WILL YOU LOVE ME WHEN I'M MUTTON
From the film "We're Going To Be Rich" (1938)
(R.P. Weston / Bert Lee)

Gracie Fields (with Ray Noble & His Orch.) - 1938



SPOKEN INTRO:
(BUTCHER: Here 'are. What about a nice drop o' lamb, dear. One and four the
pound)
(GRACIE: Don't talk t'me about lamb. I'm proper upset, you should 'ear what I've
heard this mornin'......Two little lambs were in a field of clover. A He lamb
and a She lamb. I'll explain. The She lamb gave the He lamb the once over. Then
tenderly she bleated this refrain......)

Will you love me when I'm mutton
As you do now I am lamb
Baa baa black sheep tell me do, tell me do

Will you love me when I'm mutton
Like a true and faithful ram
Or will you tell me I'm too tough to chew

When my one and four a pound is not so tender
And there's no wool left upon my woollen fleece

When you're sitting in the ice chest with me, Darling
Oh, promise that you won't be cold to me

Will you love me when I'm mutton
As you do now I am lamb
Baa baa black sheep tell me do, tell me do

Will you love me when I'm mutton
Like a true and faithful ram
Though I'm cut up and you'll feel cut up, too

Though my cupid darts are skewered, stuck in my shoulder
And they've stuck a ticket where your tail should be

When the butcher sells your kidneys, look for ????? ?????
Oh, tell him that your heart is still for me

Will you love me when I'm mutton
As you do now I am lamb
Baa baa black sheep tell me do, tell me do

Will you love me on the Sunday
When you're roasted like I am
And when you're served up cold on Monday, too

If you meet me in the soup upon the Tuesday
Oh. promise you won't hide behind a pea

And on Wednesday when they call us rissoles, Darling
Oh, tell me that you'll be twin souls with me

SPOKEN:
(GRACIE: Well, I'm sure you'll admit it's a very, very sad story. Don't ya think
so? (Baaa-baaa) Hey, hey, go on home before butcher sees ya! (Baaa-baaa)


(Transcribed by Mel & Andy - June 2009)