Charles Dickens Song - text
I lived a happy life
‘Til I was ten years old
When debt landed dad in prison
And our country house was sold
Lodged with a lady
In her London flat so cold
Worked at a boot polish factory
Labelling jars quite dull be told
Goodness only knows
I was a miserable soul
‘Til I was ten years old
When debt landed dad in prison
And our country house was sold
Lodged with a lady
In her London flat so cold
Worked at a boot polish factory
Labelling jars quite dull be told
Goodness only knows
I was a miserable soul
For a time I went to school
But then I found a job
As a clerk to a lawyer
Oh it made my poor head throb
I failed to be an actor
Despite my loud gob
Ended up reporting speeches
Of the parliamentary mob
Then as everybody knows
I started writing prose
But then I found a job
As a clerk to a lawyer
Oh it made my poor head throb
I failed to be an actor
Despite my loud gob
Ended up reporting speeches
Of the parliamentary mob
Then as everybody knows
I started writing prose
Put my life into my books
Friends and enemies and crooks
Legal bosses up they crop
In “The Old Curiosity Shop”
Fagin in “Oliver Twist”
A factory pal, you get the gist
And although my memory’s quite foggy
Got Scrooge from the grave of Ebenezer Scroggie
Friends and enemies and crooks
Legal bosses up they crop
In “The Old Curiosity Shop”
Fagin in “Oliver Twist”
A factory pal, you get the gist
And although my memory’s quite foggy
Got Scrooge from the grave of Ebenezer Scroggie
My first book was an overnight sensation
But I drove myself too hard
To enjoy the agitation
Despite my wealth
My family begged for money
I wrote of it in “Chuzzlewit”
Which people said was funny
Didn’t sell like books before
My family still asked for more
But I drove myself too hard
To enjoy the agitation
Despite my wealth
My family begged for money
I wrote of it in “Chuzzlewit”
Which people said was funny
Didn’t sell like books before
My family still asked for more
“Little Dorrit” is a tale
About my dad in debtor’s jail
While “Hard Times” tells my life ‘bout
When I tried to leave my wife
Little Nell’s death was my poor dear
Departed sister-in-law
And “David Copperfield”, working in a factory
I must confess that that was really me
About my dad in debtor’s jail
While “Hard Times” tells my life ‘bout
When I tried to leave my wife
Little Nell’s death was my poor dear
Departed sister-in-law
And “David Copperfield”, working in a factory
I must confess that that was really me
In my life, felt ashamed
About poverty in childhood
Wrote about sadness,
Suffering, and fears
Also wrote about people
With funny names
Bumble, Smallweed, Scrooge, Uriah Heep
And Wackford Squeers
About poverty in childhood
Wrote about sadness,
Suffering, and fears
Also wrote about people
With funny names
Bumble, Smallweed, Scrooge, Uriah Heep
And Wackford Squeers
Whilst writing “Edwin Drood”
A train crash didn’t help my mood
Still I drove myself on
With readings far across the pond
Died before I wrote Drood’s end
Sort of thing drove me ‘round the bend
So Dickens, take a Dickens, take a bow
And Heaven knows
I’m miserable now
A train crash didn’t help my mood
Still I drove myself on
With readings far across the pond
Died before I wrote Drood’s end
Sort of thing drove me ‘round the bend
So Dickens, take a Dickens, take a bow
And Heaven knows
I’m miserable now
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