Sing As We Go-Gracie Fields

[ti:Sing As We Go] [ar:Gracie Fields] [al:Gracie Fields] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sing As We Go - Gracie Fields [00:08.88]For years we had an aspidistra in a flower pot [00:12.51]On the whatnot near the 'atstand in the 'all [00:15.76] [00:16.46]It didn't seem to grow [00:18.04]'Til one day our brother Joe [00:19.73]Had a notion that he'd make it strong and tall [00:23.21] [00:23.72]So he's crossed it with an acorn from an oak tree [00:28.22]And he's planted it against the garden wall [00:31.87] [00:32.61]It shot up like a rocket [00:34.55]Til it's nearly touched the sky [00:36.74]It's the biggest aspidistra in the world [00:40.88] [00:41.76]We couldn't see the top of it [00:43.31]It got so bloomin' high [00:45.65]It's the biggest aspidistra in the world [00:50.08]When father's had a skinful at his pub [00:53.04]'The Bunch of Grapes' [00:54.50]He doesn't go all fighting mad [00:56.52]And getting into scrapes [00:58.93]You'll find him in his bare-skin [01:01.32]Playing Tarzan of the apes [01:04.22]Up the biggest aspidistra in the world [01:09.05] [01:09.69]We have to get it watered [01:11.48]By the local fire brigade [01:14.08]So they've put the water rates up half a crown [01:17.00] [01:17.96]The roots stop up the drains [01:20.12]Grow along the country lanes [01:22.14]And they come up half a mile outside the town [01:25.95]Once we hired the crystal palace for a hot house [01:30.13] [01:31.01]But a jealous rival went and burnt it down [01:35.89] [01:36.84]The tom cats and the moggies love [01:39.49]To spend their evenings out [01:41.78]Up the biggest aspidistra in the world [01:46.02] [01:46.85]They all begin meowing [01:48.82]When the buds begin to sprout [01:51.43]Up the biggest aspidistra in the world [01:56.48]The dogs line up for miles and miles [01:59.21]A funny sight to see [02:01.31]They sniff around for hours on end [02:03.07] [02:03.60]And wag their tails with glee [02:06.97]So I've had to put a notice up to say [02:10.68]It's not a tree [02:12.67]It's the biggest aspidistra in the world [02:17.42] [02:18.49]It's getting worn and weary [02:20.47]And its leaves are turning grey [02:23.10]It's the oldest Aspidistra in the world [02:27.55] [02:28.46]So we water it with [02:29.96]Half a pint of Guinness everyday [02:33.01]It's the stoutest Aspidistra in the world [02:38.52]The Borough Council told us [02:40.88]That we've got to chop it down; [02:43.40]It interferes with aeroplanes [02:45.68]That fly above the town [02:48.08]So we sold it to a woodyard [02:51.10]For a lousy half a crown [02:54.60]It's the biggest Aspidistra in the world [03:01.47] [03:03.01]The biggest biggest