Mungo Jerry Lyrics - Rob's Mungo Jerry Collection

La La La (Ray Dorset)

Unreleased / Different as later recorded

The sun is bright today

My cares have gone astray

I feel so good my head is in a spin

Everything is fine and this whole world is mine

Because I've found a song to sing

CHORUS

La la la la la la etc.

If you come with me an' sing this melody

Forget your problems and throw your cares away

Open up your hearts and sing along with me

CHORUS

There's so much talk about the weather

There's so much talk about the war

If we all join in together

Then there'll be peace for evermore

Lady Rose (Ray Dorset)

On the dark nights, by the firelight, I'll see her face before my eyes,
Lady Rose, Lady Rose, Oh Lady, my Rose, my Lady Rose.

From the shadows to the bright lights, From the dark nights to the sunrise,
Lady Rose, Lady Rose, Oh Lady, my Rose, my Lady Rose.

Lost in memories of the moment, Of the time spent, how the days went,
Lady Rose, Lady Rose, Oh Lady, my Rose, my Lady Rose.

Lana (Ray Dorset)

I've seen you in the station bar drinking strong black coffee

I forget how I got your name no lie your face has got me

Expensive clothes appear to be your taste I want no money

No single girl don't look away your left hand bears no jewellery

CHORUS :

Lana - Lana - Lana - Lana

I only live my life for you

Your father picks you up at night his car is always gleaming

When I send a smile your way you make you do not see me

I saw you with a man one day he looked to be your brother

Now I speak to you ok I wish to be your lover

C HORUS

MIDDLE

My blood is of so many colours

This ring on my hand's solid gold

Noble I was born a gipsy

My Mother a queen I was told

If I were a candy man if I were a tailor

If I had to drive a truck if I were a jailer

Or a beggar on the street or drunk, a theif, a minstrel

I could be a genius or I could be quite simple

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I'd give my very life to you I'd shower you with diamonds

I'd build a house upon a hill with fir trees all around us

Sipping Cognac by the log fire flames cast shadows softly

Kissing your sweet tender lips and maybe we'd make love dear

CHORUS

Let It Grow (Ray Dorset)

Unreleased just 1demo only

I got a song I bin singing

A dream I bin dreaming

You on my mind everywhere

I got a love I bin lovin

I can't think of nothing

My love is yours we got to share

The birds keep on singing

The sun always shining

Cause you're on my mind everywhere

Let's get together now and forever

My life and yours we got to share

Love is all around me

Everywhere I go

Let's never stop our lovin

Let the feelin grow let it grow

Let the feelin grow

And then when we're getting old

And we're still together

Our love will be stronger than the sun

A life full of lovin we'll have

The stars keep on shinin'

Cause you're by my side everywhere.

Let’s Rock (Ray Dorset)

Well my little sister's got a pony tail

She wears tight dresses an' she looks real swell

When I take her out with my friends an' the fellas stare

She says rock, let's rock

When she gets to movin' even I get real hot

An' if she wasn't my kid sister

Well I'd give her a shot

With her little black dresses

An' her see through tops

Let's rock, let's rock

She looks like a woman but she's just 14

She watches old movies on the TV screen

She can pull every trick that she's ever seen

Let's rock, let's rock.

Little Louis (Paul King)

Well Little Louis was 12 years old from the other side of town

His belly it was empty, he's 'a feeling rather down

he's 'a feeling rather down

Well every morning at half past six his Mother wakes him up

Stale toasted bread and bacon fat was all he got

was all he got, was all he got

Searching for work in the mills and factories

The wind is blowing cold through the holes around his knees

And his eyes look tired and he's free

Well walking through the market place the fresh fruot on the stalls

Peaches pears and oranges, He'd like them all, well peaches pears and oranges

He'd like them all, He'd like them all, He'd like them all,

He creeps up to the bakers stall, where the buns and cakes smell nice

He grabs the nearest one in sight, runs for his life

Well He grabs the nearest one in sight, runs for his life

runs for his life, runs for his life, runs for his life

He runs around the corner into that little roads

Through the darkened alleys where all the bad men go

Clutching the cake in his arms

He's been running for half an' hour no-one has given chase

He sitd down on his doorstep with a smile upon his face

Yeah He sitd down on his doorstep with a smile upon his face

with a smile upon his face, with a smile upon his face, with a smile upon his face

Well the cake it tasted good, He could eat a thousend more

Well the cream stuck on his jacket and the crumbs fell on the floor

Yeah the cream stuck on his jacket and the crumbs fell on the floor

and the crumbs fell on the floor, and the crumbs fell on the floor,

and the crumbs fell on the floor

His Mother calls out Louis, your supper's nearly done

Come my little baby, my hungry little son

Come and eat your bread.

Little Miss Hipshake (Barry Murray)

Well she come in from the country, she’s as bright as the sun

You don’t know ‘bout the state of..

They call her Little Miss Hipshake, Little Miss Hipshake

She’s so racy, They call her Little Miss Hipshake

Well she wears black leather she can handle ‘em hot

She can swear, she can drink, she can smoke, she can rock

They call her Little Miss Hipshake, Little Miss Hipshake

She’s so racy, They call her Little Miss Hipshake

Well I say, looks sweet as a vergin, fuck like a tiger

Look like a woman, simply a …??...

