Tommy Steele - What a mouth what a north and south
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Capo: 1
Tuning: E A D G B E
No 5 in the UK charts in 1960.
Capo on 1 for correct key = G#. Ps north and south is cockney rhyming slang for mouth,
'race' is short for 'boatrace' cockney rhyming slang for face, 'corfs' = coughs.
Intro = G D C G G D G
Verse 1
GJimmy Bean was a funny lookin' fellah
If he had another mouth he'd Alook much sweller
But the "race" queered him from winning a beauty Dshow
GIt was like a steamboat funnel
Or a railway arch or the ABlackwall Tunnel
When you can't see Jim when he opens his mouth you'll Dknow
DAnd as poor Jim goes walkin' about
DYou can hear the kids all 'ollerin' D7out
Chorus
What a Gmouth what a mouth what a north and south
Blimey what a Dmouth he's Ggot
Now when Ahe was a baby well oh Gawd luv 'er
His poor old muvver used to Dfeed him with a shovel
What a Ggap poor chap he's never been known to Dlaugh
GIf he Ddid it's a Cpenny to a Gquid that his Cface would Dfall in G'alf
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Verse 2
GMouth so large oh Lord oh lummey
He can whisper in his own ear Aain't it funny
And to quench his thirst now he's gotta take a drink o' Dmine
He Ggot so drunk one foggy morn
He lay in the road and Astarted to yawn
And a poor old man was delivering coals close Dby
DAnd as he went to shoot the load
DHe saw Jim's mouth out in the D7road
Chorus
What a Gmouth what a mouth what a north and south
Blimey what a Dmouth he's Ggot
Now the Apoor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
When he saw Jim's mouth he Dtook it for the cellar
And he Gshot the lot right into his mouth no Djoke
GJim poor Dsoul's got a Ctummy full of Gcoal and he C'corfs' up Dlumps of Gcoke
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What a Gmouth what a mouth what a north and south
Blimey what a Dmouth he's Ggot
Now the Apoor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
When he saw Jim's mouth he Dtook it for the cellar
And he Gshot the lot right into his mouth no Djoke
GJim poor Dsoul's got a Ctummy full of Gcoal and he C'corfs' up Dlumps of Gcoke
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