WHAT A REFEREE!
(Don Pelosi / Jimmy Harper / Jack Meadows)


Billy Cotton & His Band - 1950
Max Bygraves - 1976





Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! What a referee
What a referee! What a referee!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! He went and lost his pea
And his little wooden whistle wouldn't whistle

There was a referee, a famous man was he
And here's the story how he won his fame
One day there was a scene upon the village green
When he turned out to ref a local game

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! What a referee!
What a referee! What a referee!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! He went and lost his pea
And his little wooden whistle wouldn't whistle

When half-time went he found the pea upon the ground
Broken in two by some big clumsy lout
He thought that half would do, he put it in and blew
But only half the blinkin' team came out

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! What a referee
What a referee! What a referee!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! He went and lost his pea
And his little wooden whistle wouldn't whistle






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)