Jellied Eels
Composer(s): Lionel Bart
Performer(s): Joe Brown



Now, ever since I was a mite
I've had a whacking appetite
My hollering for dinner would raise the rafters,
I'd swallow my befores as well as me afters!
'Til one sunny afternoon
They bunged something in me spoon
And I'm sure it must have been ever since then
That I've had an irresistable yen
For
Jellied eels, jellied eels
Woggling about like wonky wheels
Why d'ya frown and look so sickly?
Slide 'em down your throat so quickly!
Don't bring up any empty cup
Though I knows just how ya feels
When you gets a taste
You won't wanna waste
Them lovely jellied eels!

Now, winkles and shrimps are fine
I've flogged 'em since the age of nine
I used to jog along with me two-wheeled barrow
But there was something wrong
There was something the matter!
I'd no jellied eels on show
No wonder they didn't want to know!
I went out, bought a load, piled 'em up in a pile
And people could smell me coming a mile off!

Oh, jellied eels. jellied eels
woggling about like wonky wheels
Why d'ya frown and look so sickly?
Slide them down your throat so quickly!
Don't bring up any empty cup
Though I knows just how you feels 
When you gets the taste
You won't wanna waste
Them lovely jellied eels!

All together now!

Jellied eels. jellied eels
woggling about like wonky wheels
Why d'ya frown and look so sickly?
Slide them down your throat so quickly!
Don't bring up any empty cup
Though I knows just how you feels 
When you gets to taste
You won't wanna waste
Them lovely jellied eels!

It's alright for you missus
I ain't come down here on a Saturday morning 
What do I get?
Kids, nippers, chavvies, all round me stal,
Rotten, filthy, dirty, stinking, jammy, chocolatey fingers
All over me jellied eels
Not to mention me whelks, my cockles and my muscles...

and me lovely jellied eels!
Oh, jellied eels, jellied eels
Woggling about like wonky wheels
Why d'ya frown and look so sickly?
Slide 'em down your throat so quickly!
Don't bring up any empty cup
Though I know just how you feels 
When you gets a taste
You won't wanna waste
Them lovely jellied eels!