UMPA, UMPA, STICK IT UP YOUR JUMPER
(Leslie Sarony)


The Two Leslies - 1935




Umpa! (Stick it up your jumper)
Umpa! (Stick it up your jumper)
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


A jumper or a jersey when we're shopping is preferred
For parcels you can't flick them
For up there you can stick them
It's quite become a fashion and a slogan we have heard
Last winter we were visiting and this is what occurred


'Twas Christmas Day in the Workhouse
And you know how kind they are
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


The Master said, "I greet you all"
And the inmates all said, "Baaaaa!"
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


The grub was duff and the meat was tough
And the spuds had eyes like prongs
They said they were King Edwards
But they looked more like King Kong's


The Master said, "This pudding's good"
And a pauper shouted, "Aagghhh!"
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


When henpecked gave his wife
A little present, she said, "Aaahhhh!"
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


She said, "You know what you can do
With your tuppenny chocolate bar"
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


You little worm, I'll make you squirm
And when it's time for bed
I'll talk I will, to you until
You wished that you were dead


And when you want to kiss me
And call me your Evening Star
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


(Instrumental Break)


They brought the Sheik of Araby
A new wife, he said, "Baahhh!"
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


He said, "She's fat and her face
Is like a mustard pickle jar"
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


The Sheik said, "Bring me a gay young thing
That feeds me lumps of dough
I'm eighty-five and she'll make me think
I'm only twenty-two


You brought me a fat old hen
When I wanted a hum-paa-paa (sic)
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


The nut was in his baby car
And doing the lah-dee-dah
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


The girl said, "What, take me for a ride
No fear, you'll go too far"
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la


Old dear tut-tuts and the saucy nut
He won't go far, I'm sure
The girl said, "Nix, I know those tricks
And I've walked home before"


And Romeo, if you want to know
Where you can park your car
Umpa! Umpa! Stick it up your jumper
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la, Tra-la!



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2015)