Flash Bang Wallop

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[Verse 1]
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All lined up in a wedding group 'ere we are for a photograph
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We're all dressed up in a morning suit all trying not to laugh
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Since the early caveman in his fur took a trip to Gretna Green
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There's always been a photographer to record the 'appy scene

[Chorus]
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'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
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Click! What a picture what a photograph
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Poor old soul blimey what a joke
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Hat blown off in a cloud of smoke
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Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
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What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum
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Stick it in your fam'ly album

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[Verse 2]
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The same thing 'appened long ago when man was in his prime
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And what went on we only know from the snaps he took at the time
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When Adam and Eve in their birthday suit decided to get wed
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As Adam was about to taste the fruit the man with the cam'ra said

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'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
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Click! What a picture what a photograph
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Poor old Eve there with nothing on
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Face all red and 'er fig leaf gone
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Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
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What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum
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Stick it in your fam'ly album

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[Verse 3]
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You've read it in a folio or seen it in a Shakespeare play
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How Juliet fell for Romeo in the merry month of May
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And as 'e climbed the orchard wall to reach 'is lady fair
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As he tumbled she began to bawl as he travelled through the air

[Chorus]
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'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
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Click! What a picture what a photograph
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Poor young chap what a night 'e spent
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Tights all torn and 'is rapier bent
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Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
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What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum
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Stick it in your fam'ly album

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[Verse 4]
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King 'Enry the Eighth had several wives including Anne Boleyn
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And he kept an album of their lives with all their photos in
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As Anne Boleyn was on her knees dressed in her very best frock
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King 'Enry shouted smile dear please as 'er 'ead rolled off the block

[Chorus]
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'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
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Click! What a picture what a photograph
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Comes the print in a little while
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Lost 'er 'ead but she kept 'er smile
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Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
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What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum
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Stick it in your fam'ly album

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[Verse 5]
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When Napoleon married Josephine there was just the same to do
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He galloped home from the battle scene all the way from Waterloo
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And as he came from orf 'is 'orse to the boudoir where she sat
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She said to 'im in French of course as he took of his big cocked 'at

[Chorus]
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'Old it flash bang wallop what a picture
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Click! What a picture what a photograph
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There she was with a big Hussar
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All caught up in 'er oo la la
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Clap 'ands stamp yer feet bangin' on the big bass drum
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What a picture what a picture rum tiddly um pum pum pum pum
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Stick it in your fam'ly al-bum
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Stick it in your fam'ly stick it in your fam'ly
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Stick it in your fam'ly in your fam'ly al-bum