Typically English (Stop the World – I Want to get Off) 2:34
Words and music by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
Note: Lyrics here taken from the Shirley Bassey arrgt.
(Verse 1)
My mother said I never should
Play with the young men in the wood.
If I did, she would say
'Naughty little girl to disobey!'
(Chorus 1)
I'm a typically English rosebud
Born of typically English stock
With a typically Anglo-Saxon family tree.
I received my education
In a typically English way
At a typically English Girls' Academy.
I play typically English tennis
At a typically English club
With a typically English feeling for fair play.
I eat typically English crumpets
With my typically English tea
At the end of every typically English day.
Father is a typically English colonel,
Home is a typically English county town.
Mummy and I play typically English patience
While the typically English rain is pouring down.
We've a typically English spaniel
Who likes typically English walks
Past the typically English trees upon the heath.
And if anyone asks me how I like
This typically English life,
I am fed up to my typically English teeth.
(Verse 2)
My mother said I never should
Play with the young men in the wood
If I did, she would say
You'll only end up in the family way.
(Chorus 2)
There’s a typically English suitor
In a typically English suit
Calls to take me out to typically English tea
There’s a typical English table
Booked for typical English two
And my typically English mother makes it three!
When we go to typical English dances – la la la la la
Mother gives my typical sound advice
How to cope with typically coarse advances but
I’m bound to confess I find them rather nice!!
In the typical English summer
In a typically English house
And a typically English day with Auntie Maud
And if anyone asks me how
I like this typically English life
Well I have to say I’m very very (bloody) bored!!