"Mad John's Escape" Mad John came down from Birmingham very hastily and from Borstal he had ran he made it down to Torquay good boy Mad John Mad John holed up in an allotment shed by a railroad siding in came the man for the watering can he didn't see John hiding good boy Mad John chorus: mad mad Mad John, etc. Mad John met Jill in a transport cafe by the juke box loud and over double eggs chips and beans they made a solemn vow and Jill paid the bill