"I think I'd rather sleep with her with no clothes on than you in best suit" I said to my dummy at the Winter Gardens, Rothesay, of Bute While the manager, praying for rain, the £50 grey clouds in Knowing if it rained get the crowds Knowing if it rained get the crowds
Born in Greenock, 'the Drole' was known to all in the mines and the mills but ended up in music hall Maidie played the accordion, she was 'the Doll' We could bring the doon, nae bother at a'!
It all seems like yesterday, you weren't alive The Panopticon, the Trongate, 1935 In the name of the wee man, here comes Clive God, it made you glad to be
the Laird of Inversnecky here, aye you ken me weil With ma cast of characters frae that are nearly real today! Aye! That's why we're by the seaside Everybody To the Aberdeen Pavilion Every single is fun!
I began as the panto tea boy, became the Scot a chimney sweep on a ladder to very top Synonymous for many with my character The I.M. Jolly, the morose minister
The character comedians you may see today Where'd they get talent for remarkable mimicry? It's plain to see, it came from me, I saw them scribbling They all like crazy at my "hoity-toity ladies"
"The flag at the castle is mast high Let's all go down to for a wee cup of tea"
It's the of Inversnecky here, back to make you greet The Portobello pierrots, cannae compete At the Aberdeen Beach Pavilion, sixteen bloody years run And single night of it's been fun! Every single bloody been fun!