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Subject: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Penny S. Date: 12 Oct 02 - 05:30 AM While discussing a recent case of Welsh motorists developing an alternative fuel for diesel cars, and the shocked reaction of the authorities to their using untaxed oil - the police are now going round car sniffing - I found myself singing this. Now some drivers in Llanelli, With an idea from the telli, (ll pronounced as in Welsh) Running cars on cooking oil, Brought the cops to rolling boil: Chorus Penny |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Micca Date: 12 Oct 02 - 05:34 AM Bravo Penny, good to see you are still writing! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Penny S. Date: 12 Oct 02 - 05:43 AM Thanks Micca - poetry week in literacy this week, got my mind in gear! Penny |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 12 Oct 02 - 10:21 AM Now one man he got stopped, And he thought that he'd been 'shopped' (US= informed on) This policeman, like a weasel Said "It's o.k. it's red diesel" ('Red' diesel contains colourant as it has duty paid at a lower rate, and should only be used for home heating, or farm vehicles which are not run on the public highway) Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 12 Oct 02 - 10:49 AM The above should be read in conjunction with earlier threads. See also: This thread Cosher Bailey: Who wrote it? This threadHob i deri dando Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 12 Oct 02 - 10:51 AM The second link should have been to This threadHob Y Deri Dando |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Gareth Date: 12 Oct 02 - 01:38 PM "Now Ianto's famous Chippy, Gives you Cod so very pretty, Oh they come from near and far, To drain the oil into the car !" Gareth |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Mr Red Date: 13 Oct 02 - 11:49 AM Nigel Parsons - Gareth. If it's modern 'n obscure local jokes - I did one the week Ron (what was Mr Davies name now?) "came out" of obscurity. Now Cosher Bailey's MP Ron, Well he stop a while in Clapham. Lost his car & job But he still don't know what happen Was you ever saw, &co (that version of chorus makes more sense in Welsh English and more rhyme too) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 13 Oct 02 - 11:54 AM Mr Red: Just a little re-write to recover most of the rhyme scheme! Cosher Bailey's MP; Ron Clapham common he was on. Lost his car & lost his job Just for playing with his....voters Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Herga Kitty Date: 13 Oct 02 - 04:56 PM Where's Asda been since fuel's been free (or nearly)? - many many miles from all the folks in Ilkley Teaching staff in Truro Cornish, how pc, so that fluent with all customers they'll be (in all 3 variants) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 13 Oct 02 - 07:53 PM I've read the foregoing threads, And I 'know' this song. Abby Sale has done a great job in one of the threads. But this may need more discussion. The two links above do not cover it all. but (if people agree) let them drop from the current page, and we'll try to provide a coherent listing. Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,Derek Jones Date: 24 Apr 04 - 01:54 PM O he had a brother Dai and he kicked the ball so high That the game had gone and ended Long before the ball descended |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Gareth Date: 24 Apr 04 - 01:59 PM Damn it Derek - So far as the 'Cat is concerned Cosher B is a running joke twixt Mr Red and myself!!!!! Gareth - An ex constituent of R Davier - The Badger Bugger. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 16 May 04 - 12:31 PM Cosher Bailey's family tales Get him talked about in Wales And with all their fun and friskin' They've been sung about in Miskin Or Now this curious little song Has been going, oh so long. Cosher Bailey and all his kin Have been sung about in Miskin! Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Gareth Date: 16 May 04 - 01:42 PM Mmmm ! Pity I missed Miskin. Gareth |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: RobbieWilson Date: 23 Apr 05 - 01:32 PM It was sung about at Miskin again this year. Ned led but passed verses round the room to anyone who offered and the whole company raised the roof with the choruses I really like that format ofsocial singing (Sorry can't remember Ned's Mudcat name.) Does anyone have any more verses? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 24 Apr 05 - 11:55 AM Ned Clamp; a.k.a Splott man Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,Olwen Date: 17 Nov 07 - 06:37 PM The bees down on the Gower they do flit from flower to flower but the bees upin Llangollen they are running out of pollen Random verse remembered from Bee Folk Club in Rhyl in early 1970s |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 01 Jun 08 - 03:25 PM With the high (UK) cost of fuel, this is back in the news. Telegraph Back in days when jobs were fewer, Cleaning chip shops was my toil* All the waste went down the sewer, Now there's gang wars for our oil*. Did you ever see... Said the motor racing fans "Babs would race at Pendine Sands But when there was a pit-stop It would smell just like a fish shop!" Did you ever see ... *Toil, pronounced toy-ill *Oil = Oy-ill |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 04 Jun 08 - 03:48 PM Smoking drinkers douse your stubs, You should know when you've been beat. They've banned smoking in the pubs (and)They've banned drinking in the street |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,Lindsay In Wales Date: 04 Jun 08 - 07:18 PM Someone up the thread asked about other verses of the song. I first heard it when I was about 13 (in 1964 and I saw a record of Rugby Songs for sale for about 13 shillings, and bought it to my parents' disgust.) Trying to remember other verses: Oh I have a cousin Daniel And he has a cocker spaniel If you kick him in the middle He will lift his leg and piddle Oh I've got an Aunty Kitty And she only had one titty It was long and it was pointed And the nipple's double-jointed Now you know the Reverend Morgan Well he had a funny organ It was long and it was narrow And he wheeled it in a barrow Was you ever saw......etc will add if/when I can remember |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,Lindsay In South Wales Date: 04 Jun 08 - 07:25 PM Sister coming home from school Swinging baby by his tool Naughty naughty little Frances Spoiling baby's future chances |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST Date: 04 Jun 08 - 07:53 PM Oh I have a sister Lily She's a pro in Piccadilly And for half a crown an hour She will be a passion flower: |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,Lindsay Date: 04 Jun 08 - 08:05 PM sorry the above was from me, I don't know why I can't log in atm |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,HughM Date: 05 Jun 08 - 07:50 AM I had an Uncle Matthew And his job was cleaning statues And one day while cleaning Venus He fell down and broke his... elbow. