Two Little Boys
Words by Edward Madden
Music by Theodore Morse
© 1903 Swanee Press Inc and 
Howley Haviland Pub. Co.

Who else but Rolf Harris?  Yes, Rolf was Number One with 
this timeless classic - though his version was different to ours. 
We had originally recorded a barbershop quartet version 
but it didn't really work so this was done in a hurry - literally
the week of Reg's birthday.

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Two little boys had two little toys 
Each had a wooden horse 
Gaily they’d play each summer's day 
Warriors both of course 
One little chap then had a mishap 
Broke off his horse's head 
Wept for his toy, then cried with joy 
As his young playmate said 

“Did you think I would leave you crying 
When there's room on my horse for two 
Climb up here Jack and don't be crying 
I can go just as fast with two 
When we grow up we'll both be soldiers 
And our horses will not be toys 
And I wonder if we'll remember 
When we were two little boys?”

Long years had passed, war came so fast 
Bravely they marched away 
Cannon roared loud, and in the mad crowd 
Wounded and dying lay 
Up goes a shout, a horse dashes out 
Out from the ranks so blue 
Gallops away to where Joe lay 
Then came a voice he knew 

“Did you think I would leave you dying 
When there's room on my horse for two?
Climb up here Joe, we'll soon be flying 
I can go just as fast with two 
Did you say Joe, ‘I'm all a-tremble’? 
Perhaps it's the battle's noise 
But I think it's that I remember 
When we were two little boys”

“Did you think I would leave you dying 
When there's room on my horse for two? 
I’m up here Joe, we'll soon by flying 
Back to the ranks so blue 
Can you feel Joe I'm all a tremble 
Perhaps it's the battle's noise 
But I think it's that I remember 
When we were two little boys.”