ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STRUCK ME
(George Formby Sr)

George Formby Sr
recorded 1915



(banter)

Last week to a concert I chanced to go,
They asked me to sing but I answered, "No!"
I said, "I'm a conjuror, my name it is Cleggs,
I'll show you a trick if you'll lend me some eggs!"
Then all of a sudden it struck me,
I wished I'd 'ave said I could sing!

(banter0

I shared me bed with a pal, you see,
That's when he worked in the drapery.
He dreamt he was serving one night, and so
I thought he was tearing up calico.
Then all of a sudden it struck me,
I found he was tearin' me shirt!

(banter)

I went to the doctor's because I was ill,
He gave me some medicine, also a pill.
"Of course, you've been drinkin'!", he gave a sigh,
"If you drink any more of that whiskey you'll die!"
Then all of a sudden it struck me,
I'll not go to 'im anymore!

(banter)




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - July 2017)