Gossip Calypso

Lyrics

[Intro] A gossip calypso Gossip calypso Hear all about it Yak-a-yak yak Every woman Up at the window Giving out the gossip and Getting it back [Verse 1] "Oh, Mrs Brown Well, how are you now? I tell you, I've had a shocking time With Ern and his stomach" "Don't talk to me My Charlie has gone and Fallen down the stairs again Saints preserve us!" "Poor old chap Did he hurt himself?" "Well, not as much as Alf That's my cousin, Fred's boy "I learned from Fred The doctor said He'll have to have his kneecap scraped" "Cor blimey!" Singing: [Chorus] Gossip calypso Gossip calypso Hear all about it Yak-a-yak yak Every woman Up at the window Giving out the gossip and Getting it back [Verse 2] "Oh, Mrs Booze Have you heard the news? That woman—you know, the very fat one Down at the corner Climbed in a truck, got stuck They think that they're Never gonna get her out" "Do tell me!" "Well, I had a feller 'round And gave him a pound To free her with an Oxyacetylene welder "Must send along some books It looks like she's gonna be there Quite some time" "Cor blimey!" Singing: [Chorus] Gossip calypso Gossip calypso Hear all about it Yak-a-yak yak Every woman Up at the window Giving out the gossip and Getting it back [Verse 3] "Oh, Mrs Ware I do like your hair! Who does it?" "I go to Madame Pom Pom 'Round by the gasworks" "With all that fruit it looks so cute I can't believe it's really you Like a film star!" "Have you heard, dear? A little bird has told me Mrs Tate's Expecting her seventh" "Well, glory be! That's three She's had Since Lenny had his tonsils out" "Cor blimey!" Singing: [Chorus] Gossip calypso Gossip calypso Hear all about it Yak-a-yak yak Every woman Up at the window Giving out the gossip and Getting it back [Outro] A-giving out the gossip and A-getting it back