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Thread #99275 Message #1976780
Posted By: GUEST, Tom Bliss
23-Feb-07 - 04:10 AM
Thread Name: Songs about the British Motor Industry
Subject: RE: Folklore: Songs about the British Motor Industry
I drove a landrover for many a year But just couldn't get the thing out of first gear I longed to off-road but I couldn't leave town Cos it wouldn't go uphill it only went down
So I went to a garage I used to frequent And told the head salesmen I wanted a Bent(ly) He found me a banger, all rust and decay Said customise that and you'll be on your way
I went back to my parents, parked it in the porch And set to work with my acetaline torch I added a tailfin, some wings and a jet And everyone said it's the best Bently yet
I drove it to Paris, to Moscow and Rome And then I got bored so I drove it back home Parked it up close on the Landrover's patch Poured petrol on both and then tossed in a match
I have a much better Landrover now.
(True, I do have a song about Eleanor Thornton, model for the Spirit of Ecstasy, who was on the Persia with her lover Lord Beaulieu when she was torpedoed in the Med in 1016. He survived, she didn't lyrics and mp3)