Strings And Dory Plug
(专辑: For The Family - 1983)
I'm going to tell a
story, a
funny one you see About a
Hazel Hiller, a
married man is he His house is on the
highway, and if the
road comes through He'll have to tear his mansion down and build it up anew He's moved to many places, sometimes to Hazel Hill And sometimes into Canso, it seems he can't keep still But now I
think he's settled down with his dear loving wife He bought himself a
gramaphone and lives a
happy life One day he said to Dory Plug, "I've got to earn my bread I'm going straight to Lena's, I've got to use my head" From her he bought a
bicycle, what he paid her we don't know He tied a
box behind him, to Canso he did go From door to door he travelled, "15 cents for one" He couldn't make it prosper, it wasn't any fun His fish business is ended, he couldn't make it pay So then he said to Dory Plug, "I'll try another way" But Dory got a
little bored while hubby was away There wasn't anything to do to pass the
time away There was one thing she wanted, she said to hubby, "Dear The
time would pass more quickly if I
had a
rocking chair" Well, Strings said to his darling, "Your wish is my command To show how much I
love you I'll make you one by hand" As Strings was such a
handy man by night the
job was done He took that thing upstairs and said, "Now try this out for fun" She sat down on the
rocker while Strings went down below To fetch a
cup of coffee to help the
evening go While Dory Plug above him was rocking back and forth And singing to her Stringy-boy for all that she was worth But Dory got excited and rocked a
bit too fast And as her heels swung higher the
chair gave way at last The
floor gave way beneath her, both chair and Dory Plug Fell right into the
coffee pot and broke their only mug So now my story's ended, it may get me in jail But there are many people who'd surely go my bail So, if they come to get me to throw me in the
jug I'll never forget that cardboard house of Strings and Dory Plug