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No. 12 - Song - Mrs. Bang and Chorus
| Mrs. Bang: | You talk about detectives in a story, That guess whatever people say or do; I think that Sherlock Holmes in all his glory Might ask the humble laundress for a clue! If any crime is hard to disentangle, You put the washer-woman in the box, For when she's put a party through the mangle, She knows him from his dickey to his socks! Oh, I found things out when I did a bit of washing. A man may say he's wealthy but I know that's bosh! I can tell he's got no dollars By the edges of his collars, For it all comes out in the wash, wash, wash! |
| Chorus: | Oh, you find things out when you do a bit of washing. A man may say he's wealthy but I know that's bosh! I can tell he's got no dollars By the edges of his collars, For it all comes out in the wash, wash, wash! |
| Mrs. Bang: | I've known a man that thought himself so clever In keeping little matters from his wife; He never had a letter sent him, never! And wouldn't send a wire to save his life. He always had the best excuses made up, Supposing he did not come home to tea! He'd called to see a fellow who was laid up-- That story wasn't good enough for me! For you find things out when you do a bit of washing. He said his friend had got the 'flu, but that's all bosh! For I saw his cuffs were spotty, "Café Royal — supper — Lottie!" So it all came out in the wash, wash, wash! |
| Chorus: | Oh, you find things out when you do a bit of washing. He said his friend had got the 'flu, but that's all bosh! For I saw his cuffs were spotty, "Café Royal — supper — Lottie!" So it all came out in the wash, wash, wash! |
| Mrs. Bang: | I came into a bit of money one day, And took a set of mansions near a square; I bought a special frock for best and Sunday, In colours warranted to wash and wear! It had magenta sprigs to match my bonnet, And orange daisies on a ground of green; The servant went and spilt the soup upon it, And so I had to try and get it clean! But I found it out when I did a bit of washing. They said the colour wouldn't run, but that's all bosh! When I got it rinsed and shaken It was just like streaky bacon, For the dye came out in the wash, wash, wash! |
| Chorus: | Oh, you find things out when you do a bit of washing. They said the colour wouldn't run, but that's all bosh! When I got it rinsed and shaken It was just like streaky bacon, For the dye came out in the wash, wash, wash! |
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Page modified 23 January 2017