creamsleeves
creamsleeves (sung aaabaab)
old grandma died and in her will, she left me her love and her doctor's bill, a full set of notes on the use of the pill, and a little machine that played greensleeves.
i had an idea, then quick as a wink, I bought an old van and I painted it pink;
 with a freezer that came from anice skating rink, and it only worked when I played greensleeves.
my product was good, soon I owned a fleet, my vans went twinkling down every street;
 and the jingle of money was, oh, so sweet, I'll bet the pied piper played greensleeves!
' greensleeves' when the roosters crow, the grocers body swings to and fro;
 he was condemned, he had to go, for throttling a man who sang 'greensleeves'!
last week they shot my best ice cream nan, today they blew upmy 19th van;
 for the shop keepers formed their own ku klux klan,and the robes that they wear all have greensleeves.
the army came and they took all my vans to send to the jungles of vietnam: now australia's the envy of uncle sam, 'cause the yanks don't have tanks that play 'greensleeves'!
but the army's got problems I'm telling you, they can sell pink tanks when the war is through;
 but what the hell will they ever do?
 with a million machines that play 'greensleeves'?
dave alexander says he learned this song from the singing og ":the new world trio" in paddington in 1962---
i suspect that dave might have this dated a bit early--the vietnam war didn't become prominent in australian life until 1965, and the birth control pill until 1967! darky edwards recorded this fragment of eurasian girl--unfortunately he can't rememberany more.
there was a pretty eurasian girl, with pearl white teeth and raven hair;
 she set all the diggers hearts in a whirl, and the price she charged was 200 p(iastre)