Little Miss Hipshake, Little Miss Hipshake

She’s my lady, they call her Little Miss Hipshake

Little Miss Hipshake Little Miss Hipshake

She’s my lady, they call her Little Miss Hipshake

Little Miss Hipshake Little Miss Hipshake

Liverpool Lou (Dominic Behan)

Oh Liverpool Lou, lovely Liverpool Lou
Why don't you behave just like other girls do
Why must my poor heart keep following you?
Oh stay home and love me my Liverpool Lou

When I go out walking, I hear people talking
School children playing, I know what they're saying
They're saying you'll grieve me, that you will deceive me
Some morning you'll leave me, all packed up and gone

The sounds from the river keep telling me ever
That I should forget you, like I'd never met you
Oh tell me their song love was never more wrong love
Say I belong love to my Liverpool Lou

Oh iLverpool Lou, lovely Liverpool Lou
Why don't you behave just like other girls do
Why must my poor heart keep following you?
Oh stay home and love me my Liverpool Lou
Oh stay home and love me my Liverpool Lou

Livin' Aint Easy (Ray Dorset)

Livin’ ain’t easy, now your baby’s said goodbye

Livin’ ain’t easy, when all you do is cry

She said goodbye, You wanna die, it’s no lie

Livin’ ain’t easy, now your baby’s gone away

Livin’ ain’t easy when will she come back and stay?

You’ll find a way, maybe you’ll get her to come back and stay

Chorus:

You dreamed that you were through

An’ now your dreams come true

How can I find

A way to get her off my mind

You think that she’ll come back

It ain’t in the bag.

Maybe tomorrow things will be alright

No need for sorrow, there’s no need to cry

She said goodbye, You want to get her, It’s no lie

Chorus

Maybe tomorrow it’s all gonna be alright

No need for sorrow there’s no need to cry

You’ll be alright, matbe you’ll get her

An’ she’ll stay the night.

Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black (Ray Dorset)

She’s a long legged woman dressed in black, dressed in black,

dressed in black, dressed in black black black

She’s a long legged woman dressed in black, dressed in black,

dressed in black, dressed in black black black

Everytime I make a move she tell me no, Everytime I make a move she tell me no

Everytime I make a move she tell me n0, Everytime I make a move she tell me no

Yeah she know’s how to move how to rock, how to rock, how to rock, how to rock rock rock

Everytime I make a move she tell me no, Everytime I make a move she tell me no

Then she goes like a flash in the night, in the night in the night in the n-n-night

Everytime I make a move she tell me no, Everytime I make a move she tell me no

… Fade out

Looking For My Girl (Ray Dorset)

I felt rather homesick lookin' for my girl

searchin' for someone who ain't there

feelin' quite worried as time went by

by and by

I talked to Jesus I spoke to God

i still could't find out quite enough

what is the answer does it lie here in my head

why ? oh why ?

What is the answer does it lie here in my head

what is the question, what has been said

Too many people try to run me up a creek

whole lot of fuss about nothin'

runnin' here, runnin' there, run behind a tree

why ? oh why ?

I'm just looking for my .......

What is the answer does it lie here in my head

what is the question, what has been said

Too many people try to run me up a creek

whole lot of fuss about nothin'

runnin' here, runnin' there, run behind a tree

why ? oh why ?

I felt rather homesick lookin' for my girl

searchin' for someone who ain't there

feelin' quite worried as time went by

by and by

I talked to Jesus I spoke to God

i still could't find out quite enough

what is the answer does it lie here in my head

why ? oh why ?

I'm just searching for my girl 2x

I'm just looking for my girl.....etc.

Lov' Inn (Ray Dorset)

Me and my babe go out for a while

We take a nice drive to the country side

We turn on the music, play some sounds

Talk sweet things till the sun goes down

drive to the beach, walk on the sand

Dip our feet and I hold her hand

The sun gets lower and the moon's in view

A chill in the air, what we gonna do

We make lovin'

We get on the road, go to my place

A log fire burning, there's a smile on her face

I open up a bottle of the very best wine

Sitting on the sofa, her hands in mine

She breathes in my ear I kiss her cheek

Snuggle up closer she wants me

Kiss her on the forehead kiss her on the neck

Her arms are all around me, feels great you bet

We make lovin'

Some groovy music on the radio, we get up and dance real slow

Do the Hoochie Coochie and some rock 'n' roll

We move around the room to a bit of soul

Warm love feelin's gettin' us higher

Sitting on the floor cuddling by the fire

It's time to go to bed love is in her eyes

I want my woman and she wants her guy

We make lovin'.

Lovin' In The Alleys An' Fightin' In The Streets (Ray Dorset)

Tired of payin' for the world's mistakes , Politics just make us ache
Rock 'n' roll and stayin' out , That's what our styles all about
Livin' for the weekend existin' through the week
Lovin' in the alleys an' fightin' in the streets

Too much to think about workin' every day ,
What do you get for it what do you say
Since those days have all long gone , It's all for all an' one for one
No one likes the system it's got to be beat
Lovin'in the alleys an' fightin' in the streets

CHORUS
Someones tryin' to get us to forget how to think
Programmes on the TV make us all sick
Thinkin' about when the world began
When a woman was a woman an' a man was a man
Livin' for the weekend existin' through the week
Lovin' in the alleys an' fightin' in the streets

CHORUS
Higher Higher etc , Let's get higher

Lovin' In The Morning (Ray Dorset)

Cried last week , Made me week
Cried last week , Made me weak

CHORUS:
But she gimme lovin' in the mornin'
gimme lovin' in the mornin'
gimme lovin' in the mornin'
That's why I love the best

Don't wear gold , I bin told
Don't wear gold , So I bin told
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Don't wear jeans , Always clean
Don't wear jeans , Always clean
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