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First Published<\/td>1905<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Harry Wincott and Harry Leighton<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN10699<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Frank Seeley<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Source Singers<\/strong>
Hancy, Charlie; England : Suffolk; 1970s<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From Feldman's Second Giant Budget of Copyright songs<\/em><\/strong>\n\nI took it home to Maria<\/strong>\nSung by Frank Seeley\nWords and music by Harry Wincott and Harry Leighton\n\nI was going home late one morning, in the fog you see.\nWhen a lady, without a warning, came and said to me,\n\u201cHold my baby just for a tick while I pin up my dress?\u201d\nWell I took the little kid in my arms, I did, I must confess,\nBut to my surprise she ran away,\nAnd left me with the kid, I say!\n \nSo I took it home to Maria, \u2018cos \u2018Ria hadn\u2019t one.\nIt was just the kid to admire but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she spotted the Baby she shouted \u201cLook here Jack\u201d\nWe've only been married a month or two so you'll have to take it back.\u201d <\/em>[twice]\n\nMy old woman she bought a bicycle for twenty bob.\nAnd she tells me its nicey nicey when she\u2019s on the job.\nPassing by a ragshop today, I saw such a lovely pair \nOf bloomers hanging outside the shop,just fourpence I declare.\nSo I went and bought em quick you see,\nAnd when they wrapped them up for me:\n \nI took \u2018em home to Maria, \u2018cos \u2018Ria hadn\u2019t one.\nThey were just the pair to admire, but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she tried o get in \u2018em she shouted 'Look here Jack,\nI just can\u2019t get \u2018em over my knees at all so you'll have to take em back.\u201d<\/em>\n[twice]\n\nIn our little backyard we've got a lovely chicken run, \nAnd my missus says \"Oh what a shame we haven't one \nFowl to put in the chicken house\" When I heard her say that \nI prowled all over the neighbours yards just like an old tom cat \nThen I grab some rooster by its legs \nThe champion for laying eggs\n\nSo I took \u2018em home to Maria, \u2018cos \u2018Ria hadn\u2019t one.\nThey were just the bird to admire, but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she spotted that old hen she shouted 'Look here Jack,\nIf it don't lay bacon as well as eggs you'll have to take em back.\u201d<\/em>\n[twice]\n \nMy wife being a farmer\u2019s daughter won\u2019t drink milk, oh no!\nShe declares its chalk and water, mixed up just like dough\nSo I went to a cattle show, and in the dairy there,\nWhen they started to milk the cows, I had to stop and stare\nPresently some man told me the tale,\nSold me an old cow and a pail\n\nAnd so I took it home to Maria, \u2018cos \u2018Ria hadn\u2019t one \nIt was just the cow to admire, but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she spotted the creature she shouted 'Look here Jack,\nHow can I milk it? This cow\u2019s a bull, so you'll have to take it back.\u201d<\/em>\n[twice]\n\nPeople think that my face looks bonny, but my wife you know,\nSays to me \u201cNow why don\u2019t you, Johnny, let your whiskers grow?\u201d\nTho\u2019 I\u2019ve [rubbed hair restorer] o\u2019er my chin and round my nose\nNot a sign of hair has come a sprouting, Holy Mose\nIn barbershop today I saw\nA lovely curly moustachios, oh lor!\n\nAnd I took it home to Maria, \u2018cos I hadn\u2019t one \nIt was just the thing to admire, but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she spotted my whiskers, she shouted \u201cLook here Jack,\nIf it doesn\u2019t tickle me properly, you'll have to take it back.\u201d<\/em>\n[twice]\n\nPoor Maria like all the ladies, wants to ride a horse. \nBut a clothes horse, I much afraid, is her one last resource. \nHow can she ride up Rotten Row with the ladies grand, \nWhen I can\u2019t afford a horse not even one second hand?\nBut a costermonger who was broke\nFor eighteen pence sold me his moke\n\nAnd I took it home to Maria, \u2018cos \u2018Ria hadn\u2019t one \nIt was just the moke to admire, but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she spotted the donkey she shouted 'Look here Jack,\nYou mustn\u2019t bring your relations here, you'll have to take it back.\u201d<\/em>\n[twice]\n\nMy wife tells me she wants a slavey in the house, I say!\nShe\u2019s got tired making pie and gravy, and to day Hooray!\nI met one, such a pretty dear, this morning in the park\nLovely eyes, golden hair, well there I\u2019ll pass no more remark\nFor we had a chat on the strict QT\nThen I said \u201cYou come along with me\u201d\n\nAnd I took it home to Maria, \u2018cos \u2018Ria hadn\u2019t one \nIt was just the girl to admire, but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she spotted the slavey she shouted \u201cLook here Jack,\nUnless she\u2019s going to sleep out at night, you'll have to take her back.\u201d<\/em>\n[twice]\n\n\n\nAs sung by Charlie Hancy<\/strong> in the 1970s<\/strong>\nNow as I was strolling out this morning, it was in the fog you see.\nOh, a lady, without any caution, she stopped and said to me,\n'Will you hold my baby a half-a-tick while I pin up my dress?'\nWell I took this kiddy in my arms, I did, I must confess,\nAnd to my surprise she ran away,\nAnd left me with the kid, I say!\n \nWell I took it home to Maria because she wanted one.\nIt was just a kid to admire but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she spotted the baby she said 'Now look here Jack,\nWe've only been married a couple of months so you'll have to take it  back.'<\/em>\n\nNow the old girl bought me a bicycle for five-and-twenty bob.\nShe said she was never happy except when I was on my job.\nWhile riding past a rag shop there,\nI saw such a lovely pair of ladies bloomers hanging there, I did, I must declare.\nWell I went and bought them quick you see,\nAnd they wrapped them so neatly up for me.\n \nWell I took them home to Maria because she wanted some.\nThey were just the pair to admire, but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she spotted the bloomers she said 'Now look here Jack,\nThey're split up to the front and down to the back so you'll have to take them back.'<\/em>\n \nWell my old girl say she wants a slavey for in the house today.\nShe said she was tired of making gravy, oh hip hip hip hoorah!\nWhile walking round the park today I met a suffragette.\nShe had lovely eyes and lovely hair, oh lovely, didn't I stare.\nI said, 'Will you have a walk with me,\nI'll square you on the Q.U.l.T.'\n \nWell I took her home to Maria because she wanted one.\nShe was just the girl to admire, but oh, what have I done?\nAs soon as she spotted the slavey, she said 'Now look here Jack,\nUnless she's going to sleep out tonight you'll have to take her back.' <\/em>\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
John Howson collected this song from the singing of Charlie Hancy of Bungay in Suffolk in the 1970s. It was originally sung in the halls by Frank Seeley<\/a> and was written\/composed by Harry Wincott <\/a>and Harry Leighton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s a review of Seeley singing it at The Bedford<\/em> in June 1905 – it’s interesting to note that Seeley was so popular they organised lookalike competitions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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24 Jun 1905, The Era <\/em>p21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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