Max Bygraves - Reached the end of his lollipop

As you get older, each year brings a list of the deaths of the people you grew up listening to. Some are untimely like John Lennon and Minnie Riperton but this year was the turn of Max Bygraves. He had a good innings and brought us the likes of, "You need hands", "Tulips from Amsterdam" and the best of the lot, "When you come to the end of your lollipop". A classic if ever there was one. How did it go?

When you come to the end of your lollipop
To the end, to the end of your lollipop
When you come to the end of your lollipop
Plop goes your heart

Gilly oh golly how I love my lolly
Right down to the very last lick
When you are through with it
What can you do with it
All you have left is a stick

When you come to the end of your lollipop
To the end, to the end of your lollipop
When you come to the end of your lollipop
Plop goes your heart

Gilly oh golly how I love my lolly
Oh winter and summer and spring
When you are done it's about as much fun
As a yoyo without any string

When you come to the end of your lollipop
and so on....

They don't write them like they used to.

And that brings to mind Tommy Cooper.

Don't jump off the roof dad
You'll make a hole in the yard
Mother just planted petunias
The weeding and seeding was hard
If you must end it all dad
Then you can give us a break
Just take a walk to the park dad
And there you can jump in the lake

Max and Tommy, we'll miss you, not like that...like that.