| Now, «lively"is a funny word
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| It means a lot of things
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| But to the burglar people
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| An urgent call it brings
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| Cause' when they breakin' open safes
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| Or nailin' up mail vans
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| Lively! |
| just means «Scarper boys»
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| To all the different gangs
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| Chorus:
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| Lively, lively, the night is going fast
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| Lively, lively, we both got murky pasts
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| Lively, lively, don’t leave that bloke untied
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| Cause' if you did it’s a penny to a quid that we both end up inside!
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| Solo 1
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| We broke into a spinster’s house
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| While she was knelt in prayer
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| She was praying for a man
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| what sort she didn’t care
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| We had to dive beneath the bed
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| The dust fair made us sneeze
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| «Cor, that was quick!"the old girl cried
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| And jumped up off her knees!
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| Repeat Chorus
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| Solo 2
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| Now we rehearsed for days and days
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| A smash an' grab to do
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| «You throw the brick"one bloke said
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| «And I’ll leave the grab to you»
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| The brick went through the window
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| «Now grab! |
| — they cried — «And quick!»
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| It wasn’t till we got away I found I’d grabbed our brick!
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| Oh lively, lively…
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| Here…
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| I sung this song once at a policemen’s dance
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| But I was only singing for coppers
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| Oooo what a gagster
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| Whilst on the run once from the law I rushed into a church
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| I mixed with lots of people just to confuse the search
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| I’ve found meself right up the front, the best place I could hide
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| I had a fright when some bloke said «Got the ring? |
| Here comes the bride!»
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| Whoops!
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| Chorus
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| Solo 3
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| The shop steward of our union was up before the judge
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| Who sentenced him to 18 months, our steward lodged a grudge
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| The maximum is twelve M’lud*, the judge replied «What rot!»
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| You always wanted time and half and that’s just what you’ve got!"
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| Lively, lively, the night is going fast
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| Lively, lively, we both got murky pasts
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| Lively, lively, don’t leave that bloke untied
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| Or if you did it’s a penny to a quid
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| Oh Gawd Blimey, here comes Hymie
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| La, La, twopence* on your jar
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| (Different Voice) Rosin on the bow and here we go!
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| (yet another voice) Good luck then snapper, here comes the coppers!
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| (Lonnie again) I’ve had some beer, if we run in here…
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| We both end up insiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!
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| The price you would get for taking clean Glass Jam Jars back to the shop… along
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| with most types of glass bottles. |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Lively , by - Lonnie Donegan. Song from the album In Love with Lonnie Donegan, Vol. 1, in the genre Иностранная авторская песня