FRIDAY TREATS
In our local tobacconist there was rows and rows of sweets
Pocket money at the ready to pay for special treats
Dolly mixtures, Jelly Babies, a Yankie pankie stick.
Imps, Blackcurrant lumps, and Everlasting strips.
Long boot laces,Tiger nuts, and Gob stoppers
100s and 1000s, Pontefract cakes, Lolly pops - what whoppers
Liquorice laces,Torpedos -- the girls used as lipstick
Kali in bags, it fizzed as you dipped
Black jacks, Milk chews, Coconut ice
All of these goodies of sugar and spice
Crispy crunch Tobacco, and pretend cigarettes
Mo-jo's, Twist candy, I haven't finished yet
They were sticky and tacky and stuck to your teeth
So that's why the treat was just once a week
So sixpence for Toffees and threepence to save
And threepence made up your shilling, if you behaved
In our local tobacconist there was rows and rows of sweets
Pocket money at the ready to pay for special treats
Dolly mixtures, Jelly Babies, a Yankie pankie stick.
Imps, Blackcurrant lumps, and Everlasting strips.
Long boot laces,Tiger nuts, and Gob stoppers
100s and 1000s, Pontefract cakes, Lolly pops - what whoppers
Liquorice laces,Torpedos -- the girls used as lipstick
Kali in bags, it fizzed as you dipped
Black jacks, Milk chews, Coconut ice
All of these goodies of sugar and spice
Crispy crunch Tobacco, and pretend cigarettes
Mo-jo's, Twist candy, I haven't finished yet
They were sticky and tacky and stuck to your teeth
So that's why the treat was just once a week
So sixpence for Toffees and threepence to save
And threepence made up your shilling, if you behaved