SPLOT BROTHERS COMEDY DANCE ACT
STREET ELDERLY I WAS IN
SOME OF US WENT ONTO BRUNSWICK LAWNS
I SAT AND WATCHED THEM ACT IN THE SILENT FILMS
AND WATCHED OTHERS JAZZ,AND DANCE PERFORM
BUT WAS ASKED UP ON THE STAGE
WITH ANOTHER PERSON ON A CHAIR THE OTHER SIDE,
WE WERE GIVEN A DRINK AND A MENU CHOICE
ROPE AND TRIFLE
SUNGLASSES PUT ON BLACK,WHITE WITH CIRCLES
AND SUN HAT AND GARLAND OF FLOWERS
AROUND MY NECK AND A MIRROR TO LOOK
THEN THE SPLOT BROTHERS GAVE US A DRINK
AND THE GLASS FULL
AND STOOPED DOWN AND SLURPED IT UP
HE SWUNG THE GLASSES UP AND DOWN
BUT NOTHING CAME OUT
A RAIN HAT PUT ON MY HEAD
ONE OF THE BROTHERS HAD ROPE UP HIS LEG
WE BOTH HAD TO PULL HARDER AND HARDER
AND THEN HE PUT HIS RIGHT LEG BENT
AND OUT CAME A PAIR OF PANTS
AND SO I ACTED LIKE THE SILENT FILMS AGO
AND MOVED MY HANDS LIKE A HAWAIAN GIRL
THOUGHT LET PEOPLE HAVE A THRILL
BUT LITTLE DID I KNOW WHEN WE HAD TO STAND UP
THE WIND DID BLOW
I HAD A FULL SKIRT ON WITH NO SLIP
OH DEAR THE WIND BLOWING IT ABOVE MY HIPS
THEN WE HAD TO STAND UP WITH TOMMY COOPERS HATS
STEP ON THIS FOOT AND THAT
WE DID A LITTLE JUMP IN THE AIR
OUR HANDS WERE PUT BEHIND OUR BACKS
OH DEAR WHAT NEXT
TOLD TO PUT OUR HANDS IN THE AIR
AND ROUND IN CIRCLES WE HAD TO GO
SO OF COURSE WHILE THE ORGAN PLAYED ZORBA THE GREEK DANCE THEN INTO LINE AND HAD TO BOW TO THE CROWD.EXHAUSTED
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