Three Brothers-Joyce Grenfell

[ti:Three Brothers] [ar:Joyce Grenfell/Norman Wisdom] [al:Welcome] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Three Brothers - Joyce Grenfell [00:03.57]I had three brothers [00:06.82]Harold and Robert and James [00:09.91]All of them tall and handsome [00:13.11]All of them good at games [00:16.15]And I was allowed to field for them [00:18.40]To bowl to them to score [00:20.40]I was allowed to slave for them [00:22.33]For ever and evermore [00:25.99]Oh I was allowed to fetch and carry [00:29.28]For my three brothers [00:33.32]Jim and Bob and Harry [00:38.10] [00:40.56]All of my brothers [00:43.07]Harry and Jim and Bob [00:45.96]Grew to be good and clever [00:48.93]Each of them at his job [00:52.27]And I was allowed to wait on them [00:54.45]To be their slave complete [00:56.62]I was allowed to work for them [00:58.60]And life for me was sweet [01:01.91] [01:02.44]For I was allowed to fetch and carry [01:05.66]For my three brothers [01:09.98]Jim and Bob and Harry [01:15.74] [01:16.69]Jim went out to South Africa [01:19.11]Bob went out to Ceylon [01:20.93] [01:21.49]Harry went out to New Zealand [01:24.14]And settled in Wellington [01:26.95]And the grass grew high on the cricket pitch [01:30.49]And the tennis court went to hay [01:34.36]And the place was too big and too silent [01:38.27] [01:38.80]After they went away [01:41.78]So I turned it into a guest house [01:44.76]After our parents died [01:47.54]And I wrote to the boys every Sunday [01:50.50]And once a year they replied [01:53.79]All of them married eventually [01:57.09]I wrote to their wives of course [02:00.14] [02:00.89]Their wives wrote back on postcards [02:05.11]Well it might to been very much worse [02:07.87] [02:08.94]And now I have nine nieces [02:12.54]Most of them home at school [02:15.59]I have them all to stay here [02:18.72]For the holidays as a rule [02:22.11]And I am allowed to week a them [02:24.29]To do odd jobs galore [02:26.41]I am allowed to slave for them [02:28.39]And life is sweet once more [02:32.43]For I am allowed to fetch and carry [02:36.35]For the children of Jim and Bob and Harry