Artist: | The Fivepenny Piece (English) |
User: | peterbrowne50 |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
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Big Jim – Fivepenny Piece
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A famous Scottish Angling Club arranged to hold a match
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And five pounds offered as the prize to him with the best catch.
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Jock Thompson said, 'for catching fish, good bait is what you need'
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So he got to work at once big worms to try to breed.
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He fed his pets on powdered milk, On baby food and whiskey,
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And as the great day grew near, they grew quite fat and frisky.
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His favourite worm he called Big Jim, He really was a picture,
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You'd have thought he'd crossed a conga eel with a ruddy boa constrictor.
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Big Jim were a worm, were a great big worm,
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were a great big, bright red, bloody red worm.
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Large and fat, and just like a picture,
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Crossed with an eel and a boa constrictor.
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Fed him on whiskey, which made him frisky,
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On pies and a pint or two,
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Big Jim were a worm, were a great big worm,
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were a great big, beautiful, bloody red worm.
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Well the day arrived, the places drawn, and soon the fishing started
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It was a sin to puncture Jim and Jock was broken hearted.
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But that five pounds must be won, he'd promised one to his daughter
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And so the dirty deed was done And Jim thrown in the water.
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Big Jim were a worm, were a great big worm,
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were a great big, bright red, bloody red worm.
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Large and fat, and just like a picture,
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Crossed with an eel and a boa constrictor.
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Fed him on whiskey, which made him frisky,
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On pies and a pint or two,
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Big Jim were a worm, were a great big worm,
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were a great big, beautiful, bloody red worm.
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Some caught roach and some caught bream, And some caught rainbow trout.
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Some caught eels and one caught seals, but most of them caught nowt.
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Jock he waited patiently to give Jim chance to work
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And in a while his float did sink and give the rod a jerk.
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Well the fight went on for hours and hours Jock could'na quench his thirst
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But Big Jim being the worm he were, that fish surrendered first.
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And then the judge came running up and with him brought his scales,
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When he saw the fish, he said, 'Chuck it back - We're no accepting whales'!
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Big Jim were a worm, were a great big worm,
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were a great big, bright red, bloody red worm.
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Large and fat, and just like a picture,
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Crossed with an eel and a boa constrictor.
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Fed him on whiskey, which made him frisky,
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On pies and a pint or two,
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Big Jim were a worm, were a great big worm,
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were a great big, beautiful, bloody red worm.