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Introdução:
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Fruit Salad, Blackjacks and Marshmallow Shrimps
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And Jubblies, Bazookas and Spangles and Imps
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The kid in the class who spoke with a lisp
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And boxes of Brocks on November the fifth
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The Saturday Classified pink with the scores
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Dad checking his Homes, his Aways and his Draws
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Knock-down Ginger banging on doors
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Does anyone remember Love-Hearts?
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Tortoises sleeping in cupboards for months
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And catching the chickenpox, measles and mumps
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Dennis the Menace and Korky the Cat
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Desperate Dan in his ten-gallon hat
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Pineapple Chunks and Strawberry Pips
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Kissing a girl who you love on the lips
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Bottles of Tizer: all taking sips
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And washing up bowls full of tadpoles.
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Danger Man was terribly hip
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Like 77 Sunset Strip
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No Hiding Place, Dixon too
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Captain Pugwash and Mister Magoo
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Remember how his sight was short?
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Here&rsquo s an insignificant thought:
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How come the Fugitive never got caught
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After all them years on the run?
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And so that the barber could cut your hair
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You sat on a plank on the arms of a chair.
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The barber said to the grown-up men:
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&ldquo Is there something you need for the coming weekend?&rdquo
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&ldquo A packet of three&rdquo , they usually said
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Which went completely over my head
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Till I got Jennifer Lawson in bed
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And I could have done with one then.
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One potato, two potato, three potato, four
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Five potato, six potato, seven potato more.
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Palm Toffees and Scooby Doos
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Reginald Bosenquet reading the news
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The Animals&rsquo &ldquo House of the Rising Sun&rdquo
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The 5-minute single at Number 1
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Parma Violets and Jamboree Bags
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And round the bike-shed puffing at fags
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Flashy cars like E-type Jags
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But we only &lsquo ad a Cortina.
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And down to the Army & Navy Store
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For things that were worn in the Second World War
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Duffel bags, duffel coats
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Idiot mittens with string round our throats
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Sooty and Sweep, Beyond Our Ken
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The Michelin Man and Bill and Ben
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Do you remember conkers when
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You made &lsquo em hard in the oven?
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And Flying Saucers and Liquorice Wood
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William Tell and Robin Hood
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The Dandy, the Beano, the Beezer as well
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Bing Crosby Going Well on Shell
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Putting a Tiger in your Tank
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Watching &ldquo Tales of the River Bank&rdquo
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Rin Tin Tin and Lassie and Hank
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And Parker and Lady Penelope.
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And do you remember packets of Tide
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And where you were when Kennedy died?
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Tiger Nuts, Sherbert Dips
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Collecting cards from PG Tips
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Penny Bangers and Tuppenny Chews
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Elvis Presley in G.I. Blues?
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Do you remember sensible shoes
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And do you remember Cream Soda?
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And being scared of catching the pox
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And Hush Puppies and luminous socks
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Next door neighbours making a noise
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And what did you do with your Dinky Toys?
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Swizzles, Refreshers and Cola Cubes
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Remember when Zubes were good for your tubes
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Girls in class developing boobs
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And seeing &lsquo em if you was lucky.
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And Double Your Money with Monica Rose
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The very first record of Status Quo&rsquo s
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Radio Caroline, Tom Thumb
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Little Plum, Your Redskin Chum
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Colonal Mustard, the Reverend Green
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And whatever happened to Hope & Keen?
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Remember the ad for Ovaltine
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Sheriff&rsquo s badges and snake belts?
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And blind dates, roller skates
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And Bachelors, Senior Service and Weights
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Semolina they served in school
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And clothes you lost at the swimming pool
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It was always the sock you managed to lose
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Or, even worse, you lost one of your shoes
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Going home and breaking the news
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Then getting a clip round the earhole.
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Remember coloured elastic bands
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Sunday afternoon at your Nan&rsquo s
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Nan&rsquo s were always as deaf as a post
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As old as the hills and as white as a ghost
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They were always talking about the war
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And telling you what it was like to be poor
B7 Em
I couldn&rsquo t wait to get out of the door
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To jump in the air and shout &ldquo Bollocks!&rdquo
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And Michel Miles, Provident cheques
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Remember those National Health-type specs
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The boys had brown, the girls had pink
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Remember those great big bottles of ink
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Squints, splints and Murraymints
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Knackered lighters that needed flints
B7 Em
Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks
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And Going to Work on an Egg.
G C
Remember the horrible ad for Tunes
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And wearing flares and pairs of loons
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Five stones: we called &lsquo em Gobs
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Bootsie and Snudge and Saturday jobs
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Third-pint bottles of milk
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I-Spy books and Acker Bilk
B7 Em
Thinking your hair was as smooth as silk
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When you covered it over with Brylcreme.
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School milk was always warm
D7 G
School straws were always torn
C
Tommy Cooper will always be
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The man that everyone loved to see
C
No-one can hold a candle still
A D
Somehow I doubt if they ever will
B7 Em
Thank you Tommy for sharing your skill
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I&rsquo m sure Russ Abbot would join me.
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These are the things that I recall
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Things I remember from when I was small
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You can think of your own ones an&rsquo all
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Cause I &lsquo ave just give yer two hundred.