The Great Bell of Bow

The Great Bell of Bow I feel such a Steam Tug and no Porkies Some Tea Leaf Half Inched me Jam jar In me local Nuclear Sub you wouldn’t Christmas Eve it Almost totally Boracic on the way to the Pope in Rome It’s Radio Rental I was just havin a George Raft A nice Beggar Boys Ass such a lovely Pigs Ear I only popped out for a quick Gypsies Not even time to upset me Chalfonts Me I’d Raspberry n Ripple em But no leave it to the Bottle and Stoppers Called Uncle Wilf he just showed me the Henry Moore Forced to use a Sherbet Dab to get to me Mickey Mouse I hope the Barnaby or the Garden Gate does em If not up in Ding Dong or blessed with Surrey Docks There all covered in Dudleys and end up Hank Marvin The J Arthur Rankers Cockney Rhyming Slang Steam Tug – Mug (fool- idiot) Porkies(pork Pies) – lies Tea leaf – thief Half inched – pinched (stole) Nuclear Sub -pub (public house) Christmas Eve it – believe it Boracic (lint) –skint (no money) Pope in Rome – home Radio Rental – mental (a silly situation) George Raft – a draught beer Beggar Boys Ass – Bass beer (from Burton) Pigs Ear – beer Gypsies (kiss) - piss (sorry about that) Chalfonts (St Giles) – piles –haemorrhoids (sorry about that!) Raspberry and Ripple – cripple Bottle and Stoppers - coppers Uncle Wilf – filth –Police (sorry about that as well!) Henry Moore - door Sherbet Dab – cab Mickey Mouse – house Barnaby (Rudge) – judge Garden Gate – Magistrate Ding Dong (Bell) – Hell Surrey Docks – the pox Dudley (Moore’s) - sores Hank Marvin – starving The J Arthur Rankers – (w)ankers (very sorry about that!)