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Apple Cake for Adeline
04:00
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Apple cake for Adeline
Sneak another piece
It tastes so fine
Oh, mama won’t guess
Apple cake for Adeline
Daddy’s got his fingers
In the jar of dimes
Oh, nickels and cents
But when the wolf comes to the door
We must hand him a bag of bones
When the wolf comes to the door
Mama cries
Apple cake for Adeline
Playing in the forest till it’s
Supper time
Oh, rip in my dress
Apple cake for Adeline
Mama’s plate is empty but she
Puts more on mine
Oh, mama knows best
But when the wolf comes to the door
We must hand him a bag of bones
When the wolf comes to the door
Mama cries
When the wolf comes to the door
To blow down our house of straw
When the wolf comes to the door
Run and hide
Apple cake for Adeline
Daddy’s not been working for a
Long long time,
Mama says it’s a mess
Apple cake for Adeline
Daddy’s telling mama that we’ll
Be just fine
Oh, Daddy knows best
Shadows dance
here comes the night
Jump under the covers,
Nearly half past nine
Oh, mama says rest
Wide eyes, my oh my
Daddy won the jackpot with the
Jar of dimes
Oh boy, are we blessed
Forest flowers, a crown of light
We’re moving to a palace and it
Looks so fine
Oh, I’m a princess
Now when the wolf comes to the door
We will hand him a bag of gold
When the wolf comes to the door
No one cries
Now when the wolf comes to the door
There’ll be no more house of straw
When the wolf comes to the door
Mama smiles
Mama smiles
Mama smiles
Apple cake for Adeline
Apple cake for Adeline
Wake up little sleepy head it’s
Breakfast time
Written by Sarah Jane Rimmer 2021
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2. |
Maggie Met a Man
03:51
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Maggie met a man
Tall dark and handsome he looked
Good upon her arm
She always knew how to pick ‘em
Maggie met a man
A whirlwind romance now they’re
Setting up a home
Nobody thought she’d settle down
Oh maggie what d’ya say
Come out tonight and
Let us play
Your man can see you any day
The girls are waiting for you
Oh Maggie why the frown
You say you’ll have to let us down
He doesn’t like you out in town
The girls are waiting for you
Maggie met a man
Now when the girls go out
She asks him if she can
That’s really nothing like her
Maggie met a man
Now when the girls call up
He keeps her from the phone
She’s under the weather and needs to rest
Oh Maggie where’s your spark
It seems as if your flame's gone out
Since you’ve had that man about
The girls are waiting for you
Who made you wear that dress
It’s not to your usual taste
It’s making you look awful chaste
The girls are waiting for you
Maggie met a man
Too many times she felt the
Cruel back of his hand
There’s only so much a girl can take
Maggie met a man
And with her girls she cried
And made a little plan
Meet before dawn tomorrow
Maggie met a man
Just pack a bag and then
We’ll meet you at the shore
Take the essentials nothing more
Maggie met a man
Go very quietly and
tiptoe out the door
Don’t wake him from his slumber
Come on again and sing
Come on again and dance
Come on again and play
‘cos you’re such a laugh a day
Come on again and rise
Come on again and shine
Come on again and sway
We’ll chase all your cares away
Maggie let that man of hers
Grow in her mind to ten feet tall
And she herself felt two feet small
The girls are waiting for you
Maggie don’t you worry now
We’ll cut him down from ten feet tall
Until he is just two feet small
The girls are waiting for you
Maggie met a man
Last seen heading in a
hurry out of town
Nobody really knew him
Maggie met a man
Now there’s policemen looking
For him with their van
Everyone let him fool them
Oh Maggie what’s gone wrong
we’ve waited here for oh so long
By know you should have been and gone
The girls are waiting for you
Oh Maggie here’s the tide
it’s getting very close to light
Oh say you haven’t changed your mind
The girls are waiting for you
Oh Maggie hear them shout
They’re saying that you’re flame's gone out
They’re looking for your man about
The girls are waiting for you
Oh Maggie crying shame
He’s played you such a wicked game
He stole the spark right from your flame
The girls will sing out for you
Written by Sarah Rimmer 2021
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3. |
Victor Silvester
03:04
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He was a Victorian man
Worked hard all his days
His family to raise
Children should only be
Seen and not heard
Longed for a boy but he
Got two girls
He was a Victorian man
My girl though I’m old
You’ll still do as you’re told
Down to the cellar to fetch the coal
Smoothing the rug to make
Sure he won’t fall
He was a Victorian man
You keep the home now your
Sister has flown
Out through the window you sneaked so bold
Changing your dress in the shadows so cold
For the music hall
And you danced
With Victor Sylvester
time was a Jester
a mime artist that froze
And the lights shone bright
To hide all of your woes
Here is your glory your secret story
But he’ll never know
And for just one dance
Liive the life that you chose
He was a Victorian man
Too proud to tell
That his girl did him well
Gather the brushes to clean his grave
Think of the stories you now can say
As you tell him all
How you danced
With Victor Sylvester
Time was a Jester
A mime artist that froze
And the lights shone bright
Dimmed all of your woes
Here is your glory your secret story
But he’ll never know
That for just one dance you lived the life that you chose
Written by Sarah Jane Rimmer 2021
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4. |
The Parrot Club
03:29
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Formed on a Sunday by a circle of friends
The parrot club meets every other weekend
Bringing all their dilemmas to fix up and mend
They know that good friends will listen out once
And hear you again and again till you’re done
And the girls of the parrot have eyes and ears second to none
Chorus:
Come, come bring your wrongs
Come bring your rights
Bring everything in between
All that is hidden
All that is seen
Come, come bring your scars
Come bring your fights
Bring your tears and bring your delights
All that you live and all that you dream
Maggie bursts in with a wave of her hand
Flashing a ring freshly placed by her man
And the girls of the parrot exchange a quick glance of concern
Lips can hold smiles while eyes hide a frown
And sometimes your ups are really your downs
It’s an art to discern but the parrot club always knows how
(Chorus)
Adeline‘s father’s still gambling away
She just bailed him out with half her week’s pay
Peggy’s old man rests in six feet of earth
Still she dances the night
For all that she’s worth
(chorus)
Formed on a Sunday by a circle of friends
The parrot club girls will be here till the end
As long as life brings dilemmas
To fix up and mend
Written by Sarah Jane Rimmer 2021
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Sarah Jane Rimmer London, UK
I'm a London based Scot writing and performing original songs and hoping one day to be able to sing and play the banjo at the same time.
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