Joe took me to the pictures the other evenin', it was fine

They called it The Betrayal, and the actin' was devine

It's the best film that they've had for years around ?.................?

And it's a good job I took me hankerchief with me when I left home



Oh-oh-oh-oh, it was a lovely picture and I did enjoy it so

Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life

When the villains seized the maiden everybody shouted "oh"

Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life



He told her that he'd wed her, ha-ha-ha, then enticed her on his yacht

And then he got her tied up in a proper sailor's knot

Then he kissed her twice, the dirty dog, upon her beauty spot

Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life



It takes a lot to make me cry but oh dear, when I start

And think of what that girl went through I'm like a water cart

I see her eyes, I hear her voice at night when I'm in bed

And here's a scene I'll never never get out of me head



As she faced the blinding snow storm and came searching through the town

Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life

Oh, and when I saw her carrying their baby upside down

Oh..., I've never cried so much in all my life



She lingered near the Rose and Crown, the wind was howlin' wild

When up the village street, there came the father of her child

So she tapped him for a tenna, for a pint of Old and Mild

Oh..., I've never cried so much in all me life



The villain called on her one night, she was his one desire, ha-ha yeah

And because she wouldn't stand for him, what do you think he did, heh

What do you think he did, hah, set the house on fire

She rushed towards the window with her face all pale and sad

But the vil