It’s a Barmcake Songtext
von The Lancashire Hotpots

All across the country
We′re getting in a mess
There's something that we need to sort
What is it, can you guess?
If you go down to the shops
And a bread roll′s what you choose
Here's a question for you
Just what name do you use?

You shouldn't call it a muffin
It isn′t a cob
If you think that it′s a teacake
You should shut your gob because


It's called a barm-cake, barm-cake
A barmcake can′t you see
It's a barm-cake, barm-cake
Please name it properlee
If call it summat else,
I′ll have to raise the alarm
Coz you're saying it the wrong way
It′s a barm, it's a barm

At the chippy you want something
That's gonna hold your chips
But don′t let me hear the wrong words
Come out of your lips
Don′t be asking for a chip batch
Don't order a chip roll
You know what name you need to use
You don′t need to be told

It's not a breadcake or a stottie
Or a bara that′s wrong!
To clear the matter up
I want you singing along


It's called a barm-cake a barm-cake
A barmcake can′t you see
It's a barm-cake, a barm-cake
Please name it properlee
If call it summat else,
I'll have to raise the alarm
Coz you′re saying it the wrong way
It′s a barm, it's a barm

We call it summat different
All across the land
But I am right and you are wrong
Why can′t you understand??

It's a barm-cake a barm-cake
A barmcake can′t you see
It's a barm-cake, a barm-cake
Please name it properlee
If call it summat else,
I′ll have to raise the alarm
Coz you're saying it the wrong way
It's a barm, it′s a barm
Let me hear you sing along hey
It′s a barm, it's a barm