文本歌词

Up 'Ards - Stanley Holloway
Twere getting dusk one winter's night
When up the clough there came in sight
A lad who carried through the snow
A banner with this ere motto
Up'ards
His face was glum as he did pass
His eyes were shiny just like glass
And as he went upon his way
He nobbut this ere word did say
Upards
And people sitting down to tea
They heard him plan as plain can be
They thowt twere final football score
As this ere word rang out once more
Upards
A policeman on his lonely beat
He stopped the lad up t end of t street
He said Where't going wi that theer
The lad just whispered in his ear
Upards
Don't go down t clough the policeman said
It's mucky road for thee to tread
Canal's at bottom deep and wide
That's not my road the lad replied
It's Up ards
A young lass stopped him further up
She said Come in wi me and sup
He said I'm takin none o yon
Besides I must be getting on
Upards
Next day some lads had just begun
To tak' their whippets for a run
When dogs got scratching in the snow
And found flag with this ere motto
Upards
That set them digging all around
And twasn't long before they found
A lad whose name they never learned
Whose face was white whose toes had turned
Upards
Twas very plain for to behold
The lad had ta'en his death o cold
He'd got his feet wet early on
And from his feet the cold had gone
Upards
This story only goes to show
That when the fields is white wi snow
It's inadvisable to go
Upards