With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm-Stanley Holloway

[ti:With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm] [ar:Stanley Holloway] [al:Beat The Retreat] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm - Stanley Holloway [00:09.88]In the tower of london large as life [00:13.11] [00:14.59]The ghost of anne boleyn walks they declare [00:17.93] [00:19.32]For anne boleyn was once king henry's wife [00:22.78] [00:24.67]Until he made the headsman bob her hair [00:28.29] [00:29.67]Ah yes he did her wrong long years ago [00:33.44] [00:34.83]And she comes up at night to tell him soooo [00:40.31] [00:41.00]With her head tucked underneath her arm [00:47.37]She walks the bloody tower [00:51.09] [00:52.45]With her head tucked underneath her arm [00:58.15]At the midnight hour [01:02.73] [01:03.50]She comes to haunt king henry [01:05.73]She means to give him what for [01:07.77] [01:08.69]Gadzook she's going to tell him off [01:11.51]For having split her gore [01:14.58]And just in case the headsman [01:16.99]Wants to give her an encore [01:19.22] [01:21.07]She has her head tucked underneath her arm [01:26.05] [01:27.65]With her head tucked underneath her arm [01:33.59] [01:34.20]She walks the bloody tower [01:37.91] [01:39.29]With her had tucked underneath her arm [01:45.02]At the midnight hour [01:49.29] [01:50.15]Along the draughty corridors [01:52.46] [01:52.98]For miles and miles she goes [01:55.74]She often catches cold poor thing [01:59.44]It's cold there when it blows [02:03.40]And it's awfully awkward for the queen [02:06.69]To have to blow her nose [02:10.22] [02:10.80]With her head tucked underneath her arm [02:16.81] [02:22.45]Sometimes gay king henry gives a spread [02:25.47] [02:27.20]For all his pals and gals and ghostly crew [02:30.51] [02:32.26]The headsman carves the joint and cuts the bread [02:35.40] [02:37.39]Then in comes anne boleyn to queer the do [02:41.14] [02:42.99]She holds her head up with a wild war whoop [02:46.62] [02:48.56]And henry cries don't drop it in the soup [02:52.79] [02:55.54]With her head tucked underneath her arm [03:01.36] [03:01.98]She walks the bloody tower [03:05.56] [03:07.01]With her head tucked underneath her arm [03:12.67]At the midnight hour [03:17.13] [03:18.07]The sentries think that it's a football [03:21.12]That she carries in [03:22.69] [03:23.34]And when they've had a few they shout [03:26.82]Is arsnal going to win [03:30.02]They think it's alec james [03:32.56]Instead of poor old ann boleyn [03:36.20] [03:36.92]With her head tucked underneath her arm [03:42.04] [03:43.46]With her head tucked underneath her arm [03:49.70] [03:50.26]She walks the bloody tower [03:53.96] [03:55.28]With her head tucked underneath her arm [04:00.92]At the midnight hour [04:05.64] [04:06.29]One night she caught king henry [04:08.98]He was in the canteen bar [04:11.43] [04:12.07]Said he are you jane seymore [04:15.31]Anne boleyn or catherine parr [04:18.66] [04:19.37]How the sweet san fairy ann [04:22.76]Do I know who you are [04:25.80] [04:26.53]With your head tucked underneath your arm