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I’m the Fat Boy Of Peckham aged twelve and a half

I weigh twenty stone and I’m good for a laugh

And if village boys chuck things and kick up a noise

Well, I ask 'em — How much are you earning boys?

The Lion Faced Lady’s as good as a mum

And the Strong Man looks out for me, sneaks me a rum.

Well, I’ve Bonjoured in France and I’ve joked with the King

And the Skeleton Woman has taught me to sing.

I’m a curio

In a travelling show

I don’t mind being a big fat boy, me

But I’d rather be

A giant.

Well, Tattooed Tatiana soon showed me her anchor

And picking her scabs she said 'Taste salt and hanker!'

Then she left me tossed to the waves and the fog

She said I was green, I was sick as a dog!

At Greenwich a Captain with a chest full of gold

Took fancy to prizes he stowed in the hold

Our own pretty twins, name of Lilly and Lu

He hoped they could show him a good trick or two!

I’m a curio

In a travelling show

I don’t mind being a big fat boy, me

But I’d rather be

A giant.

This morning we’re striking on old Peckham Rye

When she who gave birth to me gives me the eye

And she offers five guineas as quick as you like

But I’m glad the Guvner said take a long hike

When I grow up I’ll go down on my knee

And I’ll ask Lilliputia if she’ll marry me

We’ll set up together in our own painted 'van

Lace in the windows and kept spick and span

I’m a curio

In a travelling show

I don’t mind being a big fat boy, me

But, I’d rather be

A giant.

A giant.

Sometimes I wish I was the Giant.

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