Jigs: The Ladies of France / Jackson's Trip to Aughrim / Jackson's Return from Dover

歌詞

Sitting by the window, Glynis Tatler looked quite plain She didn't know that Albert Smith was whispering her name As he lay and said his prayers In a room at the top of the stairs In a little house, two up, two down In Arkwright Street Venice was a wallflower at the law, police pull out guns She'd even jive with Spotty Clive if given half a chance But the chance would never come So no one to come home To a little house, two up, two down In Arkwright Street Then one Friday evening as she sat and flowered away Albert locked the carriage up and to her, he did say "Oh please, can you do the twist? Let's see, I say, um, Brahms and Liszt Let's both catch up from what we've missed And dance the night away" As Albert took her home that night, his heart was beating fast He knew before he'd reached her door, there's one thing he must ask Then when Glynis said "Okay" They got to it right away In a little house, two up, two down In Arkwright Street Then one day by early post, a letter came to say "Albert Smith, the time has come for you to march away We're calling on the likes of you To fight for king and country too So leave your wife and baby too Down there in Arkwright Street" Even as he marched away, there was a smile upon his face He knew he wasn't coming back, he clomped out of the race The telegram came and it said "Your husband, Albert Smith, he's dead Widow's pension, that's yours instead It's fifteen one week" Albert's still alive, of course, he-he's living down in France There-there's lots of lovely ladies there with their hands down Albert's pants S-some nights when he, he's had them all The barroom, he-he'll think of all of them, then he'd recall The night they'd think him of, give their all to him, you know Down in Arkwright Street This time right now, two, three