[Moonshine:]
A ragged little urchin
wheeled a barrow down the street,
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
And shouted "Shrimps and winkles!
Fine and fresh, they can't be beat!"
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
He started as a stow-away,
who couldn't pay his fare,
Went all the way to Africa,
Came home a millionaire,
And built himself a palace
in the middle of Mayfair,
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
[Chorus:]
Wretched little stow-away,
couldn't pay his fare,
All the way to Africa,
a modern millionaire,
[Moonshine:]
Grew himself a comic nose,
they're all the fashion there.
[Chorus:]
Did he?
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
[Moonshine:]
He built himself a racing yacht,
the fastest thing afloat,
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
He said "Sir Thomas Lipton
never owned so good a boat,"
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
He challeng'd for a trophy,
and he ask'd his friends to sup,
He made them all a stirring speech,
His fighting blood was up;
He said "It takes some doing,
but I mean to lift the cup,"
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
[Chorus:]
Wretched little stow-away,
couldn't pay his fare,
All the way to Africa,
a modern millionaire,
[Moonshine:]
Only came in second
but he swore he didn't care.
[Chorus:]
Did he?
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
[Moonshine:]
He bought himself a motor car,
and said he'd learn to drive,
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
He gave his friends a premium
if he brought them home alive,
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
One day he struck a farm-yard
where he made the yokels laugh,
He dash'd into a flock of geese,
And cannon'd off a calf;
He crucified a turkey,
and he cut a pig in half,
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
[Chorus:]
Bought himself a motor car,
said he'd learn to drive,
Gave his friends a bonus
if he brought them home alive;
[Moonshine:]
Motor cost a thousand
and he'll sell the bits for five!
[Chorus:]
Will he?
[Moonshine:]
I think he will!
[Moonshine:]
He had a taste for politics
and got upon his legs,
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
And made a speech at Aylesbury
forgetting ducks laid eggs,
[Chorus:]
Do they?
[Moonshine:]
I think they do!
Free Trade was all his battle-cry,
to Cobden he was true;
The rustics came to hear him
and the addled eggs came too!
And now he thinks that Joseph's sure
to get his measure through,
[Chorus:]
And will he?
[Moonshine:]
I think he will!
[Chorus:]
Joseph has a secret
which I've promised not to tell.
This is why he's resting
in the country for a spell,
[Moonshine:]
Latest bulletin: my child
and I are doing well.
[Chorus:]
Are they?
[Moonshine:]
I think they are!
[Moonshine:]
He met a little lady
with a wealth of golden hair,
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
She'd lost her railway ticket,
Would he kindly pay the fare,
[Chorus:]
And did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
She started with the story
of the way she'd lost her purse,
A tale with variations,
sometimes better, sometimes worse,
The sequel's rather funny
but the Censor stopp'd the verse.
[Chorus:]
Did he!
[Moonshine:]
I think he did!
[Chorus:]
Lovely little lady
with a crown of golden hair,
Looking just as innocent
as she was young and fair.
[Moonshine:]
Said that her ambition
was to wed a millionaire,
[Chorus:]
And did she?
[Moonshine:]
I b'lieve not!