William Griggs was born in 1832
When he was little didn't know what he would do
Apprenticed into carpentry
Where he learned to do it properly
Good lad
Where he learned to do it properly
He moved to London 1851
What for?
For the great exhibition
An artisan on the India stand And he helped them do it properly
And he helped them do it properly Hey William Griggs,
we love you
And that you lived in France house too
You invented photochromolithography
And you gave it all away for free For free?
For free!
You gave it all away for free Photochromolithography
Photochromolithography For free!
Photochromolithography And he gave it all away for free
He moved to Peckham 1868 Photography was all the rage
Slightly sad
A fire broke out in 1883,
burnt down his factory,
but he gave a gift to you and me,
his Shakespeare
Anthology.
Ooh, the kind of prince.
His Shakespeare Anthology.
Hey, William Griggs, we love you,
and that you lived in France House too.
You invented photochromolithography,
and you gave it all away for free.
For free!
For free!
Photochromolithography,
photochromolithography,
for free!
Photochromolithography,
and he gave it all away for free.
William Griggs died in 1911,
I hope he can see his blue plaque from heaven,
part of the Peckham family,
and we honour him properly.
And we honour him properly.
A blue plaque!
We honour him properly.
Who was he?
Hey, William Griggs, we love you,
and that you lived in France House too.
You invented photochromolithography,
and you gave it all away for free.
For free!
He gave it all away for free.
Photochromolithography,
photochromolithography, for free!
Photochromolithography,
and he gave it all away for free.
One more time!
Photochromolithography,
photochromolithography, for free!
Photochromolithography,
and he gave it all away for free.
That's gotta be fine.