Standard (EADGBE)
This song can be found on the CD "The World of Benny Hill - Benny Hill
Sings?" which includes 25 of his comedy classics. It also appeared on
an old vinyl recording, "The Golden Hour of Benny Hill."
It's the Egg Marketing Board Tango,
In other words, the dance of love.
You go down to the pally and you're eager for a dance,
You see a lovely stranger and your eyes meet quite by chance.
She's warm and she's desirable with lips meant to be kissed,
So you stand eight feet apart and do the twist. [n/c]Oh Lor'!
But in the tango you get the chance to hold her oh so near,
As you gaze into her lovely eyes of blue.
And while you're dancing you whisper sweet nothings in her ear,
And she says, "Sweet nothing doing," back to you.
You give her a nibble, you give her cheek a peck,
You've got her in a grip of steel, you're breathing down her neck.
And then she says those magic words that thrill you through and
through,
"You've been 7eating pickled onions, haven't you? [n/c]Oh, poo!"
Once I met a girl called Kitty, she was pretty as can be,
She lived up in the city and she asked me 'round to tea.
But pretty, witty Kitty, she tried to pull my leg,
So I hit her, what a pity, with a soft boiled egg.
Then the wireless played a tango and I held her in my arms,
As we swayed and we glided 'round the room.
And when her dad came in we carried on, alas I didn't know,
He was deaf and he couldn't hear the tune.
He punched me in the ear-o, he hit me with a vase,
He chased down the garden and he kicked me on the grass.
And now I swear I'm finished, as true as stars above,
With the ango, the dance of love.
This is one in a series of Benny Hill songs I've learned by ear. Most of
these songs have only three chords which makes it easy figure them out. I
might have missed some chords or put the wrong ones down, but the basic
structure is there at any rate. I welcome any comments, corrections or
suggestions for improvement.