Handbags And Gladrags

Album: An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969)
Charted: 42
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  • Ever seen a blind man cross the road
    Tryin' to reach the other side
    Ever seen a young girl growing old
    Tryin' to make herself a bride
    So what becomes of you my love
    When they have finally stripped you of
    The handbags and the glad rags
    That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy you

    Once I was a young man
    And all I thought I had to do was smile
    You are still a young girl
    And you bought everything in style
    But once you think you're in, you're out
    But that don't mean a single thing without
    The handbags and the glad rags
    That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy you

    Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
    About a bottle full of rye
    Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
    Bake them all in a pie
    They told me you missed school today
    So what I suggest, you just throw them all away
    The handbags and the glad rags
    That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy you
    Oh yeah

    They told me you missed school today
    So what I suggest, you just throw them all away
    The handbags and the glad rags
    That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy you Writer/s: Michael D'abo
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • AnonymousA Bill Chase reunion band played this song very impressively in 2007 at the Minnesota Music Cafe in St. Paul. "Chase Revisited." It is on YouTube and I suggest you all play it. On the same night as the concert, the bridge fell into the river, remember? I was at the concert and the bridge incident was actually not a distraction. Overhead TV screens allowed us to follow what happened but we couldn't hear anything because of the music! The song itself reflects tremendous artistry.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 5th 1971, "Handbags and Gladrags" by Chase entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #95; and on September 26th, 1971 it peaked at #84 {for 2 weeks} and spent 5 weeks on the Top 100...
    The band had two other Top 100 records; "Get It On" {peaked at #24 in 1971} and "So Many People" {reached #81 1972}...
    Sadly, leader Bill Chase and band members Wally Yohn, Walter Clark, and John Emma died in a plane crash on August 9th, 1974...
    May all four R.I.P.
  • Bob from Southfield, MiMike D'Abo is the father of Olivia D'Abo who played Kevin's older sister on "The Wonder Years".
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