Lyrics and translation George Formby - I'm Making Headway Now
Hello
old
pal,
I'm
glad
we
met
Salut
mon
vieux,
je
suis
content
de
t'avoir
rencontré
I've
grown
quite
fond
of
you
Je
t'ai
pris
en
affection
You're
quiet
as
a
lamb,
but
don't
forget
Tu
es
calme
comme
un
agneau,
mais
n'oublie
pas
We'll
show
'em
what's
to
do!
On
va
leur
montrer
ce
qu'il
faut
faire !
One
another,
we'll
stand
by
L'un
pour
l'autre,
nous
resterons
côte
à
côte
To
prove
my
words
I
mean
to
try
Pour
prouver
mes
paroles,
j'ai
l'intention
d'essayer
You've
got
a
kick
and
so
have
I
Tu
as
du
punch
et
moi
aussi
I'm
makin'
headway
now!
Je
progresse
maintenant !
Of
wheat
and
chaff
we've
ample
stores
Nous
avons
beaucoup
de
blé
et
de
balles
I
know
I'll
never
starve
because
Je
sais
que
je
ne
mourrai
jamais
de
faim
parce
que
When
I've
eaten
mine
I'll
start
on
yours
Quand
j'aurai
fini
les
miens,
je
commencerai
les
tiens
I'm
makin'
headway
now!
Je
progresse
maintenant !
I've
got
my
ambition
J'ai
mon
ambition
I'll
be
the
talk
of
the
town
Je
serai
la
risée
de
la
ville
I'll
hold
my
position
Je
maintiendrai
ma
position
They
can't
keep
a
growin'
lad
down!
Ils
ne
peuvent
pas
empêcher
un
jeune
homme
qui
grandit
de
réussir !
I
joined
a
gym
for
exercise
Je
me
suis
inscrit
à
une
salle
de
sport
pour
faire
de
l'exercice
A
lady
instructor
put
me
wise
Une
instructrice
m'a
mis
au
courant
She
made
me
spare
parts
twice
the
size
Elle
a
fait
en
sorte
que
mes
pièces
de
rechange
soient
deux
fois
plus
grosses
I'm
makin'
headway
now!
Je
progresse
maintenant !
I've
got
a
job
and
I
mean
to
score
J'ai
un
travail
et
j'ai
l'intention
de
réussir
For
me
there's
somethin'
good
in
store
Il
y
a
quelque
chose
de
bon
en
réserve
pour
moi
I
won't
clean
winders
anymore
Je
ne
nettoierai
plus
de
fenêtres
I'm
makin'
headway
now!
Je
progresse
maintenant !
I
take
a
horsebox
to
the
course
J'emmène
un
van
à
chevaux
à
l'hippodrome
That
takes
quite
a
lot
of
force
Cela
demande
beaucoup
de
force
I
must
be
strong
to
box
a
horse
Je
dois
être
fort
pour
mettre
un
cheval
dans
un
van
I'm
makin'
headway
now!
Je
progresse
maintenant !
I've
got
my
ambition
J'ai
mon
ambition
I'll
be
the
talk
of
the
town
Je
serai
la
risée
de
la
ville
I'll
hold
my
position
Je
maintiendrai
ma
position
They
can't
keep
a
growin'
lad
down!
Ils
ne
peuvent
pas
empêcher
un
jeune
homme
qui
grandit
de
réussir !
Once
I
phoned
the
railway
folk
Une
fois,
j'ai
appelé
les
cheminots
"Give
me
the
goods!"
A
lady
spoke
« Donnez-moi
les
marchandises ! »
a
dit
une
femme
She
said,
"I'm
the
goods!",
and
I
said,
"That's
oke!"
Elle
a
dit :
« Je
suis
les
marchandises ! »,
et
j'ai
dit :
« C'est
bon ! »
I'm
makin'
headway
now!
Je
progresse
maintenant !
I
mean
to
join
the
ARP
J'ai
l'intention
de
rejoindre
le
ARP
The
Fire
Brigade
and
the
CID
Les
pompiers
et
la
CID
I
might
even
join
the
BBC
Je
pourrais
même
rejoindre
la
BBC
I'm
makin'
headway
now!
Je
progresse
maintenant !
A
heavyweight
I
had
to
fight
J'ai
dû
me
battre
contre
un
poids
lourd
I
said,
"In
me
left
there's
dynamite
J'ai
dit :
« Dans
mon
gauche,
il
y
a
de
la
dynamite
And
a
couple
of
horseshoes
in
me
right!"
Et
quelques
fers
à
cheval
dans
mon
droit ! »
I'm
makin'
headway
now!
Je
progresse
maintenant !
