Chorus:
Comin' tae strike some piece o' luck,
Playin' on the Penny Falls!
'fore the now has turned back tae dust,
Here tis that's all!
Pockets fu' o' jingling change,
Playin' on the Penny Falls!
Lang summer days tae waste away,
Till ma mother calls!
1. Ellusive fishing for a spell,
On the Links I'll ride the carousel,
This Floatin' World is something else,
As sights and sounds undo themsels'!
Chorus
2. Papa Gallo's Parlour on the Prom,
Ninety-nine was the number o' ma song,
Always felt out on a limb because,
I was fightin' fur a prize that never was!
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3. From the start, here this heart
Wis born to time born tae chance,
Won't ye help me and I'll help ye
Make the silver dance.
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4. They're always fu' ma parents hands,
So I'll go where this heart o' mine commands,
Imaginin's I could never understand,
Under Jessie Gailey's wings I'll learn to dance!
The Penny Falls was written in 1999 when I lived in Lauriston Place,
Edinburgh, in a large shared flat which was situated half way between
Tollcross and the Bridges.
It was there I decided to write a song about
growing up in the Kingdom of Fife; a childhood which was spent for a time,
in the seaside town of Leven, just south of the East Neuk. During the
summer holidays, the beach and promenade were my favorite destinations.
And of course, right next to the Festival Gardens, the most wonderful,
Johnny's Amusement Arcade and Prize Bingo.