Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Ag Pleez Daddy From: Malcolm.Smith@durham.ac.uk Date: 17 Jan 00 - 08:09 AM I have an unconfirmed recollection that there was a revue called "Wait a Minim" at the Fortune Theatre in London, sometime around 1965, and this song was either performed in the show or released on record at the same time. Here are a few, sometimes tentative, suggestions. I'm sure it was "nigger balls" and "Canada Dry" in the chorus. I think verse 3 has a rather different ending: /Cos Willie's gonna moorer (sounds like) that lerrer Yankee/ Verse 4, after "Chevrolet" is There's lots of sand and sea and sun/ And fish in the aquarium/ It's a lekker place for a holiday. I think there was a disappointment verse, imperfectly recalled as Ag, soos, Daddy/ If we can't go to Bioscope/ something something something, Life's a heck of a bore/ If you won't take us to the zoo / then what the heck else can we do/ but go on out and moorer all the uggies next door. I also recall a "last try" verse: "Ag, please, Daddy" which is cut off by the angry reply "Foetsaak!" (Be Off! Or something similar). Apologies for hazy memory and ghastly Afrikaans orthography. Can I just say that for me one of the delights of Mudcat is the posting of songs that I thought no-one else in the world remembered, and the collective memory it draws from other contributors. Malcolm Smith. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Ag Pleez Daddy From: Roger the skiffler Date: 17 Jan 00 - 03:49 AM Found my earlier fragment: Calico Rice should be Canada Dry! RtS |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Ag Pleez Daddy From: Allan S, Date: 14 Jan 00 - 11:16 AM THere is also a current version In RSA to do with The world cup Rugby match As I do not Prat die Tal I can not translate. It is very much like the above . With the mention of cracker jacks, fire balls, Boere vurst, Hula hoops Etc. Oh also reference to the AWB Tot Seins Allan |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Ag Pleez Daddy From: Roger the skiffler Date: 14 Jan 00 - 08:32 AM As I remember it the sweet "Knickerpulls" was actually "Niggerballs" but today we'd want to use an alternative (I'm surprised Jeremy didn't)! And, I think, Calico RICE. Can't remember what was in Durban. RtS |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Ag Pleez Daddy From: Roger the skiffler Date: 14 Jan 00 - 08:23 AM Thanks, Brian. A college friend of mine who came from SA (well the apartheid regine ran his liberal parents out) used to sing this and I had only reconstructed a fragment from memory. (Well it was 1968!). I think a South African is needed to cnfirm the tradename/nicknames of the sweeties/candies RtS |
Subject: Lyr Add: AG PLEEZ DADDY (Jeremy Taylor) From: Wotcha Date: 14 Jan 00 - 08:12 AM I need some help filling in the gaps on the following, but thought this song would be a fine contribution to the kids section of the database: AG PLEEZ DADDY -- Copyright to Jeremy Taylor (1) Ag Pleez Daddy/ Won't you take us to a drive-in/ All 6, 7 of us, 8, 9, 10/ We wanna see a flick about Tarzan and the ape men/ When the show is over/ You can bring us back again. Chorus: Popcorn, chewing gum/ Peanuts and bubblegum/ Ice cream, candy floss, and Eskimo Pie/ Knickerpulls [?} and liquorice/ Pepsi Cola, Ginger beer, and Calico Rye[?}/ (2) Ag Pleez Daddy/ Won't you take us to the funfair/ We wanna have a ride on the bumper cars/ We'll buy a stick of candy floss/ And eat it on the octopus/ And then we'll take a rocket ship that goes to Mars./ (3) Ag Pleez Daddy/ Won't you take us to the wrestling/ We want to see that oaf called Sky High Lee/ Whe he fights Willie Liefenburg/ There's gonna be a murder/ Poor Willie's gonna don a red bloody hanky/ (4) Ag Pleez Daddy/ Won't you take us off to Durban/ It's only 8 hours, in a Chevrolet/ There's fantasy and ...[...]../ There's tons of fish in the aquarium/ The ideal place for a holiday/ AG PLEEZ DADDY!!! *Ag is pronounced much like ach or och. Apparently, according to earlier thread this was a number one song on South Africa's music radio. It certainly is remembered by kids I knew from Malawi, Rhodesia, and RSA. Appreciate the help filling in the blank lines. Cheers, Brian |
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