(1)Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth,
And spotted the perils beneath,
All the toffees I chewed,
And the sweet sticky food,
Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth.
I wish I’d been that much more willin’
When I had more tooth there than fillin’
To pass up gobstoppers,
From respect to me choppers,
And buy something else with me shillin’.
(2)When I think of the lollies I licked,
and the liquorice allsorts I picked,
Sherbet dabs, big and little,
All the hard peanut brittle,
My conscience…
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