The Anglia Deluxe


Music and lyrics by Richie Kavanagh

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“Tell him a‘bout Daddy’s Anglia Deluxe lad, Tell ’em”

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Was there anythin’ nicer than a Anglia Deluxe.
Stylish design an’ such lovely good looks.
A grand cromey strip from the front ta the back.
An up on the top was a sturdy roof rack.

Me father he had one for near thirty year.
For ten of them years, he had no second gear.
Speedometer hand never passed forty-five. 
That’s how the aul engine survived.

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Was there anythin’ nicer than a Anglia Deluxe.
Stylish design an’ such lovely good looks.
A grand cromey  strip from the front ta the back.
An up on the top was a sturdy roof rack.

Me father he bought her when I was thirteen. 
Since then through the windscreen a lot I have seen. 
The see-side at Tramore n’ aul Glendalough.
On the fifteenth of August, he’d face her for Knock.

One day he let me drive the Anglia Deluxe. 
When I hit a gate post he let out some f***.
Are ye cock eye, ye blind or can you see a’tall.
Ye eegit will ye mind the stone wall.

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Was there anythin’ nicer than a Anglia Deluxe.
Stylish design n’ such lovely good looks.
A grand cromy strip from the front ta the back.
An up on the top was a sturdy roof rack.

Me father he died, when he was eighty-two.
He said me son Johnny I’m real fond of you. 
I’ve just made me will, here’s the keys n’ handbooks.
Always look after the aul Anglia Deluxe.

Now I have a son n’ he’s just thirteen. 
An he’s looking out through the same auld windscreen.
We’ve just changed the oil n’ she’s going like a clock.
Next fifteenth of August, we’ll face her for Knock.

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Was there anythin’ nicer than a Anglia Deluxe.
Stylish design an’ such lovely good looks.
A grand cromey strip from the front ta the back.
An up on the top was a sturdy roof rack.

A car of her age should be home for the ducks. 
But there’s plenty of life in our Anglia Deluxe.

“She’s a great aul jalopy Johnny” 
“That’s right, that’s the truth a great little yoke”