Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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was a man one could listen to for hours,
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and great stories to tell,
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and he spoke with such passion
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about the people who were blessed
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to have known him at all.
with his wife in the sixties
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but they never gave him any grief
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Bert was the strongest man in the world
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though he never left London
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Did his na tional service
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and then married his girl
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They were together their whole life,
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he couldn't stand to be without her
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And when he was done at the pub,
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they moved where nobody knew them
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And all that he needed was her company,
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he was so happy around her
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And she'd do anything for him,
and he was brave
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He was the strongest man in the world,
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and how she loved him
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they thought he had magic powers
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And they loved to listen to his tales of love
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and of life and of loss
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and of jelly deals
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And near the end
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when he knew that he was dying
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and hid them all round the house
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And in each one he thanked her
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and told her how much he loved her
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She was fine in them for weeks,
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even after he died
Back at the bar,
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his family knew how to honour him
They had a drink of his favourite
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A pint of Skoll with a top of gin
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to the strongest man in the world
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for the strongest man in the world
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about the strongest man in the world
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And oh, how I loved him you
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