DON'T HAVE ANY MORE MRS MOORE
Harry Castling & James Walsh 1926
Lily Morris
[Verse 1]
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Mrs Moore, who lives next door,is such a dear old soul,
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Of children she has a score or more,
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her husband on the dole!
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I don't know how she manages to keep that lot, I'm sure,
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I said to her today as she was standing at the door;
[Chorus 1]
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"Don't have any more Mrs Moore,
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Mrs Moore, please don't have any more!
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The more you have the more you'll want, they say,
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Enough is as good as a feast any day!
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If you have any more, Mrs Moore,
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You'll have to rent the house next door!
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For the more you have of kids,
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Then the less you’ll have of quids,
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Don't have any more Mrs Moore!"
[Verse 2]
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The little inn she uses now is called The Wooden Hut,
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She's first one in at opening time, and last out when they shut!
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And when she's had a quite few she can’t go very far
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And this is what they shout to her across the bar;
[Chorus 2]
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"Don't have any more Mrs Moore,
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Mrs Moore, please don't have any more!
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The more you have the more you'll want, they say,
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Enough is as good as a feast any day!
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If you have any more, Mrs Moore,
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You'll never reach your front door!
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For too many double gins
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Give the ladies double chins!
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Don't have any more Mrs Moore!"
[Verse 3]
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She's had a lot of husbands who in love with her have fell,
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This one is the seventh one, and he don’t look too well!
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A year ago she married him, and on their wedding day,
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As they were walking down the aisle, I heard the parson say;
[Chorus 3]
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"Don't have any more Mrs Moore,
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Mrs Moore, please don't have any more!
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The more you have the more you'll want, they say,
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Enough is as good as a feast any day!
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If you have any more, Mrs Moore,
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I don't know what we'll do, I'm sure!
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Our graveyard is so small,
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There'll be no room for them all!
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Don't have any more Mrs Moore!"
Repeat last Chorus