SUNBATHING IN THE PARK

George Formby - 1933



Don't think I'm walking all round the world
I've got the sunbathe craze
I first do my back and when that's nicely dry
Then I turn round and I do t'other side
A girl said today as I laid on the green
I was the sweetest worm she'd ever seen

When I'm sunbathing in the park 
Every morning when the sun goes down
>From the tip of my nose to my ten little toes
All so nice and brown

All day I'm burnt at the stake, just like Joan of Arc
"That's not freckles" people shout 
"It's the measles breakin' out"
When I’m sunbathing in the park

I’m sunbathing in the park 
Every morning when the sun goes down
>From the tip of my nose to my ten little toes
All so nice and brown

All day I'm burnt at the stake, just like Joan of Arc
I get sunburnt nice and strong
All around my 'om bon pong'
When I'm sunbathing in the park

I fry and frizzle and sizzle all day 
Like a poached egg on toast
When the sun shines through my little short vest
It's so hot, it scorches my family crest
One day last week I was caught on the hop 
A tramp on my chest started grilling a chop

When I was sunbathing in the park 
Every morning when the sun goes down
>From the tip of my nose to my ten little toes
All so nice and brown

All day I'm burnt at the stake, just like Joan of Arc
I get sunburnt, scorched and tanned
All around my no-man's land
When I'm sunbathing in the park

(Instrumental Break)

All day I'm burnt at the stake, just like Joan of Arc
And the birds from every tree
Leave their visiting cards on me
When I'm sunbathing in the park


** The word "my" is pronounced "me" on all occasions in this song.


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2010)