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The Lion and Albert - Stanley Holloway
There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool
That's noted for fresh air and fun
And Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom
Went there with young Albert their son
A grand little lad was their Albert
All dressed in his best quite a swell
With a stick with an 'orse's 'ead 'andle
The finest that woolworth's could sell
They didn't think much to the ocean
The waves they was fiddlin and small
There was no wrecks nobody drownded
Fact nothing to laugh at at all
So seeking for further amusement
They paid and went into the zoo
Where they'd lions and tigers and camels
And old ale and sandwiches too
There were one great big lion called Wallace
His nose were all covered with scars
He lay in a som no lent posture
With the side of his face to the bars
Now Albert had heard about lions
How they were ferocious and wild
And to see Wallace lying so peaceful
Well it didn't seem right to the child
So straight way the brave little feller
Not showing a morsel of fear
Took is stick with the 'orse's 'ead 'andle
And pushed it in wallace's ear
You could see that the lion didn't like it
For giving a kind of a roll
He pulled Albert inside the cage with in
I'm swallowed the little lad whole
Then pa who had seen the occurrence
And didn't know what to do next
Said mother yon lions et Albert
And mother said eeh I am vexed
So Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom
Quite rightly when all's said and done
Complained to the animal keeper
That the lion had eaten their son
The keeper was quite nice about it
He said what a nasty mishap
Are you sure that it's your lad he's eaten
Pa said I am sure there's his cap
So the manager had to be sent for
He came and he said what's to do
Pa said yon lion's eaten our Albert
And I'm in his sunday clothes too
Then mother said right's right young feller
I think it's a shame and a sin
For a lion to go and eat albert
And after we've paid to come in
The manager wanted no trouble
He took out his purse right away
And said how much to settle the matter
And pa said what do you usually pay
But mother had turned a bit awkward
When she thought where her albert had gone
She said no someone's got to be summonsed
So that were decided upon
Round they went to the police station
In front of a magistrate chap
They told I'm what happened to Albert
And proved it by showing his cap
The magistrate gave his opinion
That no one was really to blame
He said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms
Would have further sons to their name
At that mother got proper blazing
And thank you sir kindly said she
What waste all our lives raising children
To feed ruddy lions not me