Tommy Steele - Flash bang wallop
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From the 1963 musical Half a Sixpence but failed to chart in the UK.
Two key changes (which can be omitted for an easy sing along?).
Verse 1
GAll lined up in a wedding group 'ere we are for a photoDgraph
We're all dressed up in a morning suit all trying hard not to Glaugh
Since the Aearly caveman Din his fur took a Atrip to Gretna DGreen
There's Aalways been a phoDtographer to reAcord the 'appy Dscene
Chorus
G'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
DWhat a picture Gwhat a photograph
DPoor old soul Gblimey what a joke
AHat blown off in a Dcloud of smoke
Clap 'Gands Dstamp yer feet Gbangin' on the big bass Ddrum
GWhat a picture Dwhat a picture Grum tiddly um pum Dum pum pum
GStick it in your fam'ly DalGbum
Verse 2
GThe same thing 'appened long ago when man was in his Dprime
And what went on we only know from the snaps he took at the Gtime
When AAdam and Eve in their Dbirthday suit deAcided to get Dwed
As AAdam was about to Dtaste the fruit the Aman with the cam'ra Dsaid
Chorus
G'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
DWhat a picture Gwhat a photograph
DPoor old Eve Gthere with nothing on
AFace all red and 'er Dfig leaf gone
Clap 'Gands Dstamp yer feet Gbangin' on the big bass Ddrum
GWhat a picture Dwhat a picture Grum tiddly um pum Dum pum pum
GStick it in your fam'ly DalGbum
Key change up 1/2 tone
Verse 3
You've G#read it in a folio or seen it in a Shakespeare D#play
How Juliet fell for Romeo in the merry month of G#May
And A#as 'e climbed the D#orchard wall to A#reach 'is lady D#fair
A#As he tumbled she beD#gan to bawl as he A#travelled through the D#air
Chorus
G#'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
D#What a picture G#what a photograph
D#Poor young chap G#what a night 'e spent
A#Tights all torn and 'is D#rapier bent
Clap G#'ands D#stamp yer feet G#bangin' on the big bass D#drum
G#What a picture D#what a picture G#rum tiddly um pum D#um pum pum
G#Stick it in your fam'ly D#al-G#bum
Verse 4
G#King 'Enry the Eighth had several wives including Anne BoD#leyn
And he kept an album of their lives with all their photos G#in
As A#Anne Boleyn was D#on her knees dressed A#in her very best D#frock
King A#'Enry shouted D#smile dear please as 'er A#'ead rolled off the D#block
Chorus
G#'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
D#What a picture G#what a photograph
D#Comes the print G#in a little while
A#Lost 'er 'ead but she D#kept 'er smile
Clap G#'ands D#stamp yer feet G#bangin' on the big bass D#drum
G#What a picture D#what a picture G#rum tiddly um pum D#um pum pum
G#Stick it in your fam'ly D#al-G#bum
Key change up 1/2 tone
Verse 5
When ANapoleon married Josephine there was just the same to Edo
He galloped home from the battle scene all the way from WaterAloo
And Bas he came from Eorf 'is 'orse to the Bboudoir where she Esat
She Bsaid to 'im in EFrench of course as he Btook of his big cocked E'at
Chorus
A'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
EWhat a picture Awhat a photograph
EThere she was Awith a big Hussar
BAll caught up in 'er Eoo la la
Clap A'ands Estamp yer feet Abangin' on the big bass Edrum
AWhat a picture Ewhat a picture Arum tiddly um pum Eum pum pum
AStick it in your fam'ly Eal-Abum
AStick it in your fam'ly stick it in your fam'ly
AStick it in your fam'ly in your fam'ly Eal-Abum