\nI toodalum I toodalum, I toodalum I ay.<\/em><\/strong>
\n I toodalum, I toodalum in the old fashioned way.<\/em><\/strong>
\n I toodalum, I toodalum, I toodalum I ay.<\/em><\/strong>
\n Well I winds ’em by night and I mends ’em by day<\/em><\/strong>
\nding dong, ding dong<\/strong>, <\/em>ding dong, ding dong<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
He’s met a young woman in Stephenson Square.
\nShe said as her clock was in need of repair.
\nShe took him upstairs and he followed with delight;
\nIn less than ten minutes, he’d set her clock right<\/p>\n
Chorus:<\/span><\/p>\n Now this old German was the ladies’ delight; Chorus:<\/span><\/p>\n Now while they were busy at what they was at, Chorus:<\/span><\/p>\n Our clock it was bent and knocked out of repair. Chorus:<\/span><\/p>\n *note from Joseph – while the song is performed on this recording in D#, Cliff in fact performs it with the Jovial Crew in D. By request, below is the melody with chords.<\/p>\n I got this song from one of England’s funniest folksingers, Mike Harding. Nick Apollonio – calliope nail A German clockwinder to Manchester came, And Peter Von Gherkin was the old German’s name. All up our street with his … Continue reading
\nHe often went to ’em by day and by night,
\nAnd some went too fast-like, others went too slow,
\nBut nine out o’ ten, he could make ’em all go.<\/p>\n
\nWhen all of a sudden there came a rat-tat,
\nAnd in came her hubby who got such a shock,
\nTo see this old German winding up his wife’s clock!<\/p>\n
\nWell that poor old German, he got such a scare,
\nThat never, oh never, for the rest of his life,
\nWould he wind up the clock of another man’s wife.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/cliffhaslam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/The-Old-German-Clockwinder.jpg\")
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