Misc Television – Upstairs Downstairs - What Are We Going To Do With Uncle Arthur (Guitar)

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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH UNCLE ARTHUR? Theme from the TV Series "Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971-1975) Performed & recorded by: Pauline Collins (1973) Music: Alexander Faris Lyrics: Alfred Shaughnessy [Verse 1]

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What are we going to do with Uncle Arthur?

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A blinking stallion, is Uncle Arthur.

When he goes a-strolling in the park,

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Watch your step, girls, especially after dark.

Any old skirt's a flirt to Uncle Arthur,

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He's over eighty, but how he can run!

"Give us a kiss, my dear," he'd say,

    C
And tickle you up the boom-di-ay,

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And say it was just an 'armless bit of fun.

[Verse 2]

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What are we going to do with Uncle Arthur?

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Have him doctored like a tomcat?

You'd have thought by now he'd has his fill,

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But my aunt can't bloody well keep him still,

Saturday night'll find him at the boozer,

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A couple of pints there, then off he will pop,

Straighten his hat and up the street,

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As light as a feather on his feet,

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A dirty old man who don't know when to stop.

[Interlude] [Verse 3]

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What are we going to do with Uncle Arthur?

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A public nuisance, is Uncle Arthur.

Though he's bald, deaf, dirty and decayed,

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He's the uncrowned king of the esplanade.

Nothing on earth can seem to damp his ardour,

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He's trying harder, the older he grows.

One of these days he'll have to die,

     C
What will he get up to in the sky?

Well heaven and Uncle Arthur only, You can be sure he won't be lonely,

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Heaven and Uncle Arthur only knows.