Recorded:
May 7 - July 16, 1967 at Abbey Road Studio #3, London, England
Instrumentation:
Syd Barrett - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitars
Roger Waters - bass, background vocals
Richard Wright - celeste
Nick Mason - percussion, cymbal
I want to tell you a story
About a little man
If I can
A gnome named Grimble Gromble
And little gnomes stay in their homes
Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine
He wore a scarlet tunic
A blue-green hood, it looked quite good
He had a big adventure
Amidst the grass, fresh air at last
Wining, dining, biding his time...
And then one day
Hooray, another way for gnomes to say
Ooh my...
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isn't it good?
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isn't it good?
Winding, finding places to go
And then one day
Hooray, another way for gnomes to say
Ooh my ooh my...