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Thread #52817 Message #810026
Posted By: Dave Bryant
24-Oct-02 - 08:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ive got a lovely bunch of coconuts
I found a parody version HERE, but it does play the tune.
BTW Fred Heatherton's original opening verse appears to be: -
Down at the English Fair, One ev'ning I was there, When I heard a showman shouting Underneath the blare.
The "Barnum" version seems to be a modification by various American performers - although the Danny Kaye words are the English ones. The lyrics sound much more likely to be English rather than American. Do you have coconut shies at American Fairs anyway ?