The Yorkshire Couple

It's of a Yorkshire couple this story I'll relate

Who waited on retirement with apprehension great

In their little mill-tied cottage, said Amos feeling low:

We've to leave this place tomorrow, where ever shall we go?

Where ever shall we go? Where ever shall we go?

We've to leave this place tomorrow, where ever shall we go?

Said Martha unto Amos: well, don't you fret, old lad

The thought of your retirement it ought to make you glad

Since the minute we got married I've saved for a rainy day

Each time that we made love, I put half a crown away

Half a crown away, half a crown away

Each time that we made love, I put half a crown away

Do you see that row of cottages down by the Dog and Gun?

We hadn't been married but a year before I bought first one

The second two years later, the third it brought me tears

The fourth one took much longer - almost twenty years

Almost twenty year, almost twenty years

The fourth one took much longer - almost twenty years

Said Amos unto Martha: well, you know I love you so

And now I see the wisdom of reaping what you sow

One thing vexes me, though, why did you never tell?

If I hadn't played away, I'd have the Dog and Gun as well

Dog and Gun as well, Dog and Gun as well

If I hadn't played away, I'd have the Dog and Gun as well

Said Martha unto Amos: well, you know I love you, dear

But when you said you were working late, well, I knew where you were

Do you remember our old milkman (the one that was such fun)?

Well, I did the same with him and I bought him Dog and Gun

I bought him Dog and Gun, bought him Dog and Gun

Well, I did the same with him and I bought him Dog and Gun