Cheltenham Ladies

[hopeoffown]

Years ago I heard a song starting...I went to school in Cheltenham, at a fashionable ladies college. I learned ......
Who knows the rest?

hopeoffown

[ex-erk]

Hi hopeoffown, These are the words of this song, copied from a recording I made in 1963. I hope they are of interest to you. If you would like a copy of the actual audio recording I would be pleased to email it to you:

I went to school in Cheltenham
At a fashionable ladies� college
Where I learned what�s what and
And acquired a lot
Of exceedingly practical knowledge

Our reading writing �rithmetic
Was positively mediocre
But we got pretty slick
At the three-card trick
And we played a pretty hand of poker

We were rather weak at the Latin and Greek
But we worked with considerable fervour
And we had to cram for an English exam
On Lady Chatterley�s Lover�

I loved my school in Cheltenham
With a chestnut tree so shady
And I now embrace all the charm and grace
Of a typical English lady

I shard a room in Cheltenham
With a daughter of the landed gentry
Whose small (?) little one track mind
Was completely elementary

Our marks in French and Algebra
Were a series of disasters
But at forging cheques
Or at X.P.X.
We were absolute as masters

In the upper sixth form we were studying form
And we put on the money with the porter
And at night the fed used to tuck us in bed
With an outsize whisky and porter

Let�s give three cheers for Cheltenham
Where the chestnut trees are shady
Where I learned upright and all things nice
Like a typical English lady...

[ex-erk]

When I said 'a recording I made in 1963', I should have said 'a recording from the radio...' please note that the word 'shard' should read 'shared'

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i know you probably don't use this feed anymore but i would greatly appreciate if you could send me the song to [email protected]