English Girl Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 22 times, most recently at Olympia’s Zorba Music Hall on April 09, 2022. He first performed it at Southbank Center - Purcell Room on October 09, 2004, 17 years and 5 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Spooked Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2004
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Southbank Center - Purcell Room Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 10/09/2004
Waterloo Records Robyn Hitchcock Austin Texas US 10/29/2004
Cedar Cultural Center (moved from First Avenue) Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 11/03/2004
Rex Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Pittsburgh Pennsylvania US 11/09/2004
WFMU with Irene Trudel Robyn Hitchcock Jersey City New Jersey US 11/14/2004
KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 03/08/2005
Largo Robyn Hitchcock Los Angeles California US 03/09/2005
Belcourt Theatre Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 03/20/2005
Rams Head on Stage Robyn Hitchcock Annapolis Maryland US 03/22/2005
Iron Horse Robyn Hitchcock Northampton Massachusetts US 03/28/2005
NHK 505 Studio Robyn Hitchcock Tokyo Japan 10/06/2005
Maxwell's Robyn Hitchcock Hoboken New Jersey US 11/19/2006
Amazon Wire Robyn Hitchcock US 12/30/2006
The Southgate House Revival Robyn Hitchcock Newport Kentucky US 11/08/2007
The Starlight Club Robyn Hitchcock Waterloo Ontario Canada 11/13/2007
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 10/05/2012
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant Robyn Hitchcock Minneapolis Minnesota US 10/12/2012
SPACE Robyn Hitchcock Evanston Illinois US 10/14/2012
Musical Instrument Museum Robyn Hitchcock Phoenix Arizona US 04/02/2019
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/18/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 04/06/2022
Olympia’s Zorba Music Hall Robyn Hitchcock Lowell Massachusetts US 04/09/2022

Lyrics

Years ago in a silent world
I fell in love with an English girl
Her skin was clear and her Mum wore pearls
I fell in love with an English girl

She asked me for an almond whirl
I was obliged to the English girl
And when I found the one, she curled
All round my neck, did the English girl

But when the wrapper she unfurled
"It's a little bit off," said the English girl
Though disappointed, round she twirled
Poise was a must for the English girl

The sweet she binned, it was not hurled
Slow motion for the English girl
"How disappointing wanton Earl"
Said the diamond mouth of the English girl
"I hoped for more," said the English girl

So haggard, and I don't mean Merle
I wilted before the English girl
And like a minx from Ronald Searle
She flittered away, did the English girl

Years ago in a silent world
I fell in love with the English girl