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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