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'ADDOCK & CHIPS


YOUNG SAM ‘AD BEEN SENT-OFF TO T’CHIP SHOP
BY ‘IS MOTHER WHO’D KISSED ‘IM ON’T LIPS
AN’ TOLD ‘IM AS 'OW ‘E SHOULDN’T DAWDLE COMIN’ BACK
WI’ THREE LOTS OF ‘ADDOCK AND CHIPS

 
NOW SAM WERE A GOOD BOY AS GOOD AS COULD BE
AND BRIGHT FOR ‘IS AGE THEY ALL SAID
AND ‘E CLUTCHED ‘OLD OF T’MONEY AND SET OFF FOR T’SHOP
REPEATIN’ THESE WORDS IN ‘IS ‘EAD
 

‘ADDOCK AND CHIPS ‘ADDOCK AND CHIPS
THE WORDS THAT ‘IS MOTHER ‘AD SPOKE
OVER AND OVER - AGAIN AND AGAIN
‘E WISHED MUM ‘AD GIVE’ ‘IM A NOTE
 

MRS STORM , CLEANIN’ ‘ER WINDOWS,
WI’ T’WASH LEATHER WAS GETTIN’ TO GRIPS
“ ‘ELLO THERE YOUNG SAM “ SHE SAID AS ‘E PASSED
AND SAM SHOUTED “ADDOCK AND CHIPS !! “
 

MRS STORM THOUGHT POOR LITTLE MITE
AS SHE WATCHED ‘IM GO SKIPPIN’ DOWN T’LANE
AND SAID AS ‘OW BLOODY COMPUTERS
WERE DRIVIN’ ALL T’CHILDER INSANE
 

HE WERE JUST LIKE ‘IS DAD AND ‘IS MOTHER
ALL TARRED WI’ T’SAME BRUSH SHE SAID
WI’ THEIR WHIPPETS AND FERRETS AND PIGEONS AND SUCH
THEY WERE ALL OF ‘EM OUT OF THEIR ‘EAD
 

BY THIS TIME SAM ‘AD REACHED T’PET SHOP
AND T’SMELL MADE ‘IM FAIR LICK ‘IS LIPS
‘COS T’PET SHOP WERE NEXT DOOR TO T’CHIPPY
AND SAM COULD SMELL ‘ADDOCK AND CHIPS
 

‘E LOOKED ‘ARD AND LONG AT T’KITTENS IN T’SHOP
IF ‘E ‘AD ONE ‘EE’D BE EVER SO KIND
AND ‘E WISHED - ‘OW ‘E WISHED - AS ‘E ‘AD ONE
IT DROVE EVERYTHING ELSE FROM ‘IS MIND
 

THERE WERE PEOPLE STOOD OUTSIDE T’CHIP SHOP
AND SAM ‘AD TO PUSH ‘IS WAY THROUGH
BUT ‘E WERE ONLY THINKIN’ OF T’KITTENS
AS ‘E TOOK UP ‘IS PLACE IN THE QUEUE
 

‘E ‘EARD SOMEONE AT T’FRONT GIVE THEIR ORDER
STEAK PUDDIN’ AND CHIPS AND SOME PEAS
“THAT’S ONE POUND TEN PENCE “ SAID THE LADY IN WHITE
THANK YOU -  GOOD BYE - WHO’S NEXT PLEASE ?
 

WELL THE QUEUE IT GOT SHORTER AND SHORTER
AND YOUNG SAM GOT TO SHUFFLIN’ ‘IS FEET
AS THE PEOPLE WENT ‘OME WI’ THEIR DINNERS
SO ‘UNGRY SOME ATE ‘EM IN T’STREET
 

“NOW THEN YOUNG SAM” - IT WERE T’LADY IN WHITE
“AND WHAT CAN I GET YOU”  SHE SAID
BUT SAM ‘E WERE THINKIN’ OF T’KITTENS
IT ‘AD GONE CLEAN OUT OF ‘IS ‘EAD
 

SAM JUST STOOD THERE WITH MOUTH OPEN WIDE
TRYIN’ ‘ARD ‘IS MUM’S WORDS TO RECALL
BUT ALL ‘E COULD THINK OF WERE T’KITTENS
KITTENS - JUST KITTENS - THAT’S ALL !
 

“NOW WE'RE RIGHT OUT OF PUDDIN’S AND RIGHT OUT OF PEAS
AND THERE’S NO’BUT ONE PIECE OF COD
BUT WE'VE PLENTY OF ‘ADDOCK AND PLENTY OF CHIPS”
SAID THE LADY -  SAM JUST GAVE A NOD
 

“I’LL GIVE YOU THREE LOTS OF ‘ADDOCK AND THREE LOTS OF CHIPS
FOR YOU AND YOUR MUM AND YOUR DAD
AND ‘URRY - UP ‘OME SO THEY’LL NOT GO COLD
GO ON NOW SAM THERE’S A GOOD LAD”
 

SAM SET OFF A’RUNNIN’ AND SOON ARRIVED ‘OME
‘IS MUM WERE WAITIN’ AT T’DOOR
“WELL-DONE SAM “ SHE SAID AS SHE PATTED ‘IS ‘EAD
BUT SAM JUST LOOKED DOWN AT THE FLOOR
 

‘E STOOD FOR A WHILE THEN ‘EE STARTED TO SMILE
AS THE WORDS TUMBLED OUT FROM ‘IS LIPS
“IT’S ALRIGHT MUM -  IT’S ALRIGHT” SAM SAID
I’VE REMEMBERED IT  —  “ADDOCK AND CHIPS !! “
 

WELL SAM’S MUM AND DAD THEY LOVED ‘IM SO MUCH
THAT THEY BOTH SAID ‘OW GOOD IT WOULD BE
IF THEY BOUGHT SAM A KITTEN FROM T’PET SHOP
AND THEY’D TAKE ‘IM THERE STRAIGHT AFTER TEA
 

WELL SAM ‘E WERE FAIRLY DELIGHTED
AND THIS TIME T’WORDS CAME FROM ‘USHED LIPS
“THANK YOU LORD FOR MI’ MUM AND MI’ DAD
AND THANK YOU FOR ‘ADDOCK AND CHIPS !! “