The London Omnibus

Some talk of a Lagonda

Some like a smart M.G. 

Or for bonnie Army lorry

They'd lay them doon and dee. 

Such means of locomotion

Seem rather dull to us

The Driver and Conductor

Of a London Omnibus

Hold very tight please, ting ting!! 

Hold very tight please, ting ting! 

1)

When you are lost in London

And you don't know where you are

You'll hear my voice a-calling: 

"Pass further down the car!!"

And very soon you'll find yourself

In side the Terminus

In a London Transport

Diesel engined

Ninetyseven horsepower

Omnibus!! 

2)

Along the Queen's great highway

I drive my merry load

At twenty miles an hour

In the middle of the road;

We like to drive in convoys

We're most gregarious

The big six wheeler

Scarlet painted

London Transport

Diesel engined

Ninetyseven horsepower

Omnibus!! 

3)

Earth has not any thing to show more fair! 

Mind the stairs!!  Mind the stairs!! 

Earth has not any thing to show more fair! 

Any more fares?  any more fares?? 

4)

When cabbies try to pass me,

Before they overtakes

I sticks me flipping hand out

As I jams on all me brakes! 

Them jackal taxi drivers

Can only swear and cuss

Behind that monarch of the road

Observer of the Highway Code

That big six wheeler

Scarlet painted

London Transport

Diesel engined

Ninetyseven horsepower

Omnibus!! 

5)

I stops when I'm requested

Although it spoils the ride

So he can shout

"Get aht of it!  We're full right up in side!!” 

We don't ask much for wages,

We only want fair shares,

So cut down all the stages

And stick up all the fares. 

If tickets cost a pound a piece

Why should you make a fuss? 

It's worth it just to ride in side

That thirty foot long by eight foot wide,

In side that monarch of the road

Observer of the Highway Code

That big six wheeler

Scarlet painted

London Transport

Diesel engined

Ninetyseven horsepower

Ninetyseven horsepower

Omnibus!!