HOW EVERYONE BUT SAM WAS A HYPOCRITE

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Song Title
HOW EVERYONE BUT SAM WAS A HYPOCRITE
Writers
Cousins
Publisher
ESSEX MUSIC INTERNATIONAL, INC. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
Non-TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
US AND CANADA
Themes/Keywords
1960's, Irony, People, Proud, secret, Truth, Unknown, Whisky
Lyrics
Half of bitter for the vicar,
He’s here to save your soul,
He’s looking fat and jovial
Though he’s nearly on the dole.
Anne Riley cooks his dinner,
She keeps him washed and fed,
She doesn’t need much prompting
To jump into his bed.

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And they all think they’re so grand.
Yes, they all think they’re so grand,
But they’re not, oh no, they’re not.

Doctor Watson drinks large whiskies,
He’s nearly always high,
He supplements his income
Aborting on the sly.
Mrs. Thompson is an angel
In the W. V. S.
Her meals of wheels are very cheap,
She cooks the books for less.

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Sammy Cohen is the bookie,
Sitting over there,
Drinking three star brandies,
He doesn’t seem to care.
No one wants to know him,
They say he’s been inside,
They say his dear old mother
Committed suicide.

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Doctor Watson charged Anne Riley
A fifty guinea fee,
For Mrs. Thompson’s peace of mind
As far as I can see.
Mrs. Thompson envies Annie
Cooking for the preacher,
And ev’ryone thinks Sam
Is a quite disgusting creature,
But if the truth was known,
It would shake all their foundations,
It seems the preacher lives on
Sam’s anonymous donations.

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Recordings

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