the laughing gnome

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I was walking- down the high street-
 when I heard footsteps behind me,


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and there was a little old man in 
scarlet and grey, chuckling away.



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Well he trotted- back to my house- 
and he sat beside the telly,


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with his tiny hands on his tummy, 
chuckling away,  chugging all day.





[spoken]  "I ought to report you to 
the gnome office."  "Gnome office, 
ha,ha,ha!"



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Ha,ha,  ha!-  Hee,hee,  hee!-  I'm a
 laughing gnome and you can't catch 
me.-



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Ha,ha,  ha!-  Hee,hee,  hee!-  I'm a
 laughing gnome and you can't catch 
me.-



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Continúa después del anuncio
Said the laughing gnome.


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Well I gave him- roasted 
toad-stools-  And a glass of 
dandelion wine.



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Then I put him on a train to 
Eastbourne and carried his bag and 
gave him a fag.





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"Ave you got a light boy?"  "'Ere! 
Where do you come from?"





"Gnome-man's land."  "Oh,really."



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In the morning- when I woke up- he 
was sitting on the edge of my bed-



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with his brother whose name was 
Fred.  He'd brought him along- to 
sing me a song.-



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"Alright let's here it?"  "'Ere! 
what's that clicking sound?"




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"That's Fred. He's a metrognome."   
"Own up. I'm a gnome, ain' I?"



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"Ain't you got a gnome to go to?"





"No! We're gnomads."    "Didn't they
 teach you to get your 'aircut at 
school? You
look like a rolling gnome."





"Not at the London school of 
Ecognomics."



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Now they staying- up the chimney-  
and we're living on caviar and 
honey-



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