Dear Old Mum
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Let me tell you 'bout me dear old mum How she had a
brood of ten for Mother Ireland Raise your glasses to me dear old mum With a
penny for the
Pope, and forty shades of green Eve'ry Saturday she'd laugh As she scrubbed us in the
bath With the
biggest bar of soap you've ever seen Then on Sunday, bread and tea Mutton dripping just for me Times was hard, but we was happy And hygienic Let me tell you 'bout me dear old mum How she brought us up like proper little Paddies You had to hand it to me dear old mum It's a
shame I'm still quite scarred From where she scrubbed a
bit too hard But she's the
only mum I'll ever know She's the
only mum I'll ever know Let me tell you 'bout me dear old mum And the
ten of us – or was it down to nine then I
remember how me dear old mum Put us on the
street to beg, and fled to Mother Gin On the
'Dilly or the
Strand She could always find a
man Who could pay for any brand of Dutch Delight While we were spat on, we were kicked Went from seven, down to six Some was carried off by fever, some by fighting You might have heard about me dear old mum How she cried that it was all the
fault of England Let me tell you how me dear old mum Dragged me through the
mud and muck And 'ow I've never 'ad no luck But she's the
only mum I'll ever know She's the
only mum I'll ever know So if, like me, you lost your mum A
dozen years ago Your memory can sometimes tell you lies But if she was an angel, or the
Devil in disguise She was the
only mum you'll ever know The
only mum you'll ever know