Bertie, May and Mrs Fish. Xandra Bingley

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СКАЧАТЬ Jerry in his lager in the morning.

       Chorus

      Ay, I ken Bertie Bingley and the rest of them too,

      From the majors to the troopers they’re the Devil’s Own crew

      And they live on porridge, whisky and stew

      And they’re randy as a stallion in the morning.

      Chorus (repeat)

      So here’s to Bertie Bingley and his men the Inns of Court

      For they know all the Devilry and tricks that he has taught

      And here’s to the day when to victory they’ve fought

      And they’re up on the Rhine in the morning.

      Chorus (repeat)

      I keep the torch under my pillow to light the way across my carpet and up the back passage steps into his room. I put the torch down on his chest of drawers … Words aren’t any use … my mother says … It’s only hitting him hard on the chest that wakes him up … there’s no knowing why … I lean forward towards him on tiptoe. He swipes with an open hand and knocks me backwards. I fall over on the bronze-and-yellow Afghan rug in my nightdress and get up and rush at him and punch his chest.

      Then his arms drop on the bed and lie still in blue-striped pyjama sleeves and his eyes open and he looks at me and says … Hello-hello … what’s up … not asleep … off you go back to bed … into the arms of Morpheus … we’ll have a first-rate jolly in the morning.

      Sometimes I hear him shout and I stay in my bed and lean over the side and wind up the gramophone and play my four 78 r.p.m. records: ‘Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line’ with ‘Run Rabbit Run’. ‘You’ll Take the High Road and I’ll Take the Low Road’ with ‘Speed Bonny Boat’. ‘Sounds from the Hunting Field’ – side one and side two. When I put on ‘The Teddy Bears’ Picnic’ I sing along with a man … If you go down to the woods today … you’re sure of a big surprise … today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic … picnic time for teddy bears …

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