Oom-Pah-Pah
Ladies and gentlemen
Sinners all
I call upon our goddess of the urchins
To give us a well-known rendition
Of the old school song
"Oom-Pah-Pah"!
All right, all right
Here we go, then!
Oh, there's a little ditty
They're singin' in the city
Especially when they've been on the gin or the beer
If you've got the patience
Your own imaginations'll
Tell you just exactly what you want to hear
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
They all suppose what they want to suppose
When they hear oom-pah-pah
Mr. Percy Snodgrass
Would often have the odd glass
But never when he thought anybody could see
Secretly he'd buy it
Drink it on the quiet
And dream he was an earl
With a girl on each knee
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
What is the cause of his red shiny nose?
Could it be oom-pah-pah?
Pretty little Sally
Goes walking down the alley
Displays a pretty ankle
To all of the men
They could see her garters
But not for free and gratis
An inch or two and then
She knows when to say when!
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
Whether it's hidden
Or whether it shows
It's the same, oom-pah-pah
She was from the country
But now she's up a gum-tree
She let a fella beat her
And lead her along
What's the use of crying?
She made a bed to lie in
She's glad to bring a coin in
And join in this song!
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
She is no longer the same blushing rose
Ever since oom-pah-pah
(There's a little ditty) Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
(They're singing in the city) That's how it goes
(Especially when they're been) Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
(On the gin or the beer) Everyone knows
(If you've got the patience, your own imaginations) They all suppose what they want to suppose
(Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear) When they hear oom-pah-pah
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
They all suppose what they want to suppose
When they hear oom-pah-pah
Sinners all
I call upon our goddess of the urchins
To give us a well-known rendition
Of the old school song
"Oom-Pah-Pah"!
All right, all right
Here we go, then!
Oh, there's a little ditty
They're singin' in the city
Especially when they've been on the gin or the beer
If you've got the patience
Your own imaginations'll
Tell you just exactly what you want to hear
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
They all suppose what they want to suppose
When they hear oom-pah-pah
Mr. Percy Snodgrass
Would often have the odd glass
But never when he thought anybody could see
Secretly he'd buy it
Drink it on the quiet
And dream he was an earl
With a girl on each knee
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
What is the cause of his red shiny nose?
Could it be oom-pah-pah?
Pretty little Sally
Goes walking down the alley
Displays a pretty ankle
To all of the men
They could see her garters
But not for free and gratis
An inch or two and then
She knows when to say when!
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
Whether it's hidden
Or whether it shows
It's the same, oom-pah-pah
She was from the country
But now she's up a gum-tree
She let a fella beat her
And lead her along
What's the use of crying?
She made a bed to lie in
She's glad to bring a coin in
And join in this song!
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
She is no longer the same blushing rose
Ever since oom-pah-pah
(There's a little ditty) Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
(They're singing in the city) That's how it goes
(Especially when they're been) Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
(On the gin or the beer) Everyone knows
(If you've got the patience, your own imaginations) They all suppose what they want to suppose
(Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear) When they hear oom-pah-pah
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
That's how it goes
Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah
Everyone knows
They all suppose what they want to suppose
When they hear oom-pah-pah
Credits
Writer(s): Lionel Bart
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Link
© 2024 All rights reserved. Rockol.com S.r.l. Website image policy
Rockol
- Rockol only uses images and photos made available for promotional purposes (“for press use”) by record companies, artist managements and p.r. agencies.
- Said images are used to exert a right to report and a finality of the criticism, in a degraded mode compliant to copyright laws, and exclusively inclosed in our own informative content.
- Only non-exclusive images addressed to newspaper use and, in general, copyright-free are accepted.
- Live photos are published when licensed by photographers whose copyright is quoted.
- Rockol is available to pay the right holder a fair fee should a published image’s author be unknown at the time of publishing.
Feedback
Please immediately report the presence of images possibly not compliant with the above cases so as to quickly verify an improper use: where confirmed, we would immediately proceed to their removal.