-Gracie Fields

[ti:The Biggest Aspidistra In The World] [ar:Gracie Fields] [al:Gracie Is My Darlin' Vol. 2 - (The Dave Cash Collection)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Biggest Aspidistra In The World - Gracie Fields [00:09.01]For years we had an aspidistra in a flower pot [00:12.47] [00:12.99]On the whatnot near the ＇atstand in the ＇all [00:15.95] [00:16.78]It didn＇t seem to grow ＇til one day our brother Joe [00:20.46]Had a notion that he＇d make it strong and tall [00:23.21] [00:24.05]So he＇s crossed it with an acorn from an oak tree [00:29.83]And he＇s planted it against the garden wall [00:32.41] [00:33.48]It shot up like a rocket ＇til it＇s nearly reached the sky [00:37.66]It＇s the biggest aspidistra in the world [00:40.98] [00:42.00]We couldn＇t see the top of it it got so bloomin＇ high [00:46.44]It＇s the biggest aspidistra in the world [00:49.61] [00:50.55]When father＇s had a snoot full at his pub ＇The Bunch of Grapes＇ [00:54.90]He doesn＇t go all fighting mad and getting into scrapes [00:58.31] [00:58.99]No you＇ll find him in his bear-skin playing Tarzan of the apes [01:04.56]Off the biggest aspidistra in the world [01:08.97] [01:09.97]We have to get it watered by the local fire brigade [01:13.28] [01:14.12]So they put the water rates up half a crown [01:17.46] [01:18.12]The roots stuff up the drains grow along the country lanes [01:22.46]And they came up half a mile outside the town [01:25.11] [01:26.11]Once we hired an auditorium for a hot house [01:29.78] [01:31.01]But a jealous rival went and burnt it down [01:35.50] [01:37.13]The tom cats and their sweethearts love to spend their evenings out [01:42.00]Up the biggest aspidistra in the world [01:46.19] [01:47.09]They all begin meowing when the buds begin to sprout [01:51.20] [01:51.77]From the biggest aspidistra in the world [01:55.93] [01:56.92]The dogs all come around for miles a lovely sight to see [02:01.52]They sniff around for hours and hours and wag their tails with glee [02:06.20] [02:07.00]So I＇ve had to put a notice up to say it＇s not a tree [02:13.12]It＇s the biggest aspidistra in the world