Goin’ down a dusty road
I turned my head ‘round
Looking for somewhere to
go a place to lay my head down
Check into a small hotel
and there before my eyes
Stood a man with a trumpet in his hand
Trying to make the people
understand he stops and sighs and says
Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance and
they'll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear please
And the band will play the things
you’ll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over
you'll scream and shout Hip hooray
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say
Spoke about the well known
faces appearing in the show
Star attraction of the evening
would be Billy with his big banjo
But first of all a sweet little lady
who’d have us all screamin’ for more
Lily the striptease queen
with the biggest pair you've ever seen
Down and down
Went her long black stockings
and as they hit the ground the boys went mad
Everyone agreed
That it was the greatest time
they'd ever had
On and on
Now the night was nearly
over except for Billy and his big banjo
Billy sang a song called
The Truckdriver Man
And we joined in for a chorus
or two and then I went to bed
Half a chance
Give the singers half a chance
and they’ll sing and dance through the night
Lend an ear please
And the band will play the things
you’ll want to hear
There's no doubt
That before tonight is over
you'll scream and shout Hip hooray
In the meantime
There is only one more thing I'd like to say