The Tuck Shop
Composer(s): Harry Hemsley
Performer(s): Harry Hemsley



There are draper shops, and dairies
There are chemists, one or two
There are butcher shops, and fish shops
And green grocers quite new
But of all the shops there in the town
Although it is very small
The nicest shop is the old tuck shop
And I like it best of all

It's quite jolly in the grocers
'Cept when they're selling cheese
And the florists sell sweet flowers
Red roses, and sweet peas
I like the scent of roses
And the scent of wild woodbine
But the nicest scent is the old tuck shop
And I wish that shop were mine

We get castor oil from chemists
The oil shop, paraffin
The toy shop, trains and trumpets
But they're mostly made of tin
I often dream of the tuck shop
And I know just what I'd do
If I were alone in the old tuck shop
Then my dreams would all come true