He had appointments to keep, lots of people to meet, and it took thirty hours to make him a day.
11 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 9, The Battle of Spion Kop classic radio program.
You can hear this line at 00:17:53 in the radio play.
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- Why I once knew a worrying man, he was a hurrying man, with never a second to play.
- He had appointments to keep, people to meet, and it took thirty hours to make him a day.
- Not for me, not what I wanna be.
- Just your head on my chest, and I'm Mr. Success. (2)
- Why, I once knew a worrying man, he was a hurrying man, with never a second to play.
- He had appointments to keep, lots of people to meet, and it took thirty hours to make him a day.
- Not for me, not what I wanna be. (2)
- Put my love to the test, that's when I'm at my best.
(Bugle calls at varying pitches, murmurs of troops taking up positions)
- At dawn under cover of daylight, we took up our positions with our teeth blacked out.
[...]