K:C
W:1
W:Once I had a colour as red as a rose
W:Now my colour has fade like the lily that grow
W:Now my colour has fade like the lily that do grow
W:And if it wasn't for flash company I should never been so poor.
W:
W:2
W:So you take this yellow handkerchief in a remembrance of me
W:And tie that round your neck, my love, in flash company
W:Flash company's been the ruin of me and the ruin of me quite
W:If it wasn't for flash company I should never been so poor.
W:
W:3
W:Now it's singing and a dancing sure that is my delight
W:Flash company being the ruin of me and the ruin of me quite
W:Flash company being the ruin of me and a great many more
W:If it wasn't for flash company I should never been so poor.
W:
W:4
W:Now you take a yellow handkerchief in a remembrance of me
W:And tie that round your neck, my love, in a flash company
W:Now flash company's been the ruin of me and a great many more
W:If it wasn't for flash company I should never been so poor.
W:
W:5
W:Now its all you little flash girls take a warning by me
W:And never build your nest my love on the top of a tree
W:For the green leaves they will wither and the roots they will decade
W:And the beauty of a fair young maid that will soon fade away
W:
W:6
W:So you take this yellow handkerchief in a remembrance of me
W:And tie that round your neck, my love, in your flash company
W:Flash company's been the ruin of me and the ruin of me quite
W:If it wasn't for flash company I should never been so poor.