Ee, By Gum! Composer(s): Butler - Flynn Performer(s): Tommy Handley; Gracie Fields
The Yankee says Gee Wiz The Scotsman says 'Ood-aye The Welshman says Indeed You Goodness Goodness knows just why In Lancashire and Yorkshire Ever since the world began This is the expression of a strong and silent man 'Ee By Gum, 'Ee-hee By Gum The only thing he ever says is 'Ee By Gum
He says it when he's happy And he says it when he's glum He means an awful lot when he says 'Ee-ee By Gum He hears it in the cradle before he cuts a tooth He learns it as a baby and he says it as a youth And when he goes a courting And his girl goes Hmm-mm-hmm-mm-mm-mmm He looks into her eyes and whispers 'Ee-ee-ee-ee By Gum
The Frenchmen say La La The Irish say Bedad Os Bobbikins is what they said When Cromwell was a lad The Spaniard says Karumba And the eskimo says Wow But none of them mean half as much As what I'm singing now
'Ee By Gum, 'Ee-hee By Gum The only thing he ever says is 'Ee-hee-ee By Gum He says it when he's happy And he says it when he's glum He means an awful lot when he says 'Ee By Gum He hears it in the cradle before he cuts a tooth He learns it as a baby and he says it as a youth
At the Isle of Mann or Blackpool For a while he lose his chum When his chum says Wheres Thou Been Lad? He says 'Ee By Gum Hee-ee-ee-'Ee By Gum 'Ee-hee-ee By Gum
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