Joe took me to the pictures the other evenin', it was fine
They called it The Betrayal, and the actin' was devine
It's the best film that they've had for years around ?.................?
And it's a good job I took me hankerchief with me when I left home

Oh-oh-oh-oh, it was a lovely picture and I did enjoy it so
Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life
When the villains seized the maiden everybody shouted "oh"
Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life

He told her that he'd wed her, ha-ha-ha, then enticed her on his yacht
And then he got her tied up in a proper sailor's knot
Then he kissed her twice, the dirty dog, upon her beauty spot
Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life

It takes a lot to make me cry but oh dear, when I start
And think of what that girl went through I'm like a water cart
I see her eyes, I hear her voice at night when I'm in bed
And here's a scene I'll never never get out of me head

As she faced the blinding snow storm and came searching through the town
Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life
Oh, and when I saw her carrying their baby upside down
Oh..., I've never cried so much in all my life

She lingered near the Rose and Crown, the wind was howlin' wild
When up the village street, there came the father of her child
So she tapped him for a tenna, for a pint of Old and Mild
Oh..., I've never cried so much in all me life

The villain called on her one night, she was his one desire, ha-ha yeah
And because she wouldn't stand for him, what do you think he did, heh
What do you think he did, hah, set the house on fire
She rushed towards the window with her face all pale and sad
But the v