La-Di-Dum lyrics

On the 17th of March in La de da de da

A son was born to Mrs Da De Dum

He had two arms, two legs, a mouth and ears and eyes

And the usual La de da de da de dum

They duly christened him La de da de da

And they gave his second name as Da de dum

And throughout his life, and he lived for 90 years

He was known as La de da de da de dum

Then as he grew up his la de da de da

Grew quicker than his other da de dum

And when he was fifteen, everyone remarked

On his great big La de da de da de dum

He met a girl in La de da de da

She was pretty though a little da de dum

And the reason that he loved her best was she

Didnae mind his La de da de da de dum

Her mother was awfully la de da de da

Her father was completely da de dum

And they sat down to dinner of salmon mayonnaise

And a bowl of La de da de da de dum

Now it all went well till La de da de da

He went to take a bite of da de dum

He coped his plate and the salmon mayonnaise

Fell upon his la de da de dum

Her mother cried loudly la de da de da

Her father sorta mumbled da de dum

And her mother said, "Dear you must try to find a boy

With a smaller la de da de da de dum"

But they married in the spring of la de da de da

They honeymooned in lovely la de dum

But they found they couldnae get in the double bed

For his great big la de da de da de dum

And so they decided la de da de da

To use two single beds for da de dum

They slept together and they used the other one

Just to rest his la de da de da de dum

On the 19th of June in la de da de da

He took ill with an attack of da de dum

So they wrapped him up in bandages

That ended with a ball roond his la de da de dum

He died on the morning of la de da de da

A victim of the dreaded da de dum

They put him in his coffin but they couldnae shut the lid

For his great big la de da de dum

Now the undertaker la de da de da

Decided on a plan for da de dum

He made another coffin roughly 3 x 2 x 1

Just to take his la de da de da de dum

Now you can read on his tombstone la de da de da

The son of la de da de dum

Here lies his body and in the next grave up but one

Lies his great big la de da de da de dum

• Artist:The Corries