Melancholy Margaret

(album: Absurd-Ditties - 1993)

Nobby was a soldier, a life in the Army
Margaret's back home alone waiting suspiciously
She can't hide the misery, the upset and despair
When she found out Nobby had been having it off elsewhere

There's Eric and there's Robby and there's Derrick and there's Bobby
They gave her the elbow
There's Harry and there's Willy and there's Barry and there's Billy also
Whose that then?

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Woe is me, I'm melancholy Margaret
I fret coz they leave me
God help me, I'm melancholy
Snurree?!

Tommy was a driver he worked on the buses
"I've got some overtime to do" this is what he says
But Margaret wasn't having it, she searched high and low
But Tommy's gone he's necking on in the back of the bus depot

There's Ronnie and there's Kenny and there's Donny and there's Denny
They gave her the elbow
There's Ronnie and there's Timmy and there's Micky and there's Jimmy also
Whose that then?

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