Ob La Di Ob La Da:Marmalade.
#1 in UK on EMI Records in 1969.
(Formerly the Gaylords. This cover of
the Beatles song made them the 1st Scottish band
to hit #1 on the UK Singles Charts.)
INTRO:
Ob la di ob la da..life goes on, brah!! la la
la la life goes on.
#1.
Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace..
Molly is the singer in a band.
Desmond say to Molly, girl, I like you face..
and Molly says this as she takes him by the hand.
CHORUS:
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!!
La-la, how the life goes on.
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da..life goes on, brah!!
La-la how the life goes on.
#2.
Desmond take a trolley to the jewelery store..
buys a twenty carat golden ring, (rin-ring)..
takes it back to Molly waiting at the door..
and as he gives it to her she begins to sing..
(sin-sing.)
CHORUS:
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!!
La-la, how the life goes on.
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da..life goes on, brah!!
La-la how the life goes on.
BRIDGE:
Yeah, in a couple of years they have built a
home sweet home............with a couple of kids
running in the yard of Desmond and Molly Jones.
#3.
Happy ever after in the market place..Desmond lets
the children lend a hand.
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face and
in the evening she still sings it with the band.
CHORUS:
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!!
La-la, how the life goes on.
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da..life goes on, brah!!
La-la how the life goes on.
BRIDGE:
Yeah, in a couple of years they have built a
home sweet home............with a couple of kids
running in the yard of Desmond and Molly Jones.
#4.
Happy ever after in the market place..Molly lets
the children lend a hand.
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face and
in the evening she still sings it with the band.
CHORUS:
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!!
La-la, how the life goes on.
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da..life goes on, brah!!
La-la how the life goes on.
CHORUS:
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!!
La-la, how the life goes on.
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da..life goes on, brah!!
La-la how the life goes on.
OUTRO:
And if you want some jam..take ob-la-di-bla-da.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.