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01-Dec-06 - 05:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Slap Bang, Here We Are Again
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Slap Bang, Here We Are Again -
Lyrics and tune found! The file thus far:
40Th Edition Sung by the Great Vance Crystal Palace & The Strand Music Hall
Jolly Dogs We're All Jolly Dogs Such Jolly Dogs Are We or Slap Bang Here we are Again.
London M O'alcorn 8 Rathbone Place Oxford St. W.
Slap Bang, Here We Are Again or The School of Jolly Dogs
Written by Harry Copeland
There is a school of jolly dogs, I've lately come across They're game for any mortal thing, From this (sparing attitude) to pitch and toss.
Chorus
And they always seem so Jolly oh; so jolly oh: so jolly oh: They always seem so jolly oh! where ever they may be. They dance they sing
They laugh ha ha They laugh ha ha they dance they sing
What jolly dogs are we
Fal la la, fal la la fal la la fal la la, fal la la, fal la la. Fal de the ral, de the ral lal ti da,
Slap bang here we are again here we are again here we are again.
Slap bang here we are again, What jolly dogs are we.
2 They meet each night at six o'clock, And then sit down to dine, They get the courses out of sight, And then they take their wine And they always seem so jolly, oh! So Jolly Oh! so jolly oh!
3. At eight o'clock they sally forth, Because you know its dark; "Follow my leader" cries the chief, To night we'll have a lark; And they always seem so jolly, oh! So Jolly Oh! so jolly oh!
4 To halls or hops of course they go. And each man does his weed; They stick by one another As they've previously agreed, And they always seem so jolly, oh! So Jolly Oh! so jolly oh!
5.
Spring heel Jack and all his pals With their nocturnal larks, I'm sure were not a patch upon This school of modern sparks, And they always seem so jolly, oh! So Jolly Oh! so jolly oh!
-This popular Melody may also be had arranged as a March by the great Vance -Just Published The Ladies version of this popular song: We are all Jolly Girles
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Notes: Written by Harry Copeland, it seems, c.1865; and *performed* by "the Great Vance" (but also by Frank Hall and Tom MacLagan). See Kilgarriff, 'Sing Us One of the Old Songs' for references, and the Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection for sheet music.
Slap Bang, Here We Are Again by Alfred Vance Alfred Vance (real name Alfred Peck Stevens, 1839±88)
from the book allusions in Ulysses-p396 …a music hall song entitled slap bang here we are again by Sheridan…. "Chorus: Slap bang! here we are again Here we are again here we are a gain slap bang here we are again what jolly dogs are we (cited in Christopehr Pulling in They were singing briefly mentioned)
another annotated notes on Ulysses:
1866 by Sheridan
First verse and chorus-
Long live our British gentlemen Who like a bit of sport, Who smoke their weed and swig their stout And Won't have Gladstone's port
Chorus For they always go a-rolling home They always go a -rolling home, A Jolly lot are they! Tra, la, la, Tra, la la Slap bang, here we are again Slap bang, here we are again, A jolly lot are we!
yet another citation similar book
is from another rousing song which the rakes of the turn of the century sang in their robust manliness one stanza of the twenty-four in the song will demonstrate the primitive qualities the lyrics espouse:
When you feel blue and worried too And things are not just right, Throw out your chest and try your best To sing with all your might:
Chorus: Slap Bang Here we are again! Here we are again, boys, here we are again! Slap!Bang! Here we are again, A jolly bunch (gang) are we!
in the book maidenhood p 311 The three jolly dogs was the name of the tune "slap Bang here we are again was the refrain…. By Sara Anna MarshPublished 1867
referred to by priestly as the Great Vance (author) By J. B. Priestley Published 2006 Read Country Books Literature / Classics / Criticism 320 pages ISBN 184664979X
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3 separate broadsides by Forth of Hull, Glasgow Poet's Box (1865) and Fortey of London.
'The jolly Dogs Polka' which is based on Vance's 'Slap Bang'. it is dated 1864, music arranged by C.H.Marriott. It has a coloured litho on the cover and is dedicatd to Vance. Published by Ashdown & Parry A&P 2397.
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