I NEVER THOUGHT
IT WOULD HAPPEN
WITH ME AND A GIRL
FROM CLAPHAM
OUT ON A WINDY COMMON
THAT NIGHT
I AIN'T FORGOTTEN
WHEN SHE DEALT
OUT THE RATIONS
WITH SOME OR OTHER PASSIONS
I SAID YOU ARE A LADY
PERHAPS, SHE SAID
I MAY BE...
WE MOVED INTO A BASEMENT
WITH THOUGHTS
OF OUR ENGAGEMENT
WE STAYED IN BY THE TELLY
ALTHOUGH THE
ROOM WAS SMELLY
WE SPENT OUR TIME JUST KISSIN'
THE RAILWAY ARMS
WE'RE MISSIN'
BUT LOVE HAD GOT
US HOOKED UP
AND ALL OUR TIME IT TOOK UP...
I GOT A JOB WITH STANLEY
HE SAID I'D COME IN HANDY
THEN STARTED ME ON MONDAY
SO, I HAD A BATH ON SUNDAY
I WORKED ELEVEN HOURS
AND BOUGHT THE GIRL
SOME FLOWERS
SHE SAID SHE'D SEEN A DOCTOR
AND NOTHIN' NOW
COULD STOP HER...
I WORKED ALL
THROUGH THE WINTER
THE WEATHER BRASS AND BITTER
I PUT AWAY A TENNER
EACH WEEK TO MAKE HER BETTER
AND WHEN THE TIME WAS READY
WE HAD TO SELL THE TELLY
LATE EVENIN'S BY THE FIRE
AND LITTLE KICKS
INSIDE HER...
THIS MORNING AT FOUR FIFTY
I TOOK HER RATHER NIFTY
DOWN TO AN INCUBATOR
WHERE THIRTY MINUTES LATER
SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER
WITHIN A YEAR A WALKER
SHE LOOKED JUST
LIKE HER MOTHER
IF THERE COULD BE
ANOTHER...
AND NOW SHE'S
TWO YEARS OLDER
HER MOTHER'S WITH A SOLDIER
SHE LEFT ME WHEN MY DRINKIN'
BECAME A PROPER STINGIN'
THE DEVIL CAME AND TOOK ME
FROM BAR, TO STREET
TO BOOKIE
NO MORE NIGHTS BY THE TELLY
NO MORE NIGHTS
NAPPIES SMELLING...
ALONE HERE IN THE KITCHEN
I FEEL THERE'S
SOMETHING MISSING
I BEG FOR SOME FORGIVENESS
BUT BEGGING'S
NOT MY BUSINESS
AND SHE WON'T WRITE A LETTER
ALTHOUGH I ALWAYS TELL HER
AND SO IT'S MY ASSUMPTION
I'M REALLY UP THE JUNCTION...