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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party
Performer
Rowland S. Howard
Rowland S. Howard
Guitar
Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Guitar
Phill Calvert
Phill Calvert
Drums
Tracy Pew
Tracy Pew
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rowland S. Howard
Rowland S. Howard
Composer
Genevieve McGuckin
Genevieve McGuckin
Composer

Lyrics

Worn and gnawn
A little hole
Just a small hole
Letting in a sick wind
In a small puffs
Yo-ho-hole
Yo-ho-hole
Through which blow
A small sick wind
Yo-ho-hole
Yo-ho-hole
Puff puff
The sick wind blows
Slipping stitches leading to
So slight a hole
Slipping in a sick wind
Slippery sickly wind
Yo-ho-hole
Yo-ho-hole
Across the threshole
A little sick wind
Yo-ho-hole
Yo-ho-hole
Yo-ho
The sick wind blows
Written by: Genevieve McGuckin, Rowland S. Howard

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