Interesting aside: the lines "Ernie was only 68, he didn't want to die" and his rival was "Two-ton Ted from Teddington." In real life, Benny Hill died of a heart attack at age 68 in his flat in Teddington.
This was the original performance from the show in 1970. The studio recording a year later became a hit single, and Ernie's age was changed to 52 in that version.
