Right, Said Fred

Album: Golden Oldies (1962)
Charted: 10
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  • "Right," said Fred, "Both of us together
    One each end and steady as we go"
    Tried to shift it, couldn't even lift it
    We was getting nowhere
    And so we had a cuppa tea and

    "Right," said Fred, "Give a shout for Charlie"
    Up comes Charlie from the floor below
    After strainin', heavin' and complainin'
    We was getting nowhere
    And so we had a cuppa tea

    And Charlie had a think, and he thought we ought to take off all the handles
    And the things wot held the candles
    But it did no good, well I never thought it would

    "All right," said Fred, "Have to take the feet off
    To get them feet off wouldn't take a mo"
    Took its feet off, even took the seat off
    Should have got us somewhere but no!
    So Fred said, "Let's have another cuppa tea"
    And we said, "right-o"

    "Right," said Fred, "Have to take the door off
    Need more space to shift the so-and-so"
    Had bad twinges taking off the hinges
    And it got us nowhere
    And so we had a cuppa tea and

    "Right," said Fred, "Have to take the wall down
    That there wall is gonna have to go"
    Took the wall down, even with it all down
    We was getting nowhere
    And so we had a cuppa tea

    And Charlie had a think, and he said, "Look, Fred
    I got a sort of feelin'
    If we remove the ceiling
    With a rope or two we could drop the blighter through"

    "All right," said Fred, climbing up a ladder
    With his crowbar gave a mighty blow
    Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome
    So Charlie and me had another cuppa tea
    And then we went home

    (I said to Charlie, "We'll just have to leave it
    Standing on the landing, that's all
    You see the trouble with Fred is, he's too hasty
    You'll never get nowhere if you're too hasty") Writer/s: Myles P C Rudge, Ted Dicks
    Publisher: MUSIC SALES CORPORATION
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Mark from London, EnglandBernard Cribbins narrated the 70s animated UK TV series "The Wombles" but had no part in the chart run of singles made by a band of the same name based on the show (that was Mike Batt).
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