Jubilee Sovereign-Stanley Holloway

[ti:] [ar:Stanley Holloway] [al:Parlophone Comedy Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.04]Jubilee Sovereign - Stanley Holloway [00:00.65]Written by：Marriott Edgar [00:01.39] [00:07.29]On jubilee day the ramsbottoms [00:10.15]Asked all their relations to tea [00:12.38] [00:12.97]Including young Albert's grandmother [00:15.27] [00:15.81]An awkward old party were she [00:19.29]She'd seen queen Victoria's jub lee [00:22.57]And her wedding to Albert the good [00:25.51]But got quite upset when young Albert [00:28.24]Asked how she'd got on in the flood [00:30.49] [00:31.42]She cast quite a damper on party [00:34.64]But cheered up a bit after tea [00:37.43]And gave Albert a real golden sovrin [00:40.34] [00:40.86]She'd saved since the last jubilee [00:43.13] [00:43.93]It had picture of queen on the one side [00:47.11]And a dragon fight on the reverse [00:49.52] [00:50.04]And tasted of camphor and cobwebs [00:52.78] [00:53.46]Through being so long in her purse [00:55.92] [00:56.70]Albert cuddled the coin and he kissed it [01:01.01]And felt the rough edge with his tongue [01:04.22]For he knew by the look of his father [01:07.25]It wouldn't be his very longer [01:09.60] [01:10.52]Shall I get your money box abler [01:13.41]Said mother so coaxing and sweet [01:16.02] [01:16.75]But Albert let drop an expression [01:19.73]He must have picked up in the street [01:21.84] [01:22.64]I'll show you a trick with that sovrin [01:25.29]Said pa who were hovering near [01:28.30]Then he took and pretended to eat it [01:30.96] [01:31.59]Then brought it back out of his ear [01:34.00] [01:34.74]This magic filled Albert with wonder [01:37.82] [01:38.37]And before you could say uncle dick [01:40.47] [01:41.00]He'd got the coin back from his father [01:43.73]And performed the first part of the trick [01:46.50] [01:47.79]When they saw as he'd swallered his suffering [01:51.02]With excitement his relatives burned [01:54.00] [01:54.59]And each one suggested some process [01:57.86]For getting the money returned [01:59.79] [02:00.85]Some were for fishing with tweezers [02:03.51] [02:04.08]Well some were for shaking it out [02:06.61] [02:07.18]If they only got back a few shillings [02:09.53] [02:10.54]They said would be better of the nowt [02:12.66] [02:13.84]They tried holding Albert head downwards [02:17.19]And giving his back a good thump [02:19.53] [02:20.11]Reals uncle who worked for a chemist [02:23.20]Said there's nowt for it but stummick pump [02:26.44] [02:27.48]They hadn't a stummick pump Andy [02:30.11]But pa did the best that he could [02:32.78]With a bicycle pump as he'd borrowed [02:35.13] [02:35.65]But that weren't a haporth of good [02:37.75] [02:38.34]At the last they to came to the doctor [02:40.91] [02:41.42]Who looked down his throat through a glass [02:43.78] [02:44.47]And said this'll mean operation [02:46.36] [02:46.93]He afraid out to laugh to have gas [02:50.07] [02:50.94]How much is this were going to cost us [02:54.09]Said father beginning to squirm [02:56.39] [02:56.97]Said the doctor it comes quite expensive [03:00.23]The best gas is it eightpence a therm [03:02.51] [03:03.61]There's my time four shillings an hour [03:06.23] [03:06.75]You can't do these things in two ticks [03:08.84] [03:09.85]By rights I should charge you a guinea [03:12.27] [03:12.86]But I'll do it for eighteen and six [03:15.02] [03:15.90]What eighteen and six to get sovrin said father [03:20.56]That doesn't sound sense [03:22.51] [03:23.10]I'll tell you what you'd best keep [03:25.43]Albert and give me the odd eighteen pence [03:28.69] [03:30.11]The doctor concurred this arrangement [03:32.44] [03:33.37]But to this day is stands in some doubt [03:36.67]As to whether he's in eighteen shillings [03:39.84]Or whether he's eighteen pence out [03:43.56]