Hurry Up Harry

Album: That's Life (1978)
Charted: 10
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  • Come on come on
    Hurry up Harry come on
    Come on come on
    Hurry up Harry come on
    We're going down the pub
    We're going down the pub

    Now listen here Harry
    If we're going down the pub
    You'd better tell your mum and dad
    And finish up your grub
    I wish you'd listen to me
    No, I don't want a cup of tea

    Come on come on
    Hurry up Harry come on
    Come on come on
    Hurry up Harry come on
    We're going down the pub
    We're going down the pub

    You're telling me to grow up
    But Harry don't you see
    If I tried to act my age
    I wouldn't be me
    We never do anything
    So now's the time to begin

    Come on come on
    Hurry up Harry come on
    Come on come on
    Hurry up Harry come on
    We're going down the pub
    We're going down the pub

    You don't have to tell me
    That the thing's I do are wrong
    But everything I do in life
    Is with us right or wrong
    Now I think I understand
    How to have some fun

    Come on come on
    Hurry up Harry come on
    Come on come on
    Hurry up Harry come on
    We're going down the pub
    We're going down the pub



    Writer/s: DAVE PARSONS, DAVE TREGENNA, JIMMY PURSEY
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Simon Bond from Warrington“Harry” was Harry Tugwell who was married to my partner’s oldest friend and lived in Preston. Sad to say he was killed in a motorcycle accident in Ireland just two weeks ago (early/mid sept 24).
  • Graeme Sham from South YorkshireAndy Moody, the pianist was Pete Wilson, who was Shams producer at the time...I only know this because I work for sham 69
  • Pete from MelbourneI had a version of Hurry up Harry on a mixed tape (long gone) that had a spoken intro of Harry’s mate coming into his room and telling him he’d won on the races ‘straight up’ to which Harry replies ‘you jammy sod’. This was the reason for the Hurry Up.... anyone know where to find this?
  • Andy Moody from HullWho played the keyboard solo in Sham 69's - Hurry Up Harry? It sounds like Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers but appears to be uncredited.
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