Simon the Cellarer-Peter Dawson

[ti:Simon the Cellarer] [ar:Peter Dawson] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Simon the Cellarer - Peter Dawson [00:12.03]Old Simon the cellarer keeps a large store [00:15.28]Of Malmsey and Malvoisie [00:17.13] [00:18.29]And Cyprus and who can say how many more [00:20.85] [00:21.40]For a chary old soul is he [00:23.84] [00:24.81]A chary old soul is he [00:27.72] [00:28.54]Of Sack and Canary he never doth fail [00:31.79]And all the year 'round there is brewing of ale; [00:35.01] [00:35.92]Yet he never aileth he quaintly doth say [00:39.42] [00:40.05]While he keeps to his sober six flagons a day [00:44.53]But oh oh oh his nose doth show [00:47.75]Bow oft the Black Jack to his lips doth go; [00:50.53]But oh oh oh his nose doth show [00:53.33] [00:54.16]How oft the Black Jack to his lips doth go [00:57.58] [01:03.18]Dame Margery sits in her own still room [01:06.91]A matron sage is she; [01:09.93]Yet oft thence at Curfew is wafted a fume [01:13.37]She says it is Rosemarie [01:16.19] [01:17.55]She says it is Rosemarie [01:22.71]But there's a small cupboard behind the back stair [01:25.61] [01:26.13]And the maids say they often see Margery there; [01:29.05] [01:29.92]Now Margery says that she grows very old [01:34.30] [01:35.16]And must take a something to keep out the cold [01:39.97] [01:40.67]But oh oh oh old Simon doth know [01:43.82]Where many a flask of his best doth go; [01:46.75]But oh oh oh old Simon doth know [01:49.98] [01:50.51]Where many a flask of his best doth go [01:54.05] [01:59.56]Old Simon reclines in his high-backed chair [02:03.39]And talks about taking a wife; [02:05.53] [02:06.04]And Margery is often heard to declare [02:08.96] [02:09.96]She ought to be settled in life [02:13.26] [02:13.79]She ought to be settled in life [02:16.41] [02:17.33]But Margery has so the maids say a tongue [02:20.29] [02:20.99]And she's not very handsome and not very young; [02:24.47] [02:25.19]And somehow it ends with a shake of the head [02:28.25] [02:29.18]And Simon he brews him a tankard instead [02:34.14]While oh oh oh he will chuckle and crow [02:37.15]What marry old Margerv no no no [02:40.45]While oh oh oh he will chuckle and crow [02:43.36] [02:44.22]What marry old Margery no no no'