Although from way before my time, it still rings a few bells
As it is sung to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean"(a famous Scottish lament) I thought it was only fair to dedicate this to our own Tommy Gunn and his loverly bride, wee Flo
All together now
There`s lovelyJenny Wren Bride
(Tune of "My Bonny Lies Over the Ocean)
I've just come away from the wedding, Oh Lord I could laugh till I Cried
I'll never forget the relations I met When I married my Jenny Wren bride.
Chorus
Married, married, I married my Jenny Wren bri-i-de, married married, I married my Jenny Wren bride.
Her father he works in the dockyard, Her brother owns the Marine’s store
And as for their habits, well talk about rabbits, They've got half the dockyard ashore.
I asked her old man for a dowry, He gave me a can of soft soap,
A bundle of waste and some polishing paste And fifty six fathoms of rope
The present we got from her brother, Was fifty six yards of blue jean
Her cousin the Crusher, he sent us note paper, Six packets of Service Latrine
Her family hung flags in the churchyard, And they painted the hallway with flatting
When out stepped the Bride they all piped the side, And she tripped on the coconut matting
Her petticoat was made out of Hessian, Her knickers were made of green baize
While for her suspenders, she’d a motor boat’s fenders and two Pussers gaiters for stays.
Now, most of the church congregation Was made up of Wrens on the dole
While in the back pew was the six inch guns crew And half of the standing patrol
The parson got up in the pulpit, He said, "'Who gives this woman away?"
Then a bloke from the HOOD whispered: "Blimey, I could But let every dog have its day."
Well now, I'm just off on me honeymoon, I don't know what happens tonight,
But I've spoke to a few who declare that they do, And they swear that she's a bit of alright.

