Alice in the Bacon Box Lyrics

	My name once was Alice Grace,
	The flower of my town
	All the boys used to turn and stare
	They still do that now
	I once had a lover
	and he was strong and kind and true
	or at least I thought he was
	but he were all I knew
	(he were all I knew)
	My name once were Alice Grace
	the fallen lady in my town
	the boys well they turned away
	though they’re blummin staring now.
	And when me mother died
	it broke me father’s heart in two
	within ten days, he’d passed away
	and they were all I knew
	(they were all I knew)
	My name once were Alice Grace
	the beggar in my town
	I couldn’t pay me rent, and so I got turned out
	But this kind hearted butcher he wouldn’t see me on the street
	he gave me a bacon box and a scrap of food to eat
	(a scrap of food to eat)
	Old Alice in the bacon box
	That’s what they called me
	lived off the kindness of strangers in my box upon the green
	and though the workhouse in Shardlow
	tried to take me for its own
	I’d pull out of my shoe a bright penny and two
	and they’d have to send me home.
	(they’d have to send me home)
	(have to send me home)
	(have to send me home)
	One day the copper caught me,
	with no thrupence to my name
	and he carted me off to Shardlow
	I ne’er saw me box again.

	My name once was Alice Grace,
	The flower of my town
	All the boys used to turn and stare
	They still do that now
	I once had a lover
	and he was strong and kind and true
	or at least I thought he was
	but he were all I knew
	he were all I knew
	My name once were Alice Grace
	the fallen lady in my town
	the boys well they turned away
	though they' re blummin staring now.
	And when me mother died
	it broke me father' s heart in two
	within ten days, he' d passed away
	and they were all I knew
	they were all I knew
	My name once were Alice Grace
	the beggar in my town
	I couldn' t pay me rent, and so I got turned out
	But this kind hearted butcher he wouldn' t see me on the street
	he gave me a bacon box and a scrap of food to eat
	a scrap of food to eat
	Old Alice in the bacon box
	That' s what they called me
	lived off the kindness of strangers in my box upon the green
	and though the workhouse in Shardlow
	tried to take me for its own
	I' d pull out of my shoe a bright penny and two
	and they' d have to send me home.
	they' d have to send me home
	have to send me home
	have to send me home
	One day the copper caught me,
	with no thrupence to my name
	and he carted me off to Shardlow
	I ne' er saw me box again.

	My name once was Alice Grace,
	The flower of my town
	All the boys used to turn and stare
	They still do that now
	I once had a lover
	and he was strong and kind and true
	or at least I thought he was
	but he were all I knew
	he were all I knew
	My name once were Alice Grace
	the fallen lady in my town
	the boys well they turned away
	though they' re blummin staring now.
	And when me mother died
	it broke me father' s heart in two
	within ten days, he' d passed away
	and they were all I knew
	they were all I knew
	My name once were Alice Grace
	the beggar in my town
	I couldn' t pay me rent, and so I got turned out
	But this kind hearted butcher he wouldn' t see me on the street
	he gave me a bacon box and a scrap of food to eat
	a scrap of food to eat
	Old Alice in the bacon box
	That' s what they called me
	lived off the kindness of strangers in my box upon the green
	and though the workhouse in Shardlow
	tried to take me for its own
	I' d pull out of my shoe a bright penny and two
	and they' d have to send me home.
	they' d have to send me home
	have to send me home
	have to send me home
	One day the copper caught me,
	with no thrupence to my name
	and he carted me off to Shardlow
	I ne' er saw me box again.

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