THE WOMBLES COLLECTION

Lyrics to CD 2

MINUETTO ALLEGRETTO

Back in 1780 when Bulgaria was a lad
There was Minuetting in the morning and the evening,
They were minuetting mad!
Mister Minuetting Mozart was the talk of the town,
And forgetting to be minuetting was letting the other minuetters down.

Oh, Womble to your partners,
Young Wombles were told,
If you Minuetto Allegretto
You will live to be old.

Young Womble Bulgaria was listening with glee,
'If I Minuetto Allegretto
A very old wise Womble I shall be.'
Minuetting minutes later he was Wombling away,
Though he used to Womble allegretto now it's andante cantabile.

Oh, Womble to your partners,
Young Wombles were told,
If you Minuetto Allegretto
You will live to be old.

When the other Wombles were asleep at the dead of the night,
He'd become a better minuetter by practising in the candlelight.
Wimbledon was aware there was none that could beat
This incredible and amazing young Womble with minuetting feet.

Oh, Womble to your partners,
Young Wombles were told,
If you Minuetto Allegretto
You will live to be old.

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SUPERWOMBLE

In the middle of Manhattan, when the whole town sleeps:
There stands a lonely figure, he's the guardian of the streets.
If he flies in through the window when you're trying to get some rest,
You'll know it's SUPERWOMBLE 'cause his name is on his vest.
He can fly, He can swim, He's a Hero, He's got X-ray sight:

SUPERWOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE WOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE WOMBLE
SUPERWOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE WOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE WOMBLE

His muscles make you envy him, his speed is superquick,
He's so good looking that he really makes you sick,
There's no rubbish on the roof-tops when he flies through the night,
Cleaning up the Universe in his SUPERWOMBLE tights.
He can fly, He can swim, He's Hero, He's got X-ray sight.

SUPERWOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE WOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE WOMBLE
SUPERWOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE WOMBLE, SUPERWOMBLE WOMBLE

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MISS ADELAIDE (SHE'S GOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE)
(In Which We Meet Miss Adelaide, The School Teacher and Mistress Of The Womblegarten)

Miss Adelaide, she's got a Lot of Knowledge you know (we know)
Miss Adelaide graduated from college you know (we know)
She's got a million GCE's,
She's got a thing from a University,
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, she's got a Lot of Knowledge Now.

Miss Adelaide she can multiply 6 by 9 (we know)
She can sing White Tie & Tails in 11-8 time (we know)
She's going in for a 3rd degree
She can teach anything to you or me,
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, we've got a Lot of Knowledge Now.
She came around in the afternoon to teach me to play the piano, (to play the piano).

Miss Adelaide knows blue and yellow make green (we know)
Miss Adelaide she's an educational queen (we know)
She can speak French, Japanese and Greek
Her blackboard writing is oh so neat,
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, we've got a Lot of Knowledge Now.

Miss Adelaide has certificates by the ton (we know)
Miss Adelaide she can navigate by the sun (we know)
She's got a million GCE's
She's got a thing from a University.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, she's got a Lot of Knowledge Now.
She came around in the afternoon to teach me to play the slide trombone.

She came around in the afternoon to teach me to sing like an opera star.
She's got a million GCE's
She's got a thing from a University,
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, she's got a Lot of Knowledge Now.
She's going in for a 3rd degree
She can teach anything to you or me,
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, she's got a Lot of Knowledge Now,
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, she's got a Lot of Knowledge Now,
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, she's got a Lot of Knowledge Now.

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TOBERMORY'S MUSIC MACHINE

Apart from the grommet cog adjacent to the jack,
And the left-handed mangle-wheel protruding from the back,
If you bought it in a shop it would be chap at half the price,
For a Phonographic, gramophonic, Record-playing, Womble-sonic,
Sound-bearing contrivance or device.

When he turned on the power,
there was music everywhere,
It came out of the funnel
and it flew through the air:
As the record turned around,
We were captured by the sound,
'Til the needle stuck
'Til the needle stuck
'Til the needle stuck
'Til the needle stuck
'Til the needle stuck...

If Tobermory hadn't been so clever with his paws,
He could never have invented it or fitted it with drawers.
It was put together carefully and painted red and green,
this Phonographic, Gramophonic, Record-playing, Womble-sonic,
Sound-bearing contrivance or machine.

When he turned on the power there was music everywhere,
It came out of the funnel and it flew through the air.
As the record turned around we were captured by the sound,
'Til the music started getting
Slower and slower
And slower and slower
And faster and faster
And faster and faster...

He was proud of all his efforts and his audio-techniques,
He'd studied books and everything for days or even weeks,
The sprocket-laden inner spring had only broken twice,
Which was good for a Gramophonic,
Record-playing, Womble-sonic,
Sound-bearing contrivance or device.

When he turned on the power, there was music everywhere,
It came out of the funnel and it flew through the air.
As the record turned around We were captured by the sound,
'Til the spring broke...

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THE WOMBLE SQUARE DANCE

Swing your parners Womble-style,
Dosey-doe with a Womble-smile,
Step to the left, step the right,
I wish we could square-dance every night!

Knees a-pumping, elcows high,
Soon we'll serve some Womble Pie.
The fiddler's working well for you,
we might square-dance the whole night through!

Honour your partner, turn around
Lift your partner off the ground
Form a square so nice and neat,
Swing those furry Womble feet!

