(My name is Ivanhoe) (Ivanhoe? There was a time when I used to know a boy called Ivanhoe) (That was many years ago) (A fine lad) (Are you speaking of Ivanhoe the Norman?) (That's the one, yes)
Dropped some money down there And it's only two pence If you are a light and dark knight How can you turn from your happy plight
You cannot feel Look there doctor Any time of night Any time of day
And you disown 1304 Two pence It's only Two pence
In the gut of Mammon You used patient's credit card To steal one billion How can I return In happy plight When I'm debarred The benefit of rest
And look over It's only two pence It's only two pence
Get from Got yourself Former Got yourself into the former battle The happy passes
And the standing cup fills
You dropped some money down there You could pay to Smitten in two You used patient's credit card To steal one thousand three one million credit Ivanhoe You little
It's only two pence
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Footnotes
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Ivanhoe’s Two Pence” [Archived]
Ford, Simon (2003). Hip Priest: the story of Mark E Smith and The Fall. London: Quartet Books.
Mackay, Tommy (2018). 40 Odd Years of The Fall. Place of publication unknown: Greg Moodie.
Pringle, Steve (2022). You Must Get Them All: The Fall on Record. [paperback edition]. Pontefract: Route Publishing Ltd. [Online store]
Smith, Mark E. (1985). The Fall Lyrik & Texte Von Mark E. Smith. In Deutsch & Englisch. With Drawings by Brix. Berlin: The Lough Press. [AKA The Orange Book. Available online in The Internet Archive]
Smith, Mark E. (2008). vII. The Lough Press & AMarquisManipulationProductions. [AKA the Blue Lyrics Book]