I'll
hold
my
ambition
Je
maintiendrai
mon
ambition
I'll
be
the
talk
of
the
town
Je
serai
la
risée
de
la
ville
I'll
hold
my
position
Je
maintiendrai
ma
position
They
can't
keep
a
growin'
lad
down!
Ils
ne
peuvent
pas
empêcher
un
jeune
homme
qui
grandit
de
réussir !
Said
the
girl,
"If
your
wife
I
should
be
La
fille
a
dit :
« Si
je
devais
être
ta
femme
Of
children
I'd
like
two
or
three"
J'aimerais
avoir
deux
ou
trois
enfants »
I
said,
"You
can
leave
all
that
to
me!"
J'ai
dit :
« Tu
peux
me
laisser
m'occuper
de
tout
ça ! »
I'm
makin'
headway
now!
Je
progresse
maintenant !
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1
John Willie's Jazz Band
2 Hitting the High Spots
3 Dare-Devil Dick
4 Baby
5 I Wonder Who's Under Her Balcony Now
6 Keep Your Seats Please
7 Do De O Do
8 I Went All Hot and Cold
9 The Joo-Jah Tree
10 Our House Is Haunted
11 In a Little Wigan Garden
12 I'm Making Headway Now
13 Said the Little Brown Hen
14 All Going Back
15 The Low-Down Lazy Turk
16 Hill Billy Willie
17 Let's All Go to Reno
18 Quick Fire Medley
19 Pardon Me
20 The Man Was a Stranger to Me
21 She's Never Been Seen Since Then
22 I Told My Baby with the Ukulele
23 I Can Tell It By My Horoscope
24 Sunbathin' in the Park
25 It's a Grand and Healthy Life
26 It's In the Air
27 Rhythm in the Alphabet
28 In the Congo
29 Tan Tan Tivvy Tally-Ho
30 Ring Your Little Bell
31 Keep Fit
32 Kiss Your Mansy Pansy
33 Oh Dear Mother
34 With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
35 Sitting Pretty with My Fingers Crossed
36 Dan, the Dairy Man
37 I Parted My Hair in the Middle
38 I Blew a Little Blast On My Whistle
39 Rolling Around Piccadilly
40 If You Don't Want the Goods, Don't Maul 'Em
41 Bunkum's Traveling Show
42 Levi's Monkey, Mike
43 I Couldn't Let the Stable Down
44 Could Make a Good Living at That
45 The Fiddler Kept On Fiddling
46 Believe It or Not
47 The Pleasure Cruise
48 She Can't Say No
49 Little Wooden Toolshed In the Garden
50 I Always Was a Willing Young Lad
51 I Don't Lie
52 Running Around the Fountain In Trafalgar Square
53 Sitting On the Sand All Night
54 John Willie Came On
55 Trailer for "Keep Fit"
56 My Ukulele
57 Does Your Dream Book Tell You That?
58 Remember Me
59 Madame Moskovitch
60 Maybe I'll Find Somebody Else
61 The Isle of Man
62 The Lancashire Hot-Pot Swingers
63 Trailing Around a Trailer
64 Have You Every Heard This One?
65 As the Hours and the Days and the Months and the Years Go By
66 Trailer for "Keep Your Seats, Please"
67 Chinese Laundry Blues
68 When We Feather Our Nest
69 With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock
70 Hindoo Man
71 My Little Goat And Me
72 The Lancashire Toreador
73 My Plus Fours
74 Easy Going Chap
75 You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming
76 The Window Cleaner (No. 2)
77 Like The Big Pots Do
78 Somebody's Wedding Day
79 Biceps, Muscle And Brawn
80 Wunga Bunga Boo
81 Springtime's Here Again
82 Noughts And Crosses
83 Mother, What'll I Do Now?
84 In My Little Snapshot Album
85 Our Sergeant Major
86 Frigid Air Fanny
87 Leaning On A Lamp Post
88 The Ghost
89 Goodnight Little Fellow Goodnight
90 I'm The Husband Of The Wife Of Mr. Wu
91 Swing It, George Parts 1 and 2
92 The Window Cleaner
93 They Can't Fool Me
94 Why Don't Women Like Me?
95 Sitting On the Ice In the Ice Rink
96 A Farmer's Boy
97 Radio Bungalow Town
98 Fanlight Fanny
99 Share And Share Alike
100 I Do Do Things I Do
101 The Wash House AT The Back
102 Riding in the T.T. Races
103 Swimmin' With The Wimmin'
104 The Wedding of Mr Wu
105 You Can't Keep A Growing Lad down
106 It's No Use Looking At Me
107 There's Nothing Proud About Me
108 The Best Of Schemes
109 I'm A Froggie
110 Five And Twenty Years
111 The Old Kitchen Kettle
112 You're A Li-A-Ty
113 Hi Tiddley Hi Ti Island
