The Lancaster Toreador - George Formby

I’ve been to Spain but never again, I couldn’t go there twice

'Cos my name’s John Willie but they said it sounded silly

And they wouldnt call me that at any price.

They soon made me change my name and a real proper Spaniard I became:

Don Pedro, the big bull-fighting hero, The Lancashire Toreador.

They cheer me and when the bull gets near me

To show how far a brave man can go with the bull I danced the Tango.

Then when I hung on his tail my pants he tried to gore.

I went dashing round the ring with him giving chase,

Three times he tossed me in the air, I looked a disgrace.

They shouted, 'Look at all that skin and bone round the place,

It’s The Lancashire Toreador.'

Don Pedro, the big bull-fighting hero, The Lancashire Toreador.

I met-a charming senor-eta

She said, 'To love you I can never', then kissed me good-bye for ever.

That night, as she retired, she locked her bedroom door.

She started to undress and timidly she looked round,

Said, 'Thank God, I am rid of him for he’s homeward bound',

But when she pulled the bed clothes down now guess what she found?

Why The Lancashire Toreador.

Don Pedro, the big bull-fighting hero, The Lancashire Toreador.

I scare 'em, no mercy ever spare 'em.

In the dead of night I ramble, Spanish castle walls I scramble.

I saw a shadow above a girl in her boudoir.

I climbed up her balcony, it started to sway.

She shouted, 'Murder!

there’s a bandit, spare my life, pray'.

But when my castanets I rattled she said, 'Hooray!

It’s The Lancashire Toreador'