LA-DE-DAH               Jake Thackeray

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Now that we've agreed that we're in love
                       Em    Am    G
We'll have to face the la-de-dah,      the eye-wash,
C          C/B        Am                     Em
All of the fancy pantomime - I love you very much
     F                                     Em
I'll try love, I'll bill and coo with your gruesome Auntie Susan
         Am                  Em
Cross me 'eart, I'll play it cool.
F                    Em                            Am
I'll let your tetchy Uncle get me back up cross me 'eart,
       Em
And I won't get shirty when they say I look peculiar.

I'll be nice to your Mummy,
I'll come all over la-de-dah, although she
Always gets up me nose - I love you very much,
And so I'll smile and I'll acquiesce when she invites me to Caress her scabby cat
I'll sit still while she knits and witters, cross me 'eart, 
And I won't lay a finger on the crabby old bat-face

I'll be polite to your Daddy,
Frightfully la-de-dah, although he
Always bores me to me boots - I love you very much,
And so I won't boo and hiss when he starts to reminisce, I won't drop off, I won't flare up -
The runs he used to score, and how he won the War, cross me 'eart,
But I'll have to grit my teeth when he goes on about his rupture.

I'll behave at the wedding breakfast,
I'll be la-de-dah, so help me,
Artichokes and risque jokes - I love you very much
So help me I'll force a laugh for the flicking photographs so have no fear, I won't turn tail.
And so I won't run amok when females chuck confetti in my ear,
And cross me 'eart love I'll keep off the pale ale.

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When we're off on our own
               Em                Am  G
No more la-de-bloody-dah,      I promise.
C          C/B                  Am                                        Em
We just won't have the time, we won't have time for such,
                            Am                                 C
Such fancy pantomime - I love you far too much....