WHEN I WAS YOUNG
I SPENT SOME TIME
ACROSS WITH ME UNCLE MIKE
AND I MUST HAVE TRAVELLED
A HUNDRED MILES
ON THE CROSSBAR OF HIS BIKE
AND AS WE'D RATTLE
ALONG THE LANE
MIKE, HE'D START TO SING
A SONG WITHOUT A
SINGLE WORD AS THE
CYCLE BELL WOULD RING
HE'D GO
SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY
DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AYE
DIDDLY-AH, DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY
DO-DE-LAY-DUM
SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY
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SOMETIMES WHEN
HE'D BE LONELY THEN
HE'D OFTEN SAY TO ME
TURN DOWN THE WIRELESS
AND I'LL TELL YOU
HOW THINGS USED TO BE
WE HAD NO TELEVISION THEN
C.D. OR STEREO
AND IF YOU REQUIRED
SOME MUSIC, WELL
YOU HAD TO MAKE YOUR OWN
LIKE THIS
SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY
DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-DUM
DIDDLY-AH, DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY
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WELL, AFTER CHURCH
ON SUNDAYS THEN
ACROSS THE ROAD
HE'D STAND
ALONG WITH ALL
THE OTHER LADS
IN THEIR SUNDAY SUITS
SO GRAND
THE GIRLS WOULD
GO PARADING BY
SUCH A PRETTY SIGHT
AND ONE WOULD ASK HIM
MIKEY, WHO ARE YOU
TAKIN' TO THE DANCE TONIGHT
HE'D SAY
YOU'LL DO DE-DIDDLY-DAY
DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AH
SKIDDLY-AH, DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY
DE-DE-LAY-DUM
YOU'LL DO DE-DIDDLY-DAY
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WHEN ALL THE HAY
WAS GATHERED IN
AND SAFE FROM WINTER'S HARM
THERE'D BE A CELEBRATION
IN THE KITCHEN AT THE FARM
HE'D NOT GET HOME
'TIL DAYBREAK
SOMETIMES IN QUITE A STATE
HIS MA WOULD ASK HIM
WHERE HE'D BEEN, OUR MIKE
HE'D TELL HER STRAIGHT
HE'D SAY
DUM-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-DAY
DAY-DO-DE-LILLY-AH
SKIPPEDY-AH
DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY
DO-DE-LAY-DUM
DUM-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-DAY
DAY-DO-DE-LILLY-AH
DIDDLY-AH
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WHEN UNCLE MIKE
HE PASSED AWAY
WELL, I WAS A MAN MESELF
AND HE LEFT ME
HIS COTTAGE AND ACRE
THAT'S THE SUM
OF HIS WORLDLY WEALTH
BUT HE WAS LOVED
BY EVERYONE
IN THE COUNTRY
AND THE TOWN
AND I NEVER SAW
AS BIG A CROWD
WHEN WE LAID
OLD MIKEY DOWN
WE ALL SANG
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DE-DO-DE-LILLY-UM
SKIDDLY-AH
DITHERY-DOODLE-LILLY
DOODLY-AYE-DUM
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SKIDDLY-AH
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