the ballad of bethnal green chords by Paddy Roberts

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Verse 1
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This is a very old English folk song.
I know it's a very old
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English folk song
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because I wrote it myself when I was very
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young.
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I tell the tale of a jealous male
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and a maid of sweet sixteen
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She was blonde and dumb
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and she lived with her mum
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On the fringe of Bethnal Green
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She worked all week for
a rich old Greek
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For her dad was on the dole
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And her one delight was a Friday night
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When she had a little rock and roll
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To my Rit -Fel -Lel, to my Titty -Fel -Lel,
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To my Itty -Bitty -Fel -Del -Day.
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To my Rit -Fel -Lel,
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to my Titty -Fel -Lel,
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To my Itty -Bitty -Fel -Del -Day.
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Then one fine day in the month of May,
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She found her big romance.
He was dark and sleek,
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with a scar on his cheek,
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And a pair of drain -pipe pants.
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And she thought with you
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I could be so true
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through all the years to come
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For she loved the gay, abandoned way
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he chewed his chewing gum
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To my rit fal lal, to my titty fal lal,
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to my itty bitty fal dal dey
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To my rit fal lal, to my titty fal lal,
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to my itty bitty fal dal dey
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It started well because he fell
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for all her girlish charms
But he had some doubt
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when he caught her out
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in someone else's arms
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He said, look here, you know, my dear,
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this is going a bit too far
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Then he went quite white
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and he sloshed her right
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in the middle of her cha -cha -cha
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He went before a man of the law
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Who said, This will not do,
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I've had enough of the sort of  stuff
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I get from the likes of you.
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And was she peeved when he received
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A longish term in clink.
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In a fit of pique she mar
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ried the Greek,
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And now she's dressed in  mink.
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To my red fell lull, to my titty fell lull,
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To my itty bitty fell dull day.
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To my red fell lull, to my titty fell lull,
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To my itty bitty fell dull day.