Lyrics La Di Dum - The Corries

La Di Dum

On the 17th of March in La de da de da
A son was born to Mrs Da De Dum
He had two arms, two legs, a mouth and ears and eyes
And the usual La de da de da de dum
They duly christened him La de da de da
And they gave his second name as Da de dum
And throughout his life, and he lived for 90 years
He was known as La de da de da de dum
Then as he grew up his la de da de da
Grew quicker than his other da de dum
And when he was fifteen, everyone remarked
On his great big La de da de da de dum
He met a girl in La de da de da
She was pretty though a little da de dum
And the reason that he loved her best was she
Didnae mind his La de da de da de dum
Her mother was awfully la de da de da
Her father was completely da de dum
And they sat down to dinner of salmon mayonnaise
And a bowl of La de da de da de dum
Now it all went well till La de da de da
He went to take a bite of da de dum
He coped his plate and the salmon mayonnaise
Fell upon his la de da de dum
Her mother cried loudly la de da de da
Her father sorta mumbled da de dum
And her mother said, «Dear you must try to find a boy
With a smaller la de da de da de dum»
But they married in the spring of la de da de da
They honeymooned in lovely la de dum
But they found they couldnae get in the double bed
For his great big la de da de da de dum
And so they decided la de da de da
To use two single beds for da de dum
They slept together and they used the other one
Just to rest his la de da de da de dum
On the 19th of June in la de da de da
He took ill with an attack of da de dum
So they wrapped him up in bandages
That ended with a ball roond his la de da de dum
He died on the morning of la de da de da
A victim of the dreaded da de dum
They put him in his coffin but they couldnae shut the lid
For his great big la de da de dum
Now the undertaker la de da de da
Decided on a plan for da de dum
He made another coffin roughly 3×2×1
Just to take his la de da de da de dum
Now you can read on his tombstone la de da de da
The son of la de da de dum
Here lies his body and in the next grave up but one
Lies his great big la de da de da de dum