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Thread #42128   Message #3298600
Posted By: GUEST
29-Jan-12 - 03:33 PM
Thread Name: What happened to 1812, folk duo, black country
Subject: RE: Help: what happened to 1812, folk duo, black
I'd love to get a copy of their recordings, if anyone has one. I think I saw them only once or twice, but I still remember almost all the words to one verse of 1812:
"When I was young I went to public school
Everybody thought I was a fool
Rugby football was the only game I'd play
If they'd have let me I'd have played it every day
Then Eaton College sent a team along
They stood around and sang the boating song
? ? ? ? ?
But when we got them on the field to play
We beat them 18 - 12
One goal, three penalties
and
a
try"
(This last bit is probably wrong - I don't know rugby scoring).
I remember another verse of this song is about a rail journey and has the line,
"I caught the 18:12"

BTW - Is the Harvey Andrews who wrote above the same Harvey Andrews who wrote the best anti-war song ever - Soldier? I had this album on vinyl and I've been looking for a CD version!