Biography:
Alfred Hawthorn Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992), better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English comic, actor & singer, best known for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show. Since its debut in 1969 his television show has been sold to over 140 countries worldwide, with viewership in the millions.
The song "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In the West)" is a bit autobiographical. Benny Hill had been a milkman in Eastleigh, Hampshire, working for Hanns Dairy whose premises was yards way from Market Street.
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Intro = C Dm
La la la la la la la la di di di di
C G
La la la la la la la la di di di
Verse 1
C
My lovely Auntie Lil took our bus inspector Bill into her
Dm F
bedroom and with great annoyance said
F
Outside our house you've put a stop sign and all the passengers on top
G C
can look in and see my husband and me in bed
C
He said you're joking she said you'll see just lie down on the bed
F Dm
with me so he laid down with her to avoid more fuss
F C
Her old man came in and saw 'em but Bill kept his decorum
F G C
He said it's alright I'm just waiting for a bus
Chorus
C Em Am C Dm
The early morning mist the first time that we kissed outside the churchyard
G C
Some words of wisdom spoken by a gentleman whose face was old and lined
C Em Am C Dm
The swiftly fading memory of a song that we used to sing as children
G C
These are the things you'll find amongst the ashes of the dustbins of your mind
C Dm
La la la la la la la la di di di di
C G
La la la la la la la la di di di
Verse 2
C
On an outing by the sea two old men sat near to me took off their boots
Dm F
for a paddle by the pier
F
One of them said you rotten swine your feet are dirtier than mine
G C
He said of course they are I didn't come last year
C
And on the seawall by the sand a boy was holding in his hand
F Dm
a cornet he had bought from the cafeteria
F C
He dropped it down a lady's neck and she hollered bloomin' 'eck
F G C
That seagull must've flown in straight from Siberia
Chorus
C Em Am C Dm
The early morning mist the first time that we kissed outside the churchyard
G C
Some words of wisdom spoken by a gentleman whose face was old and lined
C Em Am C Dm
The swiftly fading memory of a song that we used to sing as children
G C
These are the things you'll find amongst the ashes of the dustbins of your mind
C Dm
La la la la la la la la di di di di
C G
La la la la la la la la di di di
Verse 3
C
When Charlie passed away his young wife heard him say I've been unfaithful
Dm F
to you many times my dear
F
She said darling never mind in fact I knew it all the time
G C
That's why I put that arsenic in your beer
C
Old Ted once took offence it was the one outside our gents it was opened up
F Dm
officially last year
F C
And it was christened by Lord Gray people came from miles away
F G C
'Cos they'd heard that he was a liberal old peer
Chorus
C Em Am C Dm
The early morning mist the first time that we kissed outside the churchyard
G C
Some words of wisdom spoken by a gentleman whose face was old and lined
C Em Am C Dm
The swiftly fading memory of a song that we used to sing as children
G C
These are the things you'll find amongst the ashes of the dustbins of your mind
C Dm
La la la la la la la la di di di di
C G
La la la la la la la la di di di
Intro = C Dm
La la la la la la la la di di di di
C G
La la la la la la la la di di di
Verse 1
C
My lovely Auntie Lil took our bus inspector Bill into her
Dm F
bedroom and with great annoyance said
F
Outside our house you've put a stop sign and all the passengers on top
G C
can look in and see my husband and me in bed
C
He said you're joking she said you'll see just lie down on the bed
F Dm
with me so he laid down with her to avoid more fuss
F C
Her old man came in and saw 'em but Bill kept his decorum
F G C
He said it's alright I'm just waiting for a bus
Chorus
C Em Am C Dm
The early morning mist the first time that we kissed outside the churchyard
G C
Some words of wisdom spoken by a gentleman whose face was old and lined
C Em Am C Dm
The swiftly fading memory of a song that we used to sing as children
G C
These are the things you'll find amongst the ashes of the dustbins of your mind
C Dm
La la la la la la la la di di di di
C G
La la la la la la la la di di di
Verse 2
C
On an outing by the sea two old men sat near to me took off their boots
Dm F
for a paddle by the pier
F
One of them said you rotten swine your feet are dirtier than mine
G C
He said of course they are I didn't come last year
C
And on the seawall by the sand a boy was holding in his hand
F Dm
a cornet he had bought from the cafeteria
F C
He dropped it down a lady's neck and she hollered bloomin' 'eck
F G C
That seagull must've flown in straight from Siberia
Chorus
C Em Am C Dm
The early morning mist the first time that we kissed outside the churchyard
G C
Some words of wisdom spoken by a gentleman whose face was old and lined
C Em Am C Dm
The swiftly fading memory of a song that we used to sing as children
G C
These are the things you'll find amongst the ashes of the dustbins of your mind
C Dm
La la la la la la la la di di di di
C G
La la la la la la la la di di di
Verse 3
C
When Charlie passed away his young wife heard him say I've been unfaithful
Dm F
to you many times my dear
F
She said darling never mind in fact I knew it all the time
G C
That's why I put that arsenic in your beer
C
Old Ted once took offence it was the one outside our gents it was opened up
F Dm
officially last year
F C
And it was christened by Lord Gray people came from miles away
F G C
'Cos they'd heard that he was a liberal old peer
Chorus
C Em Am C Dm
The early morning mist the first time that we kissed outside the churchyard
G C
Some words of wisdom spoken by a gentleman whose face was old and lined
C Em Am C Dm
The swiftly fading memory of a song that we used to sing as children
G C
These are the things you'll find amongst the ashes of the dustbins of your mind
C Dm
La la la la la la la la di di di di
C G
La la la la la la la la di di di
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