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The 'Ole In The Ark - Stanley Holloway
One evening at dusk as noah stood on his ark
Putting green oil in starboard side lamp
His wife came along and said noah summat's wrong
Our cabin is getting quite damp
Noah said is that so then he went down below
And found it were right what she'd said
For there on the floor quite a puddle he saw
It was slopping around under t bed
Said he there's an ole in the bottom somewhere
We must find it before we retire
Then he thowt for a bit and he said aye that's it
A bloodhound is what we require
So he went and fetched bloodhound
From place where it lay
Tween the skunk and the polecat it were
And as things there below were a trifle so so
It were glad of a breath of fresh air
They followed the sound as it went sniffing round
Til at last they located the leak
Twere a small hole in the side about two inches wide
Where a swordfish had poked in its beak
And by gum how the wet squirted in through that hole
Well young shem who at sums was expert
Worked it out on his slate that it came at the rate
Of per gallon per second per squirt
The bloodhound tried hard to keep water in check
By lapping it up with his tongue
But it came in so fast through that hole that at last
He shoved in his nose for a bung
The poor faithful hound he were very near drowned
They dragged him away none too soon
For the stream as it rose pushed its way up his nose
And blew him up like a balloon
And then mrs noah shoved her elbow in thole
And said eh it's stopped I believe
But they found very soon as she'd altered her tune
For the water had got up her sleeve
When she saw as her elbow weren't doing much good
She said to noah I've an idea
You sit on the leak and by tend of the week
There's no knowing the weather may clear
Noah didn't think much to this notion at all
But reckoned he'd give it a try
On the ole down he flopped and the leaking all stopped
And all except him was quite dry
They took him his breakfast and dinner and tea
As day after day there he sat
Til the rain was all passed and they landed at last
On top side of mount ararat
And that is how noah got them all safe ashore
But ever since then strange to tell
Them as helped save the ark has all carried a mark
Aye and all their descendants as well
That's why dog has a cold nose and ladies cold elbows
You'll also find if you enquire
That's why a man takes his coat tails in hand
And stands with his back to the fire
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