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Sunday, May 20, 2012

A song for the Armistice -- whirling whirling never twirling -- 1918 Nov. 11 (night time)

Speranza 1918 Knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown under the table you must go ee-aye, Ee-aye, Ee-aye-oh if I catch you bending I'll saw your legs right off knees up, knees up never get the breeze up knees up Mother Brown o my, what a rotten song what a rotten song what a rotten song o my, what a rotten song and what a rotten singer too-oo-ooh there came a girl from France who didn't know how to dance the only thing that she could do was knees up Mother Brown o knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up, knees up Mother Brown o hopping on one foot hopping on one foot hopping, hopping, never stopping hopping on one foot o knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up, knees up Mother Brown o prancing up and down prancing up and down prancing, prancing, never dancing prancing up and down o knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up, knees up Mother Brown and whirling round and round whirling round and round whirling, whirling, never twirling whirling round and round o knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up, knees up Mother Brown O knees up Mother Brown knees up Mother Brown knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up, knees up Mother Brown Sung in London on 11 November of 1918, Armistice Night, at the end of the Great War.

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