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This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights and owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - Song lyrics: WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SPENT SOME TIME ACROSS WITH ME UNCLE MIKE AND I MUST HAVE TRAVELLED A HUNDRED MILES ON THE CROSSBAR OF HIS BIKE AND AS WE’D RATTLE ALONG THE LANE MIKE, HE’D START TO SING A SONG WITHOUT A SINGLE WORD AS THE CYCLE BELL WOULD RING HE’D GO SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AYE DIDDLY-AH, DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY DO-DE-LAY-DUM SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AYE DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY-DUM SOMETIMES WHEN HE’D BE LONELY THEN HE’D OFTEN SAY TO ME TURN DOWN THE WIRELESS AND I’LL TELL YOU HOW THINGS USED TO BE WE HAD NO TELEVISION THEN C.D. OR STEREO AND IF YOU REQUIRED SOME MUSIC, WELL YOU HAD TO MAKE YOUR OWN LIKE THIS SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-DUM DIDDLY-AH, DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY DO-DE-LAY-DUM SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY-DUM WELL, AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAYS THEN ACROSS THE ROAD HE’D STAND ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER LADS IN THEIR SUNDAY SUITS SO GRAND THE GIRLS WOULD GO PARADING BY SUCH A PRETTY SIGHT AND ONE WOULD ASK HIM MIKEY, WHO ARE YOU TAKIN’ TO THE DANCE TONIGHT HE’D SAY YOU’LL DO DE-DIDDLY-DAY DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AH SKIDDLY-AH, DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY DE-DE-LAY-DUM YOU’LL DO DE-DIDDLY-DAY DE-DO-DE-LILLY-AH DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY-DUM WHEN ALL THE HAY WAS GATHERED IN AND SAFE FROM WINTER’S HARM THERE’D BE A CELEBRATION IN THE KITCHEN AT THE FARM HE’D NOT GET HOME ’TIL DAYBREAK SOMETIMES IN QUITE A STATE HIS MA WOULD ASK HIM WHERE HE’D BEEN, OUR MIKE HE’D TELL HER STRAIGHT HE’D SAY DUM-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-DAY DAY-DO-DE-LILLY-AH SKIPPEDY-AH DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY DO-DE-LAY-DUM DUM-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-DAY DAY-DO-DE-LILLY-AH DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY-DUM WHEN UNCLE MIKE HE PASSED AWAY WELL, I WAS A MAN MESELF AND HE LEFT ME HIS COTTAGE AND ACRE THAT’S THE SUM OF HIS WORLDLY WEALTH BUT HE WAS LOVED BY EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY AND THE TOWN AND I NEVER SAW AS BIG A CROWD WHEN WE LAID OLD MIKEY DOWN WE ALL SANG BYE-BYE-DE-DIDDLY-DAY DE-DO-DE-LILLY-UM SKIDDLY-AH DITHERY-DOODLE-LILLY DOODLY-AYE-DUM BYE-BYE-DE-DIDDLY-DAY DE-DO-DE-LILLY-AH SKIDDLY-AH DITHERY-OODLE-LILLY-DAY SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-AH, DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY DO-DE-LAY-DUM SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY-DUM SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-AH, DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY DO-DE-LAY-DUM SKIDDLY-DAY-DE-DO-DE-DAY DE-DAY-DE-DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-AH DIDDLY-DO-DE-LILLY-DUM
