Dingley's Bookshop
In Pietermaritzburg the people
Go to school as the English do
And you'll see
The old English flag
At the top of the club
And the statue of the Queen still frowns at all who pass her by
And the Mrs. Tumbler with her nose in every pie
And the old pavilion where the men in white still play
At Dingley's
Dingley's bookshop (Dingley's bookshop)
With the books for scholars
To get degrees (Dingley's bookshop)
With all its old fashioned paint and shelves
And Dingley's old fashioned thoughts so he tells
In Pietermaritzburg the people
Go to school as the English do
And you'll see
The old English flag
At the top of the club
And the statue of the Queen still frowns at all who pass her by
And the Mrs. Tumbler with her nose in every pie
And the old pavilion where the men in white still play
At Dingley's
Dingley's bookshop (Dingley's bookshop)
With the books for scholars
To get degrees (Dingley's bookshop)
With all its old fashioned paint and shelves
And Dingley's old fashioned thoughts so he tells
Now you find old Gerald Dingley
And Kate his wife behind the shelves
And his son and daughter
Are happy to be part of Dingley's