The Ballad Of Bethnal Green-Paddy Roberts

[ti:The Ballad Of Bethnal Green] [ar:Paddy Roberts] [al:Strictly For Grown-Ups] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad Of Bethnal Green - Paddy Roberts [00:19.83]I'll tell a tale of a jealous male [00:22.77]And a maid of sweet sixteen [00:25.75]She was blond and dumb [00:27.25]And she lived with her Mum [00:28.85]On the edge of Bethnal Green [00:31.77]She worked all week for a rich old Greek [00:34.79]For her dad was on the dole [00:37.79]And her one delight was a Friday night [00:40.89]When she have a little rock and roll [00:43.94]To my rit fal lah to my itty fal lal [00:47.01]To my itty bitty fal dal day [00:50.12]To my rit fal lah to my itty fal lal [00:53.11]To my itty bitty fal dal day [00:56.25]Then one fine day in the Month of May [00:59.23]She found her big romance [01:02.23]He was dark and sleek with a scar on his cheek [01:05.25]And a pair of drainpipe pants [01:08.32]And she thought with you I could be so true [01:11.28]Through all the years to come [01:14.32]For she loved the gay abandoned way [01:17.48]He chewed his chewing gum [01:20.01] [01:20.52]To my rit fal lah to my itty fal lal [01:23.59]To my itty bitty fal dal day [01:26.71]To my rit fal lah to my itty fal lal [01:29.64]To my itty bitty fal dal day [01:32.72]It started well because he fell [01:35.74]For all her girlish charms [01:38.87]But he had some doubt when he caught her out [01:41.77]In someone else's arms [01:44.92]He said look here you know my dear [01:47.91]This is going a bit too far [01:50.94]Then he went quite white and he sloshed her right [01:54.06]In the middle of her cha cha cha [01:57.07]He went before a man of the law who said [02:00.86]This will not do [02:03.30]I've had enough of this all of stuff [02:06.25]I get from the likes of you [02:08.75] [02:09.33]And was she peeved when he received [02:12.37]A longish term in clink [02:14.92] [02:15.44]In a fit of pique she married the Greek [02:18.52]And now she dressed in mink [02:21.06] [02:21.68]To my rit fal lah to my itty fal lal [02:24.71]To my itty bitty fal dal day [02:27.82]To my rit fal lah to my itty fal lal [02:30.81]To my itty bitty fal dal day