The Jolly Rogers - Twisting In The Valley lyrics

When I was just a boy of ten
Me mother said to me:
Be mindful of the ladies
And you’ll never be lonely
Now poetry and flowers
I’m sure they’ll think are nice
But I’ll tell you the secret son
If you’ll heed my advice

Women they are fickle things that
Often change their minds
There isn’t much that they all want
I’m sure that you will find
But I’ll give you a secret, boy
That I’ve never seen go wrong
Try tongue twisting in the vallеy and
You won’t be lonely long"

Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in thе valley!
If I can find a
Volunteer I’ll practice everyday!


Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
A cunning linguist I will be
At least that’s what they say!

So I went out with Mary
We went down beyond the trees
I asked if she would see my skills
And all she said was "please!"
She said if I could pull this off
That we should both be wed
So I went straight to the valley
And that is what I said:
"I am not the pheasant plucker
I’m the pheasant plucker’s mate
I am only plucking pheasants 'cause
The pheasant pluckers late"

Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
If I can find a
Volunteer I’ll practice everyday!
Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
A cunning linguist I will be
At least that’s what they say!

I met a girl named Susie
We went walking by moonlight
And when I told her of my skills
She smiled with delight
She said "I don’t believe you and
It must be a lie!"
I told her I could prove it
She said "let’s give it a try!"
"One smart fellow, he felt
Smart two smart fellows, they felt smart
Three smart fellows, they all felt smart"

Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
If I can find a
Volunteer I’ll practice everyday!
Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
A cunning linguist I will be
At least that’s what they say!

One day when I went walking
I happened by Mrs jones
Who said she’d heard of my skills
And was shocked I was alone
She said she’d give me her opinion
So I showed her then and there
Alas I couldn’t hear her
She was gripping both my ears as I said:
"I'm not the fig plucker, nor
The fig plucker's son
But I'll be plucking figs till
The fig plucker comes"

Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
If I can find a
Volunteer I’ll practice everyday!
Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
A cunning linguist I will be
At least that’s what they say!

While at the beach I saw a girl
Who smiled and waved to me
So I went to sit beside her
And we looked out to the sea
She asked if I would show my trick
And I thought this could be fun
And though I had barely started
She was already done when I said:
"How many sheets would a sheet slitter slit
If a sheet slitter could slit sheets?"

Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
If I can find a
Volunteer I’ll practice everyday!
Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
A cunning linguist I will be
At least that’s what they say!

Now Molly was a secret crush
But she was very shy
I was surprised when she led me
To the valley late one night
I said "I’ve got a special skill that
I can’t wait for you to see"
But she didn’t say a thing
She just smiled knowingly as I said:
"Mrs puggy Wuggy has a square-cut punt
Not a punt cut square
But a square cut puntIt's round in the
Stern and blunt in the front
Mrs puggy Wuggy has a square-cut punt

Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
If I can find a
Volunteer I’ll practice everyday!
Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
A cunning linguist I will be
At least that’s what they say!

She then smiled and said
"I guess then it’s my turn
To show off the special talent that
I worked so hard to learn
For I know how to whistle
Yes just purse your lips and blow
But I can do it from the high
Treetops down to the roots below"
Well I was so impressed by this
I went down…to one knee
And she agreed right then there
That she would marry me!
Now we’re twisting and whistling and
We are doing fine
From when the sun comes up at six
Till it goes down at nine!

Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
If I can find a
Volunteer I’ll practice everyday!
Twisting, oh, tongue twisting in the valley!
A cunning linguist I will be
At least that’s what they say!