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 18 Feb 09 - 10:49 AM Cops in Amsterdam look fools Thanks to EU smoking rules, A decision, rather Wacko Permits dope but not tobacco Visit a "coffeeshop" Or, perhaps you'd like to check your email in a fog of marijuana smoke at one of the city's many "coffeeshops." The Dutch use this English word to describe places that sell cannabis. While indoor tobacco smoke was banned in 2008, pot smoke is no problem in these shops. In a twist that would seem strange to Americans, Dutch coffeeshops can actually lose their license if they allow tobacco smoking inside their premises. From: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/ricksteveseurope/2008752527_websteves17.html |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Penny S. Date: 19 Feb 09 - 05:52 AM Interessting to see this again. I've got a revised version of the last line of my verse. Brought the coppers to the boil. Can't think how I missed the double meaning first time. Penny |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 02 May 10 - 08:31 PM Last month at the BBC club, one member, Vic, asked me to join him & do alternate verses (Quick scribbling at bar to ensure I could remember at least as many verses as Vic would use). It occured to me that the format (as with "The Quartermaster's Stores") allows for many 'personal' verses to be added. e.g. El Greco, (George Papavgeris) Pays no heed to goddess Eris Her temptation he's ignored 'Cos she's goddess of disc(h)ord ... Did you ever see ... I trust George won't object to this, I did, at least, include one of the pantheon of Greek gods! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST Date: 14 May 21 - 10:48 AM You should see the bees at Gower As they flit from flower to flower You should see them at Llangollen As they gather in the pollen A very old and proud Welsh woman |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,# Date: 14 May 21 - 12:14 PM Some song history here. That said, I know nothing about the song other than what's posted here. Is there actually an original song, and if so what is it? Thank you. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Bob Hitchcock Date: 23 Aug 22 - 07:09 PM An old Welsh friend of my Father used to sing:- Cosher had an auntie Anna, And she played the grand Piana, She would hammer, hammer, hammer, till the neighbors said god damm her. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: BobL Date: 24 Aug 22 - 03:05 AM And since it's not in the Digitrad version: Cosher Bailey's sister Mary Used to work down in a dairy But the farmer went and sacked her When she tried to milk the tractor... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: MaJoC the Filk Date: 24 Aug 22 - 10:46 AM Oh Deere .... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,amos garrett Date: 05 Nov 23 - 03:11 PM Cosher Bailey's sister Anna Used to play the grand piana And she'd hammer hammer hammer till her father said "God damn her!" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Doug Chadwick Date: 05 Nov 23 - 04:33 PM I was driving through the Gower Doing 20 miles an hour Cosher Bailey cycled past He was going far too fast |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Doug Chadwick Date: 05 Nov 23 - 06:02 PM Cosher Bailey travelled far In his brand new Tesla car But it ended in frustration As there was no charging station |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,henryp Date: 08 Nov 23 - 11:50 PM Amos Garrett - alive and well on Mudcat! Amos Garrett played, I've heard With the band Great Speckled Bird He had such a magic tone When he picked up his trombone Did you ever... And Amos played, I'm sure With his friend Maria Muldaur It was on a steady basis At midnight at the Oasis Did you ever... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Joe Offer Date: 09 Nov 23 - 02:32 AM Here's a very nice performance of Glyn Hatherall performing Cosher Bailey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaPgYTGcceo |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 09 Nov 23 - 06:47 AM In a 'crawl' from bar to bar You should never use your car. But that's not such a disaster 'cos in Wales walking is faster . . . |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: fretless Date: 09 Nov 23 - 11:27 AM Posted: Cosher Bailey's sister Anna Used to play the grand piana And she'd hammer hammer hammer till her father said "God damn her!" Version I heard at UK youth hostels in the 1960s: Cosher Bailey's auntie Anna Used to play the grand piana And she also played the fiddle Down the sides and up the middle. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,amos garrett Date: 05 Nov 23 - 03:11 PM Cosher Bailey's sister Anna Used to play the grand piana And she'd hammer hammer hammer till her father said "God damn her!" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: GUEST,henryp Date: 08 Nov 23 - 11:50 PM Amos Garrett - alive and well on Mudcat! Amos Garrett played, I've heard With the band Great Speckled Bird He had such a magic tone When he picked up his trombone Did you ever... And Amos played, I'm sure With his friend Maria Muldaur It was on a steady basis At midnight at the Oasis Did you ever... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Joe Offer Date: 09 Nov 23 - 02:32 AM Here's a very nice performance of Glyn Hatherall performing Cosher Bailey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaPgYTGcceo |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: fretless Date: 09 Nov 23 - 11:27 AM Posted: Cosher Bailey's sister Anna Used to play the grand piana And she'd hammer hammer hammer till her father said "God damn her!" Version I heard at UK youth hostels in the 1960s: Cosher Bailey's auntie Anna Used to play the grand piana And she also played the fiddle Down the sides and up the middle. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Doug Chadwick Date: 05 Nov 23 - 04:33 PM I was driving through the Gower Doing 20 miles an hour Cosher Bailey cycled past He was going far too fast |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Doug Chadwick Date: 05 Nov 23 - 06:02 PM Cosher Bailey travelled far In his brand new Tesla car But it ended in frustration As there was no charging station |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news From: Nigel Parsons Date: 09 Nov 23 - 06:47 AM In a 'crawl' from bar to bar You should never use your car. But that's not such a disaster 'cos in Wales walking is faster . . . |
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