troopwo  | 07 Nov 2016 4:07 p.m. PST |
The name of the song is killing me.
Help, what is it? link YouTube link Link is to a scene from Spike Milligans, "Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall", circa 1969. What is the name of the song and better still what are the lyrics substituted? |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 07 Nov 2016 4:42 p.m. PST |
Got me thinking about it now – it's a description of someone… 'eyes like pork pies' springs to mind… mindwormmindwormmindworm……. |
| Bellbottom | 07 Nov 2016 4:55 p.m. PST |
The tune is the traditional air 'The Ash Grove'.
Lyrics:- "The Ash Grove"
Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander,
When twilight is fading, I pensively rove,
Or at the bright noontide in solitude wander
Amid the dark shades of the lonely Ash grove.
'Twas there while the blackbird was joyfully singing,
I first met my dear one, the joy of my heart;
Around us for gladness the bluebells were ringing,
Ah! then little thought I how soon we should part. Still grows the bright sunshine o'er valley and mountain,
Still warbles the blackbird his note from the tree;
Still trembles the moonbeam on streamlet and fountain,
But what are the beauties of nature to me. With sorrow, deep sorrow, my bosom is laden,
All day I go mourning in search of my love.
Ye echoes, O tell me, where is the sweet maiden?
She sleeps 'neath the green turf down by the Ash grove |
| Bellbottom | 07 Nov 2016 5:01 p.m. PST |
The other version goes thus, with apologies for profanity:- Rugby Song: The Mayors Daughter The Mayor of Bayswater has got a lovely daughter
And the hairs on her dicky di do hang down to her knees. CHORUS:
One black one, one white one
and one with a bit of s***e on,
and one with a fairy light on,
TO SHOW US THE WAY! If she was my daughter I'd cut them a little shorter
And the hairs on her dicky di do hang down to her knees. CHORUS I've felt it, I've smelt it, it's just like a piece of velvet
And the hairs on her dicky di do hang down to her knees. CHORUS I've seen it, I've seen it, I've been in between it
And the hairs on her dicky di do hang down to her knees. CHORUS It would take a coal miner to find her v****a
And the hairs on her dicky di do hang down to her knees. CHORUS She married an Italian with b***s like a bloody stallion
And the hairs on her dicky di do hang down to her knees. CHORUS She lived in a lighthouse which was more lika a  **g s***ehouse
And the hairs on her dicky di do hang down to her knees. CHORUS Her mum came from Glamorgan and had a c**t like a barrel organ
And the hairs on her dicky di do hang down to her knees. CHORUS She slept with a demon who washed her with s***n
And the hairs on her dicky di do hang down to her knees. CHORUS |
| John Secker | 07 Nov 2016 5:11 p.m. PST |
Haha! You learn something every day. I never even knew there was a clean version! |
| troopwo | 07 Nov 2016 5:14 p.m. PST |
Bingo! Most appreciated and most embarassing.
Thanks again. It'll be stuck in my head for another week at least. |
| Winston Smith | 07 Nov 2016 5:17 p.m. PST |
I heard that song years ago on an LP called "The Unexpurgated Folk Songs of MEN!!!" |
| Bellbottom | 07 Nov 2016 6:06 p.m. PST |
@ troopwo
Stuck in mine now, thanks! |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 08 Nov 2016 3:44 p.m. PST |
…… is a funny 'un
Has a face like a pickled onion
A nose like (mashed banana/potato?)
And eyes like pork pies. I'm getting there, but this is the version sung to that tune when I was a kid… |
| Jcfrog | 09 Nov 2016 10:56 a.m. PST |
Always an exercice for us foreigners to read puritan American stuff with the ** and bleep etc. with big smile and a shaking head. No s**** |
| Bellbottom | 09 Nov 2016 12:21 p.m. PST |
@ GarrisonMiniatures
It always ended with 'eyes like green peas' when I was small. |
| Bellbottom | 09 Nov 2016 12:22 p.m. PST |
oh, and a nose like a 'squashed tomato' too |
| Bellbottom | 09 Nov 2016 12:26 p.m. PST |
@ John Secker
That's what a grammar school education, and early exposure to the Ivor Novello songbook does for you. |
| Rod I Robertson | 20 Nov 2016 3:25 a.m. PST |
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