I DO LIKE TO LISTEN TO THE CHURCH BELLS

[ Hello! There's the bride! There she is!
Look at the groom! Don't they look pretty?]

1. Matrimony is a glorious institution
Man was never meant to live alone
Every fellow for the good of his constitution
Should have a little wife to call his own
The day a fellow's married you hear some people say
That they don't like to see the fellow throwing himself away


CHORUS
[But / Well] I do like to listen to the church bells
I do like to hear the oragn play
I do like to see the happy couple in the church
Upon their wedding day
I do like to congratulate the bride groom
Because it's plain to see
That I'm not the only silly josser in the world
That ? his ma to keep him company

2. There's one place where I can always find consolation
At the church where I was sacrificed
And I glory in the horrible situation
That some poor bounder there is getting sliced(?)
I rubbed my hands with glee to see him standing there so meak
And know that I could save him if I only chose( cared?) to speak

CHORUS

[ Stop throwing that Irish confetti, boy! Put down that bottle.]