Jubilee Sov'rin-Stanley Holloway

[ti:Jubilee Sov'rin] [ar:Stanley Holloway] [al:Many Happy Returns] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jubilee Sov'rin - Stanley Holloway [00:07.39]On Jubilee Day the ramsbottoms [00:10.24]Asked all their relations to tea [00:12.60] [00:13.19]Including young Albert's grandmother [00:15.39] [00:16.03]An awkward old party were she [00:18.87] [00:19.84]She'd seen queen Victoria's jub lee [00:22.83]And her wedding to Albert the good [00:25.62]But got quite upset when young Albert [00:28.68]Asked how she'd got on in the flood [00:30.67] [00:31.45]She cast quite a damper on party [00:34.91]But cheered up a bit after tea [00:37.29] [00:37.86]And gave Albert a real golden sovrin [00:41.30]She'd saved since the last Jubilee [00:43.75] [00:44.56]It had picture of queen on the one side [00:47.12] [00:47.65]And a dragon fight on the reverse [00:50.44]And tasted of camphor and cobwebs [00:54.03]Through being so long in her purse [00:56.64] [00:57.57]Albert cuddled the coin and he kissed it [01:01.07] [01:01.63]And felt the rough edge with his tongue [01:05.09]For he knew by the look of his father [01:07.98]It wouldn't be his very longer [01:10.25] [01:11.40]Shall I get your money box alber [01:14.15]Said mother so coaxing and sweet [01:16.60] [01:17.38]But Albert let drop an expression [01:20.38]He must have picked up in the street [01:22.65] [01:23.61]I'll show you a trick with that sovrin [01:26.19]Said Pa who were hovering near [01:28.69] [01:29.31]Then he took and pretended to eat it [01:31.83] [01:32.40]Then brought it back out of his ear [01:34.93] [01:35.83]This magic filled Albert with wonder [01:38.74] [01:39.44]And before you could say uncle Dick [01:41.34] [01:42.14]He'd got the coin back from his father [01:44.98]And performed the first part of the trick [01:47.54] [01:48.85]When they saw as he'd swallered his suffering [01:51.84] [01:52.34]With excitement his relatives burned [01:55.10] [01:55.85]And each one suggested some process [01:59.22]For getting the money returned [02:00.89] [02:02.21]Some were for fishing with tweezers [02:05.44]Well some were for shaking it out [02:07.71] [02:08.46]If they only got back a few shillings [02:10.99] [02:11.60]They said would be better of the nowt [02:14.18] [02:14.99]They tried holding Albert head downwards [02:18.56]And giving his back a good thump [02:20.87] [02:21.54]Realse uncle who worked for a chemist [02:24.15] [02:24.71]Said there's not for it but stummick pump [02:27.84] [02:29.02]They hadn't a stummick Pump Andy [02:31.16] [02:31.72]But Pa did the best that he could [02:34.37]With a bicycle pump as he'd borrowed [02:36.64] [02:37.24]But that weren't a haporth of good [02:39.26] [02:39.99]At the last they to came to the doctor [02:42.43] [02:42.95]Who looked down his throat through a glass [02:45.54] [02:46.07]And said this'll mean operation [02:48.01] [02:48.75]He afraid out to laugh to have gas [02:51.01] [02:52.79]How much is this were going to cost us [02:55.72]Said father beginning to squirm [02:58.13] [02:58.84]Said the doctor it comes quite expensive [03:01.47] [03:02.01]The best gas is it eightpence a therm [03:04.56] [03:05.16]There's my time four shillings an hour [03:07.94] [03:08.65]You can't do these things in two ticks [03:10.75] [03:11.61]By rights I should charge you a guinea [03:14.49]But I'll do it for eighteen and six [03:16.82] [03:17.65]What eighteen and six to get sovrin said father [03:22.30]That doesn't sound sense [03:24.30] [03:25.06]I'll tell you what you'd best keep [03:27.26]Albert and give me the odd eighteen pence [03:30.86] [03:32.04]The doctor concurred this arrangement [03:34.70] [03:35.35]But to this day is stands in some doubt [03:38.65]As to whether he's in eighteen shillings [03:41.71]Or whether he's eighteen pence out