Paul Bell

The Chuckle Brothers

Woke up this morning with a head

This is the curse when you try to change the world

Gave Mary just a slight hint Tony might be bedding Jill, Joan, not excluding Alice

Big John, definitely gay, but as I explained, Billy his partner was kissing May

Mark was salivating over the barmaid Rose

God sakes man, haven’t you heard, Rose used to be Fred

You could have heard a pin drop when the Chuckle Brothers walked in

Word on the street, Jill and Joan were in the family way

Which, in any other circumstances, would be okay

But everybody knew the brothers fired blanks, hence the chuckle reference amongst the ranks

Still, honour was at stake on that fateful night

A slight nod Tony’s way would start the fight

A knife to the heart was Tony’s plight

Then a voice cried out, you sure she’s a man

Well, Rose hit Mark with a pan

Big John headbutted Billy

Who landed on Tony, and one of his cronies

Mary, who had now lost the plot when Alice showed the ring Tony had bought

A bottle of bud over the head, put paid to Tony and his amorous ways

Rose stripped off, shouting, does this look like a man

Mark got up, seeing double as the Chuckle Brothers pushed him down again

Big John threw Billy into the air, landing on the Chuckle Brothers like Fred Astaire

The brothers took this as a blatant dare, shooting Billy without a care

Tony clocked Rose in her Sunday best, uttering the words, better than all the rest

This sent Mary totally insane, followed by Jill, Joan, Alice, and for some reason May

Guns were pulled, shots went astray, all aimed at Tony who looked on in dismay

The Chuckle Brothers in the way, killed outright on that fateful day

Legend has it, a crime of passion, no arrests were ever made

Tony fled the country, followed by Jill, Joan, and for some reason May

Mark and Rose fell in love, got married

Mary and Alice gave them away

Big John and Billy gave it another go

I was going to mention to him, but decided no

Not after all the advice I gave went untold

Still, this is the curse when you try to change the world

This is why I woke up with a head

Though, what a palaver

Was it something I said.