No 5 in the UK charts in 1960.
Capo on 1 for correct key = G#. Ps north and south is cockney rhyming slang for mouth,
'race' is short for 'boatrace' cockney rhyming slang for face, 'corfs' = coughs.
Intro = G D C G G D G
Verse 1
G
Jimmy Bean was a funny lookin' fellah
A
If he had another mouth he'd look much sweller
D
But the "race" queered him from winning a beauty show
G
It was like a steamboat funnel
A
Or a railway arch or the Blackwall Tunnel
D
When you can't see Jim when he opens his mouth you'll know
D
And as poor Jim goes walkin' about
D D7
You can hear the kids all 'ollerin' out
Chorus
G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
D G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
A
Now when he was a baby well oh Gawd luv 'er
D
His poor old muvver used to feed him with a shovel
G D
What a gap poor chap he's never been known to laugh
G D C G C D G
If he did it's a penny to a quid that his face would fall in 'alf
G D C G G D G
Verse 2
G
Mouth so large oh Lord oh lummey
A
He can whisper in his own ear ain't it funny
D
And to quench his thirst now he's gotta take a drink o' mine
G
He got so drunk one foggy morn
A
He lay in the road and started to yawn
D
And a poor old man was delivering coals close by
D
And as he went to shoot the load
D D7
He saw Jim's mouth out in the road
Chorus
G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
D G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
A
Now the poor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
D
When he saw Jim's mouth he took it for the cellar
G D
And he shot the lot right into his mouth no joke
G D C G C D G
Jim poor soul's got a tummy full of coal and he 'corfs' up lumps of coke
G D C G G D G
Repeat Chorus
G
What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south
D G
Blimey what a mouth he's got
A
Now the poor old man bein' a short sighted fellah
D
When he saw Jim's mouth he took it for the cellar
G D
And he shot the lot right into his mouth no joke
G D C G C D G
Jim poor soul's got a tummy full of coal and he 'corfs' up lumps of coke
G D C G G D G
G D C G G D G
