Strolling with me mate down Petticoat Lane
I fancied this bird, so I asked her her name
Pointed to her husband - six foot two
Oh, what a surprise
Two lovely black eyes, two lovely black eyes
Only for telling the man he was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes
Strolling with the bird down Bethnell Green
Suddenly find my wife I have seen
Oh what a rumpus, oh what a din
She blacked my eyes with the rolling pin
(I got) Two lovely black eyes, two lovely black eyes
Only for telling my wife she was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes
Two lovely black eyes, two lovely black eyes
Only for telling my wife she was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes
Two lovely black eyes, oh what a surprise
Only for telling the man he was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes
Two lovely black eyes, oh what a surprise
Only for telling my wife she was wrong, I got two lovely black eyes
I got two lovely black eyes
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