I never really fell in love 'til I went out to fakenham fair A chance for 't meet with a carnival girl who was selling the fortunes there Try for a lamp or a spanish shawl or a golden filigree But all the while her eyes were saying oh come take a chance on me So swing around, the merry go round Give the wheel of fortune a whirl The finest prize at fakenham fair Is the pretty carnival girl Her eyes were blue her hair was brown her lips they were soft and red And I've never seen a shape like hers and my eyes nearly popped from my head For I was young and innocent oh but still even I could see The way that she smiled and winked my way said come take a chance on me So swing around, the merry go round Give the wheel of fortune a whirl The finest prize at fakenham fair Is the pretty carnival girl The old boys said she's not for you now what will the old people think But I took my chance and I won that girl just as quick as an eye could wink And the finest day in all my life whatever may come to pa** Was the day that I went to fakenham fair and won me the carnival la** So swing around, the merry go round Give the wheel of fortune a whirl The finest prize at fakenham fair Is the pretty carnival girl So swing around, the merry go round Give the wheel of fortune a whirl The finest prize at fakenham fair Is the pretty carnival girl