Geordy's Lost His Penker
(English Version
of "JohnnyÕs Got His Marble")
Words & Music:
Traditional English / Don McLean
Relax. It is
just a song about losing your favorite shooting marble in the sewer. Anything else is your own imagination.
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Geordy's lost his penker, Geordy's lost his penker,
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Geordy's lost his penker, doin' the double-wrought.
It ran right down the cundy, he lost it up the cundy,
It ran right down the cundy, doin' the double-wrought.
He went and got a clathesprop, he went and got a clathesprop,
He went and got a clathesprop, doin' the double-wrought.
He rammed it up the cundy, he rammed it up the cundy,
He rammed it up the cundy, doin' the double-wrought.
But, he couldn't fetch it, but, he couldn't fetch it,
But, he couldn't fetch it, doin' the double-wrought.
He went and got a broomstick, he went and got a broomstick,
He went and got a broomstick, doin' the double-wrought.
He rammed it up the cundy, he rammed it up the cundy,
He rammed it up the cundy, doin' the double-wrought.
But, he couldn't fetch it, but, he couldn't fetch it,
But, he couldn't fetch it, doin' the double-wrought.
He went for the policeman, he went for the policeman,
He went for the policeman, doin' the double-wrought.
He tied him to the clathesprop, he tied him to the
clathesprop,
He tied him to the clathesprop, doin' the double-wrought.
He rammed him up the cundy, he rammed him up the cundy,
He rammed him up the cundy, doin' the double-wrought.
But, he couldn't fetch it, but he couldn't fetch it,
But, he couldn't fetch it, doin' the double-wrought.
He went and got gunpowder, he went and got gunpowder,
He went and got gunpowder, doin' the double-wrought.
He tied it to the clathesprop, he tied it to the clathesprop,
He tied it to the clathesprop, doin' the double-wrought.
He rammed it up the cundy, he rammed it up the cundy,
He rammed it up the cundy, doin' the double-wrought.
Oh, Geordy's found his penker, Geordy's found his penker,
Geordy's found his penker, doin' the double-wrought.
'Twas in his bloody pocket, 'twas in his bloody pocket,
'Twas in his bloody pocket, doin' the double-wrought.