EASY GOING CHAP
(Harry Gifford / Fred Cliffe / George Formby)

as recorded by George Formby
March 21st 1937


Once I thought I would go
In for flyin', and so
A chap took me up in his plane.
Thought some stunts he would try,
Loop the loop in the sky,
We turned over and over again!

It's a good job I'm an easy goin' chap,
Take things as they come.
He quite thought the stunts were cute,
But my nerves they didn't suit,
I cried, "I'm jumpin' out!",
And grabbed hold of the parachute.

Then he shouted,
"That won't open, it's no good!",
I said, "Well I don't care a rap,
If it's broken and not sound,
I'll get quickly to the ground,
It's a good job I'm an easy goin' chap!

It occurred once to me
That a nudist I'd be,
So the camp one day I took by storm!
As I strolled about there,
All the girls, I declare,
Passed remarks about my manly form.

It's a good job I'm an easy goin' chap,
Take things as they come.
They said, "He's so thin and tall,
Through a crack he'd almost crawl!
If you're lookin' at him sideways,
Then you can't see him at all!

He's so skinny,
Like a skeleton he looks,
And of fat he hasn't a scrap!"
I said, "Though I've not a lot,
Still I'm proud of what I've got,
It's a good job I'm an easy goin' chap!"

One night I rang the bell
At a country hotel,
And someone came down in the gloom.
"We're all full up", they said,
"But we'll fix up a bed
If you're willing to share baby's room".

It's a good job I'm an easy goin' chap,
Take things as they come.
I said, "Fix me anywhere,
Baby's room I'll gladly share!"
As soon as I commenced undressing,
I got such a scare!

In the doorway,
Such a lovely girl appeared,
I was just puttin' on my nightcap.
"Goodness, who are you?" I cried,
I'm the baby!", she replied.
It's a good job I'm an easy goin' chap!  [ends]




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2017)