I WENT ALL HOT AND COLD
(John Cottrell)

as recorded by George Formby
November 12th 1933


Hee!  I went all hot and cold, I did,
I went all hot and cold!

Now have you ever noticed, folks, the shivers that you get?
Some of them make you feel cold, then break out in a sweat.
They usually occur when you have had a shock or fright,
Now I get them quite regular, here's one I had last night!

Hee!  I went all hot and cold, I did,
I went all hot and cold!
I met a girl who looked as though she'd just strayed from the fold,
I said, "You must come home with me and shelter from the cold!"
She said, "Alright,
I'll stay the night!"
Hee!  I went all hot and cold, I did,
I went all hot and cold!

Now I went to a party once, a few miles out of town,
And when the time for home came, well the rain came pouring down.
The hostess said, "Sleep on the couch!", well I felt such a clown.
She said, "If you're not warm enough, I'll bring you a bottle down!"
Hee!  I went all hot and cold, I did,
I went all hot and cold!
But just like some big schoolboy, I did just as I was told,
I drank the bottle of whisky that she said was ten years old.
Then I saw blue pigs and pink earwigs!
And I went all hot and cold, I did,
I went all hot and cold!

Now I went for my holidays down by the deep blue sea,
The job I had to get some digs!  It really puzzled me.
Still, after many hours a lady came to me and said, 
"There's room up in my attic!", but I hadn't been long in bed,
Before I went all hot and cold, I did, I went all hot and cold!
'Cause lying next to me there was a figure, grey and cold;
I shouted for the lady and she came up, brave and bold.
She said, "That's alright, he only died last night",
Hee!  I went all hot and cold, I did,
I went all hot and cold!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2017)