LOOK WHAT WE’VE DONE

Do you remember the day 
When if you said that you were gay
It meant with joy you could sing and shout ?
A fairy was enchanting,
And dressing up and camping
Was something you did with the Scouts

That carefree age
When an urgent case of AIDS
Was powdered milk we sent to the Sahara. 
A fruit was something nice to eat,
A poof was something for your feet,
And a queen was an old tart in a tiara.   

CHORUS

Look what we’ve done 
To the old mother tongue, 
It’s a crime the way we’ve misused it.
It’s been totally diswobbled, pulverised and gollywabbled;
We’ve strangled, fangled, mangled and abused it.        

Those far off times 
When a bong meant a chime,
And a buzz was a noisy insecticidal. 
A joint was something between bones,
And getting really stoned
Only happened to bad people in the Bible. 

When if you had a bad trip
It meant you fell and broke your hip;
Cold turkey just meant Christmas meat and tatties. 
Coke was something that you burned,
Smack was something that you earned
From your mumsy-wumsy when you had been naughty.   

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The years have gone I’m afraid
When only eggs got laid
And only the rhinoceros got horny.  
Only kangaroos jumped, 
Only camels got humped;
Getting stuffed meant a little taxidermy. 

Swinging was for trapezes
Or Tarzan’s chimpanzeeses,
Tossing off was something Scotsmen did with cabers -
You’ll know just what that means,
But a really ugly scene
Was any movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

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Tony & Claire’s Selection for 2003

1

Introduction

Claire

0:26

2

Look What We’ve Done

Geraldine Doyle (Danny's sister)

3:10

3

Fever

Peggy Lee (deceased 2002)

2:40

4

Va Pensiero

From Verdi’s Nabucco

4:57

5

Mr Bombastic

Shaggi (aka Mr Lover Lover)

4:30

6

Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning

Alan Jackson

5:24

7

Wonder Hornpipe / Foxhunters’ Reel

Frankie Gavin

4:56

8

When You’re Smiling

Pete Fountain

2:59

9

Souvenir de Tagliojni

Derek Bell (deceased 2002)

5:21

10

La Gioconda, Dance of the Hours

Amilcare Ponchielli

7:43

11

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen (1975)

6:18

12

Waltz of the Faun

Osipov State Russian Folk Balalaika Orchestra

4:24

13

Fields of Athenry

Paddy Reilly

4:57

14

Ave Maria

Russell Watson

5:20

15

The Gas Man Cometh

Michael Flanders & Donald Swan

2:29

Total 

65:34

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