Origin: Knees Up Mother Brown (Weston/Lee)

Subject: Kness up mother Brown
From: GUEST,Martin S
Date: 22 Nov 02 - 08:17 AM

Does anyone know exactly who Mother Brown was and why she was threatened with amputation? Who is the songs narrator? Were the police informed?
(Seriously interested in the songs history if anyone knows)
Cheers

Subject: RE: Kness up mother Brown
From: Brian Hoskin
Date: 22 Nov 02 - 08:22 AM

There's some info here

Subject: RE: Kness up mother Brown
From: Mr Happy
Date: 22 Nov 02 - 08:35 AM

Kness up mother Brown? is it to do with loch kness?

Subject: RE: Kness up mother Brown
From: Harry Basnett
Date: 22 Nov 02 - 09:17 AM

Kno its knot.......

Subject: RE: Knees up mother Brown
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 22 Nov 02 - 10:22 AM

The original went "It's your bloomin' birthday, so [forgotten, but nothing to do with sawing legs off]". I don't know how or why it got changed; probably Billy Cotton ...

Subject: RE: Knees up mother Brown
From: Marion in Cornwall
Date: 23 Nov 02 - 07:37 AM

According to the version I've got the words and music were written by Harry Weston and Bert Lee. It was copyrighted in 1939 by The Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.London. There's nothing to say why it was written though.