{"id":24833,"date":"2024-09-02T08:52:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T08:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=24833"},"modified":"2025-12-08T19:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:22:39","slug":"any-old-thing-will-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/any-old-thing-will-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Any old thing will do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First Published<\/td>1906<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Fred Murray, George Everard<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN30187<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Harry Champion<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
unidentified male ; England ; 1959
Maughan, Pat ; Ireland : Co. Sligo ; 1975<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I've been single all my life,
Thought at last I'd take a wife;
Dressed up in my in my best today,
No mistake, I looked all gay. 
Went to a matrimonial agent
He was most polite;
He said, \"What sort of\ta wife do you want?\" 
I said, \"Oh, that's all\tright!\"

\"Any old thing will do! Any old thing will do - do - do!
As long as she's got money she'll suit me to a T;
Got no nose, got no legs, got no teeth to chew,
Got no hair, I don't car<\/em>e - Any old thing will do!\"
<\/em>[twice]

Tommy Thompson by the sea 
Once took all his family,
Wife and kids and ma-in-law
Such a sight you never saw!
Walking along the beach one day
A boatman to him ran;
He said ,\"What sort of a boat do you want?\"
When Thompson said,\"Old man ...

\"Any old thing will do! Any old thing will do - do - do!
I don't care if it's leaking, it's good enough for me
Ma -in-law wants to row on the ocean blue
Some old boat too old to float \u2014 Any old thing will do!\"<\/em>

I went to a party once;
Hadn't had a \"feed\" for months.
On the table-just my luck!
Up they brought a big fat duck
Soon as they started on that bird
It filled us all with glee.
They said,\"What part of the bird would you like?\" 
I said, \"Don't study me!<\/span>

\"Any old thing will do! Any old thing will do -do - do ! 
Where it's plump and juicy will suit me to a T. 
Lumps of lean, lumps of fat, lots of stuffing too, 
Wings or toes, parson's nose \u2014 any old thing will do!\"<\/em><\/span>

One day I got such a shock,
Sitting near a great big rock;
Some old girl the other side
Spotted me, and then she cried, 
\"Young man, I'm in an awful state, 
I am, I'm nearly froze!<\/span>
Do go and get me something to wear, 
'Cause I've lost all my clothes.<\/span>

\"Any old thing will do! Any old thing will do-do-do! 
All that I was wearing has been washed out to sea.<\/span>
Don't come near, there's a dear, I'm turning pink and blue; 
Your old hat \u2014 throw me that \u2014 any old thing will do!\"<\/em>

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Another early 20th century comic Cockney song performed by Harry Champion<\/a> written and composed for him by Fred Murray<\/a> and George Everard. Collected from the singing of two traditional singers in England and Ireland in the latter part of the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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