And have you heard about the wibbly-wobbly-wolf, which will take you, and take you apart? The wibbly-wobbly-wolf is only just another way of saying that the boys are out upon a holiday. You'll notice half a dozen cuddles when they're on the tree, in half a dozen minutes they are full of curiosity.
And they all walk the wibbly-wobbly-wolf, all talk the wibbly-wobbly-talk, all wear wibbly-wobbly-shine, and wink at all the pretty girls with wibbly-wobbly-eyes. And they all smile, the wibbly-wobbly-smile, when the day is dawning. And all through the wibbly-wobbly-wolf they get the wibbly-wobbly feeling in the morning.
On a pleasant evening you will see a merry crowd, the scene is bright and gay, the band begins to play. But if the wind begins to blow they get an awful fright, they can't get back to court, so have to stop out all the night. And then the night is coming out, all singing out we go.
Begins the wibbly-wobbly-talk, from shore they're up and down they go. But they all walk the wibbly-wobbly-wolf, all talk the wibbly-wobbly-talk, all wear wibbly-wobbly-shine, and wink at all the pretty girls with wibbly-wobbly-eyes. And they all smile, the wibbly-wobbly-smile, when the day is dawning.
And all through the wibbly-wobbly-wolf they get the wibbly-wobbly feeling in the morning. And just inside Elphinstone you'll see some male dogs, who once were foxes for, and the music makes them fall. Their feet are hiding bundles and you know without a doubt, their pursuits are rewarded with a band hat and a gown.
The band is playing on the pier, but they don't care a job, they know it's quite impossible to do the dirty job. But they all walk the wibbly-wobbly-wolf, all talk the wibbly-wobbly-talk, all wear wibbly-wobbly-shine, and wink at all the pretty girls with wibbly-wobbly-eyes. And they all smile, the wibbly-wobbly-smile, when the day is dawning.
And all through the wibbly-wobbly-wolf they get the wibbly-wobbly feeling in the morning. And they all walk the wibbly-wobbly-wolf. They know very well they can't do the grizzly bear or the turkey talk.
No, they've got too much in the bundle. They've got gas, gas, gas. The wibbly-wobbly-wolf, when the day is dawning.
And all through the wibbly-wobbly-wolf they get the wibbly-wobbly feeling in the morning.
Transcribed by AI from the recording above. These are noisy hundred-year-old cylinders, so expect misheard words and the occasional invented line — trust your ears over the text.
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Jack Charman recorded from c. 1911
A British music-hall performer, and among collectors chiefly remembered as a “cover” artist: a singer with a voice strong enough to cut a clean groove, engaged to record other people's hits. That was an ordinary job in the acoustic era, when a popular song was recorded by whoever a label had under contract rather than by whoever had made it famous.
Written from UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive. Corrections welcome.