Mean Mister Mustard sleeps in the park
Shaves in the dark trying to save paper
Sleeps in a hole in the road
Saving up to buy some clothes
Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose
Such a mean old man
Such a mean old man

His sister Pam works in a shop
She never stops, she's a go-getter
Takes him out to look at the queen
Only place that he's ever been
Always shouts out something obscene
Such a dirty old man
Dirty old man



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"Mean Mr. Mustard" as written by John Lennon, Paul James Mccartney

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    General Comment:Love the triplets at the end... Such a dirty old man... And perfect management of barely a minute.

    And yes, the whole medley (and specially the trio Mustard-Pam-Bathroom Window) is simply perfect, rolls on without a single flaw.
    Flag Santiagofon December 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:hilarious. i love it.
    Flag silverhammeron June 27, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song is so amusing, i love it
    Flag songs4peaceon March 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i think it's "his sister Shelly works in a shop." you might be getting Pam from Polythene Pam
    Flag songs4peaceon March 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song.
    anyways...ya, about her majesty following mean mr. mustard originally? that makes a lot of sense because of...
    "Takes him down to look at the Queen"
    that line never made sense to me until someone told me that her majesty was supposed to follow. makes sense, right?
    Flag sugarflakeson April 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:the beatles would sing about anything, ecpspecially if its something youd think they wouldnt sing about...theyd do it just to prove you wrong
    Flag a voiceon March 20, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Aaaahhh...I think you're right.

    I should have put a ? at the end of my last post. I don't think the Beatles would sing about hard drugs. That just kind of seemed a little apparent to me when I first heard it. But I think I'm wrong.
    Flag arrstaron July 02, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:arrstar, I think they just mean that Mr. Mustard is so insane that he keeps a tenner up his nose. Maybe he doesn't have pockets.
    Flag she_speakson March 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"Keeps a ten bob note up his nose"=Cocaine
    Flag arrstaron August 11, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:It's actually the secondt song in the Sun King Medley off of the album Abbey Road.
    Flag kfe2on February 04, 2006   Link

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