On the boat express I ride, see us every day
Flashing by the countryside, picking flowers on the way
Once a wedding pair didnt seem to care they were full of love I guess
And the honeymoon started far too soon on the Wigan Boat Express.
A chap one day with a girl got gay, I saw them both caress
She got what for in the corridor on the Wigan Boat Express.
When we shunt the backs in front and the front parts in the rear
If we survive then well arrive alongside Wigan Pier.
Cried a lady Oo
bring
a
doctor
do,
I
think
Im
in
distress.
She was feeling shocks in a signal box on the Wigan Boat Express.
On a steep incline one day, the train was standing still.
I said we cant wait here all day so we pushed it up the hill.
If its wet or fine we start at nine, were prompt I must confess.
And by half-past one two miles weve done on the Wigan Boat Express.
Once a chap I saw on the engine floor, hed gone to sleep I guess
But he woke to find a tender behind on the Wigan Boat Express.
Now when we shunt the backs in front and the front parts in the rear
If we survive then well arrive alongside Wigan Pier.
Mrs. Brown looked swell but sad to tell on the door she tore her dress
And the sun shone gay through the permanent way on the Wigan Boat Express.
Now when we shunt the backs in front and the front parts in the rear
If we survive then well arrive alongside Wigan Pier.
In the sleeping car they go too far, all mixed up more or less
But they rearrange when I shout All
change on the Wigan Boat Express.
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- George Formby
- 129 of the Best Songs
- The Classic Comedy Collection 4, Vol. 3
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- The War And Postwar Years - Disc D
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- George Formby: Let George Do It
- The Very Best of George Formby
- The Very Best Of
- The Best of George Formby
- Chinese Laundry Blues
- Happy Go Lucky Me - Best Of
- George Formby - The Vintage Collection
- George Formby: Essential Collection
- The Man With the Ukelele
- Original Recordings from 1932 - 1942
- Ultimate Collection
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