114 John Willie At the Licensing Office (With Company) Parts 1 and 2
115 John Willie Goes Carolling (With Company) Parts 1 and 2
116 Gallant Dick Turpin (With Company) Parts 1 and 2
117 George Formby Medley Parts 1 and 2
118 The Blue Eyed Blonde Next Door
119 It's Turned Out Nice Again
2 Hitting the High Spots
3 Dare-Devil Dick
4 Baby
5 I Wonder Who's Under Her Balcony Now
6 Keep Your Seats Please
7 Do De O Do
8 I Went All Hot and Cold
9 The Joo-Jah Tree
10 Our House Is Haunted
11 In a Little Wigan Garden
12 I'm Making Headway Now
13 Said the Little Brown Hen
14 All Going Back
15 The Low-Down Lazy Turk
16 Hill Billy Willie
17 Let's All Go to Reno
18 Quick Fire Medley
19 Pardon Me
20 The Man Was a Stranger to Me
21 She's Never Been Seen Since Then
22 I Told My Baby with the Ukulele
23 I Can Tell It By My Horoscope
24 Sunbathin' in the Park
25 It's a Grand and Healthy Life
26 It's In the Air
27 Rhythm in the Alphabet
28 In the Congo
29 Tan Tan Tivvy Tally-Ho
30 Ring Your Little Bell
31 Keep Fit
32 Kiss Your Mansy Pansy
33 Oh Dear Mother
34 With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
35 Sitting Pretty with My Fingers Crossed
36 Dan, the Dairy Man
37 I Parted My Hair in the Middle
38 I Blew a Little Blast On My Whistle
39 Rolling Around Piccadilly
40 If You Don't Want the Goods, Don't Maul 'Em
41 Bunkum's Traveling Show
42 Levi's Monkey, Mike
43 I Couldn't Let the Stable Down
44 Could Make a Good Living at That
45 The Fiddler Kept On Fiddling
46 Believe It or Not
47 The Pleasure Cruise
48 She Can't Say No
49 Little Wooden Toolshed In the Garden
50 I Always Was a Willing Young Lad
51 I Don't Lie
52 Running Around the Fountain In Trafalgar Square
53 Sitting On the Sand All Night
54 John Willie Came On
55 Trailer for "Keep Fit"
56 My Ukulele
57 Does Your Dream Book Tell You That?
58 Remember Me
59 Madame Moskovitch
60 Maybe I'll Find Somebody Else
61 The Isle of Man
62 The Lancashire Hot-Pot Swingers
63 Trailing Around a Trailer
64 Have You Every Heard This One?
65 As the Hours and the Days and the Months and the Years Go By
66 Trailer for "Keep Your Seats, Please"
67 Chinese Laundry Blues
68 When We Feather Our Nest
69 With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock
70 Hindoo Man
71 My Little Goat And Me
72 The Lancashire Toreador
73 My Plus Fours
74 Easy Going Chap
75 You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming
76 The Window Cleaner (No. 2)
77 Like The Big Pots Do
78 Somebody's Wedding Day
79 Biceps, Muscle And Brawn
80 Wunga Bunga Boo
81 Springtime's Here Again
82 Noughts And Crosses
83 Mother, What'll I Do Now?
84 In My Little Snapshot Album
85 Our Sergeant Major
86 Frigid Air Fanny
87 Leaning On A Lamp Post
88 The Ghost
89 Goodnight Little Fellow Goodnight
90 I'm The Husband Of The Wife Of Mr. Wu
91 Swing It, George Parts 1 and 2
92 The Window Cleaner
93 They Can't Fool Me
94 Why Don't Women Like Me?
95 Sitting On the Ice In the Ice Rink
96 A Farmer's Boy
97 Radio Bungalow Town
98 Fanlight Fanny
99 Share And Share Alike
100 I Do Do Things I Do
101 The Wash House AT The Back
102 Riding in the T.T. Races
103 Swimmin' With The Wimmin'
104 The Wedding of Mr Wu
105 You Can't Keep A Growing Lad down
106 It's No Use Looking At Me
107 There's Nothing Proud About Me
108 The Best Of Schemes
109 I'm A Froggie
110 Five And Twenty Years
111 The Old Kitchen Kettle
112 You're A Li-A-Ty
113 Hi Tiddley Hi Ti Island
114 John Willie At the Licensing Office (With Company) Parts 1 and 2
115 John Willie Goes Carolling (With Company) Parts 1 and 2
116 Gallant Dick Turpin (With Company) Parts 1 and 2
117 George Formby Medley Parts 1 and 2
118 The Blue Eyed Blonde Next Door
119 It's Turned Out Nice Again
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