YOU DON'T NEED A LICENSE FOR THAT
Fred E Cliffe / George Formby

George Formby  rec March 23rd 1936

also rec by Andy Eastwood


If you've a pub or a small hotel,
You need a license for all you sell!
Huh, you may think I'm romancin',
But they even tax you for singin' and dancin'!

You need a license, whatever you do,
One or two things they've exempted, it's true;
Lumbago, the gout, or a touch o' the 'flu,
You don't need a license for that!

Now I've got a license for chickens to lay;
One of them sat on a brick yesterday,
And then started cluckin', as much as to say,
"He-he!  You won't need a license for that!".

We've had a good time,
A "wines in the wood" time;
if it were duty free,
We'd cut the taxes
With our battleaxes,
Then roll out the barrel for me!

There is much license, you bet on your life,
If you keep a cow, then there's trouble and strife!
As farmer Dean said when he looked at his wife,
"By gum, I'll not need a license for that!".

You need a license for shootin' down game,
But I'd rather flirt with a beautiful dame,
'Cause I get the sport with the birds just the same,
And I don't need a license for that!

We sit in the pictures, as warm as a glove,
In the back row of the circle above;
Two bobs' worth of dark and a basin of love,
And I don't need a license for that!

We've had a good time,
A "wines in the wood" time;
if it were duty free,
We'd cut the taxes
With our battleaxes,
Then roll out the barrel for me!

Fishing at Richmond is licensed by law;
A chap to his girl said, "Now you hold your jaw!
He-he!  You know exactly what I'm fishing for,
And I don't need a license for that, no sir!
And I don't need a license for that!








(Contributed by Peter Akers - December 2010)