DUSTBINS OF YOUR MIND, THE
(Hill)


Benny Hill - 1972


Lah-dah-dah-dah-lah-dah-dee, lah-dah-dah-dee
Lah-dah-dah-dah-lah-dah-dee, lah-dah-dah-dee
 
My lovely Auntie Lil took our bus inspector Bill 
Into her bedroom and with great annoyance said
"Outside our house you've put a stop 
And all the passengers on top
Can look in and see my husband and me in bed"
He said, "You're joking",  she said, "You'll see 
Just lie down on the bed with me"
So he laid down with her to avoid more fuss
Her old man came in and saw 'em, but Bill kept his decorum
He said, "It's alright, I'm just waiting for a bus"

The early morning mist 
The first time that we kissed outside the churchyard
Some words of wisdom spoken by
A gentleman whose face was old and lined
The swiftly fading memory of a song 
That we used to sing as children
These are the things you'll find among
The ashes of the dustbins of your mind

Lah-dah-dah-dah-lah-dah-dee, lah-dah-dah-dee
Lah-dah-dah-dah-lah-dah-dee, lah-dah-dah-dee

On an outing by the sea two old men sat near to me 
Took off their boots for a paddle by the pier  
One of them said, "You rotten swine 
Your feet are dirtier than mine"
He said, "Of course they are, I didn't come last year"
And on the sea wall by the sand, a boy was holding in his hand
A cornet he bought from the cafeteria
He dropped it down a lady's neck and she 'ollered, "Bloomin' 'eck!
That seagull must've flown in straight from Siberia"       

The early morning mist 
The first time that we kissed outside the churchyard
Some words of wisdom spoken by
A gentleman whose face was old and lined
The swiftly fading memory of a song 
That we used to sing as children
These are the things you'll find among
The ashes of the dustbins of your mind

Lah-dah-dah-dah-lah-dah-dee, lah-dah-dah-dee
Lah-dah-dah-dah-lah-dah-dee, lah-dah-dah-dee
 
When Charlie passed away, his young wife heard him say 
"I've been unfaithful to you many times, my dear"
She said, "Darling never mind, in fact I knew it all the time
That's why I put that arsenic in your beer"
Old Ted once took offence, it was the one outside our gents 
It was opened up officially last year
And it was christened by Lord Gray 
People came from miles away
'Cause they'd heard tell that he was a liberal peer

The early morning mist 
The first time that we kissed outside the churchyard
Some words of wisdom spoken by
A gentleman whose face was old and lined
The swiftly fading memory of a song 
That we used to sing as children
These are the things you'll find among
The ashes of the dustbins of your mind

Lah-dah-dah-dah-lah-dah-dee, lah-dah-dah-dee
Lah-dah-dah-dah-lah-dah-dee, lah-dah-dah-dee
Lah-dah-dah-dah .............. FADE



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2017)