Name: Rickety Tickety Tin
Duration: P00H01M52S
Description: This, a family favorite, was recorded on my iphone at the Mark West Hospital in the closest approximation of my old favorite stairwell.

Rickety Tickety Tin

from Another Home by Nicky Bee with Blonde Davis

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This, a family favorite, was recorded on my iphone at the Mark West Hospital in the closest approximation of my old favorite stairwell.

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About a maid I'll sing a song, rickety tickety tin
About a maid I'll sing a song, she didn't have her family long
Not only did she do them wrong,
But she did very one of them in, them in, she did every one of them in

Her mother she could never stand, rickety tickety tin
He sister she could never stand and so a cyanide soup she planned
The sister died with a spoon in her hand,
And her face in a hideous grin, a grin, her face in a hideous grin

One day when she had nothing to do, rickety tickety tin
One day when she had nothing to do she cut her baby brother in two
And served him up as an irish stew, and invited the neighbours in,
'bours in, invited the neighbours in

One morning in a fit of pique, rickety tickety tin
One morning in a fit of pique she she drowned her brother in the creek
the water tasted bad for a week, and we had to make do with gin,
with gin, we had to make do with gin.

She set her mother's hair on fire, rickety tickety tin
She set her mother's hair on fire and as the flames rose higher
She danced around the funeral pyre, playing a violin, 'olin, playing a violin

And when at last the police came by, rickety tickety tin
And when at last the police came by her little pranks she did not deny
For to do so she would have had to lie, and lying she knew was a sin,
a sin, lying she knew was a sin

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from Another Home, released June 27, 2015
Vocals- Nicky Bee
Lyrics/melody- Tom Lehrer
Echoes- Mark West Stairwell

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