Little Pudden Basin

Little Pudden Basin - Gracie Fields

Old Auntie Flo was wealthy

Cause she'd always practiced thrift

And when she died

She left her relatives a little gift

Our cousin Joe her favorite

Had one all to himself

'Twas the little pudding basin

That stood on the kitchen shelf

Oh the little pudding basin

That belonged to Auntie Flo

Is very much admired

For it's quite a curio

When he's asked for a reference

Well all he has to show

Is the little pudding basin

That belonged to Auntie Flo

The day he married Ermintrude

It was a swell affair

The Boy Scouts came in dozens;

The police were also there

They didn't have a cake

But on the table was displayed

A steak-and-kidney pudding

That this Ermintrude had made

In the little pudding basin

That belonged to Auntie Flo

We had our photos taken

As we stood there in a row

We ran short of confetti

And they'd nothing else to throw

So we threw the pudding basin

That belonged to Auntie Flo

They thought they'd go to Paris

For a quiet honeymoon

For no one is surprised there

When they see young couples spoon

They got aboard the steamer

In a happy frame of mind

When Ermintrude said "Stop that boat

I've left something behind "

It's the little pudding basin

That belonged to Auntie Flo

The boat began to rock

And all the sailors said "Heave ho "

Then Ermintrude cried "Steward "

And he came up from below

With the little pudding basin

That belonged to Auntie Flo

They've settled down at Brixton

But a flat was hard to find

At last they got a bedroom parlour kitchen all combined

They bought some lovely furniture

Gave two pounds for the lot

And standing on the dresser

Is the nicest thing they've got

It's the little pudding basin

That belonged to Auntie Flo

They've ev'rything for comfort there

Or very nearly so

They haven't got a bathroom

But they don't mind that you know

For they use the pudding basin

That belonged to Auntie Flo