Old Bulgaria, take your time,
Keep On Wombling, keep in line,
Cross the room, turn round and then
Take your partners once again.

Womble fast and Womble slow,
that's the way the music goes:
Up and down and round and round
Underground and Overground!

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THE WOMBLING TWIST

I'm going to teach you a dance that you can't resist,
I've decided to call it the 'Wombling Twist'.
When you learn to do it we can dance all day,
We can Wombling Twist every night away.

Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)
Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)
Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)
Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)

At the Womble Club down in West L.A.,
The music plays and they twist all day,
There's a light in the corner where the Jukebox stands
It was made by a Womble out of old tin cans.

Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)
Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)
Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)
Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)

When you get to the door you can ring that bell
'Cause the gang's all here and we're Wombling Well,
Leave your tidy bag by the Womble door
When you Womble out to the dance floor.

Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)
Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)
Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)
Let's twist (Twist, twist, do the Wombling Twist)

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LOOK OUT FOR THE GIANT

Look out for the giant,
He's looking for you.
Look out for the giant Polu.
Look out for the giant,
Whatever you do,
Look out for the giant, Polu.

You can hear the crunching of his merciless feet,
He's even breathing smoky fumes all over the street,
There isn't any way you can escape from his grip
He looks just like a giant walking, talking rubbish tip.

Look out for the giant,
He's looking for you.
Look out for the giant Polu.
Look out for the giant,
Whatever you do,
Look out for the giant, Polu.

I saw him on the common with his big red eyes,
He trundled up behind me and he took me by surprise,
I knew I must be dreaming as we stood there is the mist,
And even though I knew he didn't really exist,
I said:

Look out for the giant,
He's looking for you.
Look out for the giant Polu.
Look out for the giant,
Whatever you do,
Look out for the giant, Polu.

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THE JUNGLE IS JUMPING

Drums in the jungle
They make the monkeys come,
Tell the animals in the undergrowth
The WOMBLING HAS BEGUN!
So come on...
Oh come on...
Oh come on...
On come on...

The jungle is jumping
Jungle drums are thumping,
The jungle's really jumping tonight.

Don't drop the packet from your Coconut Delight,
Please keep your pomegranate pips out of sight.
But come on,
Oh come on...
Oh come on...
On come on...

The jungle is jumping
Jungle drums are thumping,
The jungle's really jumping tonight.

The jungle is jumping,
Jungle drums are thumping,
The jungle's really jumping tonight.

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THE WOMBLE SHUFFLE

Spring is here and so are we
The grass is high and the air is free my friends.
Sun is shining into my eyes,
Things are taking me by surprise again
There's nothing like a shuffle you can do it with me:

Any time you want to you can do the WOMBLE SHUFFLE,
You can do your shopping bopping to the WOMBLE SHUFFLE;
Shuffle, shuffle to the WOMBLE SHUFFLE.

Judges do it with the Magistrates
Teachers do it in their coffee breaks you know.
D.J.'s do it on the radio,
Postmen do it for the G.P.O.
If you feel like a shuffle you can do it with me.

Any time you want to you can do the WOMBLE SHUFFLE,
You can do your shopping bopping to the WOMBLE SHUFFLE;
Shuffle, shuffle to the WOMBLE SHUFFLE.

Any time you want to you can do the WOMBLE SHUFFLE,
You can do your shopping bopping to the WOMBLE SHUFFLE,
Miners do their digging jigging to the WOMBLE SHUFFLE,
Sailors in the rigging do it to the WOMBLE SHUFFLE
Dockers do their docking rocking to the WOMBLE SHUFFLE.

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WIPE THOSE WOMBLE TEARS FROM YOUR EYES

Wipe those Womble-Tears from your eyes
Wipe those Womble-Tears from your eyes
If nobody wants to know you I'll be here to sympathise
Won't you wipe those Womble-Tears from your eyes.

If the worries of the world are on your shoulders,
And your Womble-feet keep dragging on the ground,
If the candles that you make won't fit the holders,
or your jelly will not set,
Don't let it bring you down:

Wipe those Womble-Tears from your eyes
Wipe those Womble-Tears from your eyes
If nobody wants to know you I'll be here to sympathise
Won't you wipe those Womble-Tears from your eyes.

If you can't keep your campfire burning,
And you don't remember where you left your hat,
Let your Womble-Wagon-wheels keep a-turning,
Pull yourself to-Womble-gether
and remember where you're at:

Wipe those Womble-Tears from your eyes
Wipe those Womble-Tears from your eyes
If nobody wants to know you I'll be here to sympathise
Won't you wipe those Womble-Tears from your eyes.

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WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMAS

Open your eyes,
Look to the skies when you're lonely,
There will be stars shining for you.
Sleepers Awake!
It's getting late, snow is falling,
The whole wide world is Wombling too.

All day long
We will be Wombling in the snow,
We wish you a Wombling Merry Christmas.
All day long
We will be laughing as we go
We wish you a Merry Wombling Christmas.

Under the ground
There is the sound of a symphony.
The lights are low,
The fire is bright.
Wombling through,
I'll tune in to you, you tune in to me,
We'll send you a message into the night.

All day long
We will be Wombling in the snow,
We wish you a Wombling Merry Christmas.
All day long
We will be laughing as we go
We wish you a Merry Wombling Christmas.