pre war songs

[jollylolly]

I can remember my gran signing a song - my baby just slipped down the plughole, my baby just slipped down the plug, ..... twas but a poor little thing, nowt but a skeleton covered in skin. Anyone know the rest of the words. (Granny was born when Queen Victoria was alive !)

[dot.hawkes]

A mother was washing her baby one night;
The youngest of ten and a delicate mite.
The mother was poor and the baby was thin;
'Twas naught but a skeleton covered with skin.
The mother turned 'round for a soap off the rack.
She was only a moment but when she turned back
Her baby had gone, and in anguish she cried,
"Oh, where has my baby gone?" The angels replied:
Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole.
Oh, your baby has gone down the plug.
The poor little thing was so skinny and thin,
He should have been washed in a jug, in a jug.
Your baby is perfectly happy;
He won't need a bath anymore.

[Ethel]

Cream did a good version of this some years ago. You can hear it here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg4GAyxwNUQ

[juliacornwal]

That's grim! And so was the amount of soap the woman was putting on that poor little dog in the sink!

[jollylolly]

Thanks everyone. The link to The Cream was brill. My granddaughter really enjoyed the song. Never asked a question before. Couldn't believe how fast you answered. Thanks again.

[Buddie]

my dad (now sadly departed) used to sing this to me when i was little! I thought it was great then and still do!!