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Welcome M'sier |
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Sit yourself down |
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And meet the bestInnkeeper in town |
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As for the rest |
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All of them crooks |
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Rooking the guests |
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And cooking the books |
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Seldom do you see |
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Honest men like me |
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A gent of good intent |
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Who's content to be |
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Master of the House |
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Solding out the charm |
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Ready with a handshake |
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And an open palm |
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Tells a saucy tale |
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Makes a little stir |
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Customers appreciate a bon viveur! |
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Glad to do my friends a favour |
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Doesn't cost me to be nice |
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but nothing gets you nothingEv'rything has got a little price |
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Master of the House |
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Keeper of the zoo |
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Ready relieve them of a sou, or two |
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Watering the wine making up the weight |
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Picking up their knick-knacks |
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When they can't see strainght |
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Everybody loves a landlord |
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Everybody's bosom friend |
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I do whatever pleases Jesus don't |
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I bleed them in the end! |
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Master of the House |
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Quick to catch yer eye |
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Never wants a pa*ser by |
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To pa*s him by |
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Servant to the poor |
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Butler to the great |
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Comforter, philosopher |
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And lifelong mate |
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Everybody's boon companion |
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Everybody's chaperone |
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But look up your valises Jesus! |
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Won't I skin yer to the bone! |
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Enter M'sieur |
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Lay down yer load |
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Unlace yer boots |
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And rest from the road |
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This weighs a ton |
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Travel's a curse |
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But here we strive |
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To lighten your purse |
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Here the goose is cooked |
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Here the fat is friend |
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And nothing's overlooked |
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Till I'm satisfied |
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Food beyond compare |
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Food beyond belief |
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Mix it in a mincer |
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And pretend it's beef |
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Kidney of a horse |
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Liver of a cat |
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Filling up the sausages |
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With this and that |
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Residents are more than welcome |
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Bridal suite is ocupied |
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Reasonable chargesPlus some little extra on the side |
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Charge them for the nice |
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Extra for the mice |
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Two per cent for looking in the mirror twice |
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Here a little sluce |
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There a litlle cut |
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Three per cent for sleeping with the window shut |
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When it comes to fixing prices |
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There are lots of tricks to know |
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How it all increases |
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All them bits and pieces Jesus! |
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It's amazing how it grows |
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Master of the House |
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Quick to catch yer eye |
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Never wants a pa*ser by |
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To pa*s him by |
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Servant to the poor |
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Buttler to the great |
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Comforter, philosopher |
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And lifelong mate |
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Everybody's boon companion |
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Gives them everything he's got |
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Dirty bunch of greezers Jesus! |
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What a sorry little lot! |