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Up To The Rigs Of London Town 

CHARLIE wills, voice, & chorus.  Recorded by Mervyn Plunkett in The Sun, Powerstock, Dorset, August 1956.

Up London City I took my way.
It was up Cheapside I chanced to stray,
Where a fair pretty girl there I did meet,
And with kisses her then I did greet.

Chorus:

(For/but) I was up to the rigs, down to the jigs
Up to the rigs of London Town.

She took me to some house of fame,
And boldly she did enter in.
Loudly for supper she did call,
Thinking I was going to pay for it all.

Chorus

The supper o'er, the table cleared,
The waiter brought white wine and red.
The waiter brought white wine and red,
While a chambermaid prepared a bed.

Chorus

Between the hour of one and two,
She asked me if to bed I'd go.
Immediately I did consent,
And along with this pretty maid I went.

Chorus

Her cheeks was white and her lips was red,
And I kissed her as she laid in bed,
But, soon as I found she was fast asleep,
Out of the bed then I did creep.

Chorus

I searched her pockets and there I found
A silver snuff-box and ten pound,
A gold watch and a diamond ring.
I took the lot and I locked my lady in.

Chorus

Now, all my men wherever you be,
If you meet a pretty girl you use her free.
You use her free but don't get drunk,
But remember me when I was up Cheapside.

Chorus
 


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