It's a Grand and Healthy Life
Some chaps like a game of tennis, some like boating on the sea
Some are fond of cricket or a ball they want to kick it
But there's only one sport that appeals to me
I love to hike, that's what I like,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
I tramp a mile, then sit a while
A bumblebee there in the grass comes and stings me on my elbow
Down comes the rain and I get wet through
I can't blow my nose because it's already blue
I catch a chill, and feel so ill.
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
I love to hike, that's what I like,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
While tramping back, the night was black
My girl tripped into a ditch I said, "you are a clumsy bounder"
She shouted help! I thought I'd begin
Pulling her out but she kept pulling me in
The ditch was high, we drank it dry,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
I love to hike that's what I like,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
My girl and me, sat neath a tree
A great big blackbird with its
claws came and tore off my girl's jumper
When she got home she heard mother shout
You haven't come home the same as when you went out
She hung her head and blushing said,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
Some are fond of cricket or a ball they want to kick it
But there's only one sport that appeals to me
I love to hike, that's what I like,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
I tramp a mile, then sit a while
A bumblebee there in the grass comes and stings me on my elbow
Down comes the rain and I get wet through
I can't blow my nose because it's already blue
I catch a chill, and feel so ill.
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
I love to hike, that's what I like,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
While tramping back, the night was black
My girl tripped into a ditch I said, "you are a clumsy bounder"
She shouted help! I thought I'd begin
Pulling her out but she kept pulling me in
The ditch was high, we drank it dry,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
I love to hike that's what I like,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
My girl and me, sat neath a tree
A great big blackbird with its
claws came and tore off my girl's jumper
When she got home she heard mother shout
You haven't come home the same as when you went out
She hung her head and blushing said,
Ee! but it's a grand and healthy life
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Writer(s): George Formby, Harry Gifford, Fred Cliffe
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