Saturday, November 15, 2008

Oom-Pah-Pah!

Well, I've not heard nor even thought of this song in over ten years but today I can't get it out of my head...

singing and drinking

All right, shut up, you lot! A bit of culture now! 'Ere we go...

There's a little ditty
They're singing in the city
Espeshly when they've been
On the gin
Or the beer
If you've got the patience,
Your own imaginations
Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear...

Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
That's how it goes,
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
Ev'ryone knows.

They all suppose what they want to suppose
When they hear...oom-pah-pah!!

Mister Percy Snodgrass
Would often have the odd glass --
But never when he thought anybody could see.
Secretly he'd buy it,
And drink it on the quiet,
And dream he was an Earl
Wiv a girl on each knee!

Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
That's how it goes.
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
Ev'ryone knows...

What is the cause of his red shiny nose?
Could it be...oom-pah-pah!?

Pretty little Sally
Goes walking down the alley,
Displays her pretty ankles to all of the men.
They could see her garters,
But not for free-and-gratis--
An inch or two, and then she knows
When to say when!

Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
That's how it goes.
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
Ev'ryone knows...

...

There's a little ditty
They're singing in the city
Espeshly when they've been
On the gin
Or the beer
If you've got the patience,
Your own imaginations
Will tell you just exactly what you want to hear...

Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
That's how it goes,
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
Ev'ryone knows.
They all suppose what they want to suppose
When they hear...oom-pah-pah!!

drinking and singing

Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
That's how it goes,
Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah!
Ev'ryone knows.

They all suppose what they want to suppose
When they hear...oom-pah-pah!!

6 comments:

LadyStyx said...

I can see why that would be hard to get out of one's head. Now imagine the actors and actresses that had to learn the song for their parts....

Im telling ya, some songs are earworms a good decade or more later!

Deanna said...

Oom-Pah-Pah - that is a hard one to shake off. Don't think I've ever really paid attention to the words before. I'll raise my glass - Cheers!

ChicagoLady said...

At least it's not Henry the VIII! LOL

MarmiteToasty said...

Dam, now Im gonna have that bloody song in me head all day today........ so fanks a bunch for that lol...

oye, chicagolady, stop dissing our royalty LMFAO....or, OFF WITH YOUR HEAD...

x

Jess said...

Love this song!
I'm never sure to be irrtated or pleased when I have a song in my head.
When I'm dozing, half-asleep in bed and I have the same three lines (not even an entire song) going round - THAT'S when it's annoying!

Anonymous said...

I had this one stuck in my head for a while a couple of months back... Back when the "I'd Do Anything" show was on. They had the "Nancys" singing it at least once a week.