The Liberty of Norton Folgate
Madness
This is the story of the Liberty of Norton FolgateOld Jack Norris, ‘The Musical Shrimp’And the cadging rambleA little bit of thisWould you like a bit of that?But in weather like thisYou should wear a coat, a nice warm hatA needle and threadThe hand stitches of timeBattling Lavinski versus Jackie BurkeBobbing and weaving an invisible lineSo step for step and both light on our feetWe’ll travel many a long, dim, silent streetWould you like a bit of thisOr a little bit of that missusA little bit of what you like does you no harm You know thatThe perpetual steady echo of the passing beatA continual dark river of peopleIn their transience and in its permanenceBut when the streetlamp fills the gutter with goldSo many priceless items bought and soldSo step for step and both light on our feetWe’ll travel many a long, dim, silent street - togetherOnce round Arnold CircusUp through Petticoat LanePast The Well of ShadowsAnd once back round againArm in arm with an abstracted air, to whereThe people stared at the upstairs windowsBecause we are living like kingsAnd these days will last foreverCos sailors from Africa, China and the Archipelago of MalayJump ship ragged and penniless into Shadwell’s Tiger BayThe Welsh and Irish Wagtails – mothers of midnightThe music hall carousal is spilling out into bonfire lightSending half crazed shadows, giantsDancing up the brick wallOf Mr. Truman’s beer factoryWaving bottles ten feet tallWhether one calls it Spitalfields, Whitechapel,Tower Hamlets or Bangle TownWe’re all dancing in the moonlightWe’re all on borrowed groundOh I’m just walking down toI’m just floating down throughWon’t you come with me?To the Liberty of Norton FolgateBut wait, what’s thatDan Leno and a Lime house GollumPurposefully walking nowhereOh I’m happy just floating about (have a banana)On a Sunday afternoonThe stall holders all call and shout (to no-one in particular)Avoiding people you knowYou’re just basking in your own companyThe Technicolor worlds going byBut you’re the lead in your own movieCos in the Liberty of Norton FolgateWalking wild and freeIn your second hand coatHappy just to floatIn this little taste of libertyA part of everything you seeThere coming left or rightTrying to flog you stuff you don’t need or wantAnd a smiling chap takes your hand and drags youIn his uncles restaurant (here, here, here, here)There’s a Chinese man trying hard to flog you moody DVDsYou know you’ve seen the film, its black and white, it’s got no soundAnd a man’s head pops up and down right across you wide screen TVOnly a fiver (how much?)Alright two for eight quid(‘Ere y’ar, look look, I’m giving it away)Cos in the Liberty of Norton FolgateWalking wild and freeIn your second hand coatHappy just to floatIn this little piece of libertyYou’re a part of everything you seeCos it’s steady old fellows, pickpockets, dandies, extortioners and night wanderersThe feeble, the ghastly upon whom death had placed a very sure handSome in shreds and patches, reeling inarticulate full of noisy and inordinate vivacityWhich jars discordantly upon the ear and give an aching sensation to both pair of eyeballs(noisy and inordinate vivacity)In the beginning I’d the fear of the immigrantIn the beginning was the fear of the immigrantHe’s made his way down to the dark riversideIn the beginning was the fear of the immigrantIn the beginning was the fear of the immigrantHe made his home there by the dark riversideHe made his home there down by the riversideThey made their homes there down by the riversideThe city sprang from the dark river ThamesThey made their home there down by the riversideThey made their homes there down by the riversideThe city sprang up from the dark mud of the ThamesI say it againCos in the Liberty of Norton FolgateWalking wild and freeAnd in your second hand coatHappy just to floatIn this little taste of libertyCos you’re a part of everything you seeYes you’re a part of everything you seeWith a little bit of thisAnd a little bit of thatA little bit of what you like does you no harmYou know that
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