[Verse 1]
One girl was called Jean Marie
Another little girl was called Felicity
Another little girl was Sally Joy
The other was me, and I'm a boy
[Verse 2]
My name is Bill and I’m a headcase
They practice making up on my face
Yeah, I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear
Spend evenings taking hairpins from my hair
[Chorus]
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
But my ma won’t admit it
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
But if I say I am I get it
[Verse 3]
Get your frock on, Jean Marie
Plait your hair, Felicity
Paint your nails, little Sally Joy
Put this wig on, little boy
[Chorus]
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
But my ma won't admit it
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
But if I say I am I get it
[Verse 4]
Help me wash up, Jean Marie
You can dry, Felicity
Stack the dishes, Sally Joy
Behind them struggles, I’m a boy
[Chorus]
I’m a boy, I'm a boy
But my ma won’t admit it
I'm a boy, I'm a boy
But if I say I am I get it
[Bridge]
I wanna play cricket on the green
Ride my bike across the stream
Cut myself and see my blood
I wanna come home all covered in mud
[Chorus]
I'm a boy, I’m a boy
But my ma won't admit it
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
Thank you, thank you very much
We'd like to do for you now the a
Little set of numbers, which we call Tommy's parents as you probably read on the musical papers
And if we ever play for any of you before, you probably know this piece of repartee that I'm just about to embark on
It's the story of our mini-opera, and this mini-opera it's something which we did on our second album
And a, in a way for in it's time was adventurous because it was one story, which took 6 different themes of music
And the story, it's about a girl guide who was seduced by an old engine driver
And you know social commentary
John is the engine driver, the seducer
The black ripper
And I play the girl guide
Later
And the seduction takes place while the girl guide's boyfriend is away from home
And she's weeping because he's been away so long
And some of her friends say we have a remedy and you'll hear that chorus, we have a remedy
And the remedy
And the remedy
And the remedy is of course the old engine driver, who's a randy old bastard
And they know that with him, she'll be alright
And that, so what happens is they a
They f, they fornicate
And
What's that?
Pardon
What's that? a little station outside ?
No no no
Trouble always on the back
Always gets off on the wrong stop
Anyway
This seduction it's rather lengthy
And because it's so long the boyfriend, who's is very very late indeed, and he deserves what he gets
Nevertheless He comes in right in the middle of the seduction, and he catches the couple in the act
And I like you now to imagine the scene
Assemble the musicians
And the reason that the seduction takes so long, its because Ivor, as he's an engine driver naturally, doesn't come on time
Uh blimey, it's taking longer than usual
He's looking at his watch he got for his retirement, all covered in soot
Anyways, and he comes, the boyfriend catches them
All over me best
But instead of rebuking them, duly
Instead of duly rebuking them, as it was ahead of its time, and remember this was three years ago
We anticipated the feelings of peace and love, and pacifism and all that kind of thing, which were to come
Represented as, represented as the ending
And such, such is life, he forgives them
He sees them, and he forgives them
He loves to watch that sort of thing
Anyway, we'll get on with it now
And welcome you to the show next time
And this is, we do feature normally, we'll normally feature Keith Moon singing, but today we'll just have to feature him
If you would like to stand Keith
Yes
And it's called A Quick One, While He's away
