Alfred and Beatrice and Muriel too
Over the shop where the train passes through
Play happy families the cards falling fast
Alderman preacher runs up and down stairs
Muriel a sister but never a friend
Kept well apart in the same gable end
Following father at odds with the world
A chip off the old block the scholarship curve
Not any better the devil you know
Waiting for Margaret to go
Not any better the devil you know
Waiting for Margaret to go
Oh! Waiting for Margaret to go
Oxford for chemistry, mend and make do
Society turned her the truest of blue
Back in the shop Mr. Roberts had taught
That people like flour can be sold and be bought
Masters above and servants below
Waiting for Margaret to go
Masters above and servants below
Waiting for Margaret to go
Oh! Waiting for Margaret to go
Up to the house where the loyalty wears
Thinner than carpets on father's old stairs
Her friends like her enemies stretched on the rack
Play happy families but don't turn your back
The grocers and Methodists lay her down low
Waiting for Margaret to go
The grocers and Methodists lay her down low
Waiting for Margaret to go
Oh! Waiting for Margaret to go
Alfred he closes the shop one more time
Little girl singing her nursery rhymes
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head
Down with the shutters and on with the show
No more waiting for Margaret to go
Down with the shutters and on with the show
No more waiting for Margaret to go
No more waiting for Margaret to go
Over the shop where the train passes through
Play happy families the cards falling fast
Alderman preacher runs up and down stairs
Muriel a sister but never a friend
Kept well apart in the same gable end
Following father at odds with the world
A chip off the old block the scholarship curve
Not any better the devil you know
Waiting for Margaret to go
Not any better the devil you know
Waiting for Margaret to go
Oh! Waiting for Margaret to go
Oxford for chemistry, mend and make do
Society turned her the truest of blue
Back in the shop Mr. Roberts had taught
That people like flour can be sold and be bought
Masters above and servants below
Waiting for Margaret to go
Masters above and servants below
Waiting for Margaret to go
Oh! Waiting for Margaret to go
Up to the house where the loyalty wears
Thinner than carpets on father's old stairs
Her friends like her enemies stretched on the rack
Play happy families but don't turn your back
The grocers and Methodists lay her down low
Waiting for Margaret to go
The grocers and Methodists lay her down low
Waiting for Margaret to go
Oh! Waiting for Margaret to go
Alfred he closes the shop one more time
Little girl singing her nursery rhymes
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head
Down with the shutters and on with the show
No more waiting for Margaret to go
Down with the shutters and on with the show
No more waiting for Margaret to go
No more waiting for Margaret to go
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