Lyr Req: Land Rover / Range Rover (parody)

Subject: Wild Rover Parody
From:
Date: 28 Feb 97 - 10:24 PM

There is a parody of "Wild Rover" called "I've owned a Land Rover." Does anyone have the lyrics? Thanks Dave

Subject: Lyr Add: LAND ROVER SONG (Wild Rover parody)
From:
Date: 07 Jul 01 - 10:53 AM

Late;, but I found it. It's at

http://users.lia.net/landrover/new_page_6.htm

Here it is: The Land Rover Song
To the tune of the Irish folk song "Wild Rover".
(Jake Pressly and Steve Shelly)

I've owned a Land Rover for many a year
I use it to carry my whisky and beer
When we're on safari with Rovers galore
We all give three cheers for this great 4 x 4
 
And it's no, nay, never, no nay never no more
Will I sell my Land Rover, no never, no more
 
I bought a Toyota to go to South West
But wasn't convinced that it really was best
I tried a Suzuki but threw it away
'Cos a Land Rover's better, so what do you say (Chorus)
 
My bearings are buggered, the swivel pins too
The steering it wobbles, my problems are few
The leaks from the gear box and diff are so slow
So I'll check all the levels when the damn thing won't go (Chorus)
 
A Range Rover's faster, but uses more fuel
The people who drive them they look rather cool
It's from the same stable but has better springs
But let's face it folks it's just not the real thing (Chorus)
 
A Forward Control doesn't look quite so nice
But they used to be had for a very good price
Some of us think they do have their charms!
Just take a good look at "The Old Charlton Arms"Chorus)
 
At rallies the Shorties they always come first
But the drivers all seem to develop a thirst
Series Ones, Twos and Threes all have their own Place
And now the One Tens are the first in the race (Chorus)
 
I bought an old Landy and stripped with care
A 2A from Solihull is really quite rare
But how to repair it I asked in the Pub
They said to apply to the Land Rover Club (Chorus)
 
The Landy Club members were quite a surprise
They all seemed to be such a nice bunch of guys
It's thanks to them that I now know much more
About the Land Rover, that great 4 x 4 (Chorus)
 
While we are singing there's one thing to say
I'm sure we're all loving our wonderful stay
It's thanks to you all that I know so much more
About the Land Rover, that great 4 x 4 (Chorus)
 
Note
: This song was the work of Jake Pressly and Steve Shelly by all accounts and developed at an LROC of SA function in the then Eastern Transvaal, some time back. The reference to the "Old Charlton Arms" is the nickname given to a member's FC that was so frequented as a pub that at one time members tried to get into the Guinness Book of Records by cramming as many people as possible in, each holding a beer!!. The last couple of lines have been slightly adapted for local use.

Subject: Lyr Add: LAND ROVER (Wild Rover parody)
From: Leadfingers
Date: 18 Dec 03 - 06:56 AM

Looking at the Wild Rover stuff I saw a request for this had been answered by a different set of lyrics to the one I have, so here goes:

I drove a Land Rover for many a mile
And spent all my money on petrol and oil.
Now my springs are all rusted, I've got four flat tyres,
And I never will drive a Land Rover no more.

I drove down a motorway I used to frequent
And my engine seized up 'cos the oil it was spent.
I pulled out my dipstick. No level did show,
And without lubrication it just wouldn't go.

So I took out my toolkit, found a spanner that fits,
And started a-taking my engine to bits.
My big ends were busted. There was sludge in my sump,
No balls in my bearings and a duff water pump.

So I left my Land Rover in a meadow so green,
And I went and I bought me a threshing machine.
Now I'm earning a living to put my car right.
I'm threshing all day and I'm crashing all night.

CH: And it's no nay never, no nay never no more
Will I drive a Land Rover no never no more.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wild Rover Parody (Land Rover)
From: GUEST,songofthesea
Date: 26 Aug 07 - 10:48 PM

sorry if I missed above - looking for lyrics to 'I've been a hell's agel or many a year (I spent all me money o black leather gear) Ca ayoe help please?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wild Rover Parody (Land Rover)
From:
Date: 26 Aug 07 - 10:52 PM

If you looked in the Lyrics Search box, you can come up with Hell's Angel, which is in the DT Database.

Subject: Lyr Add: LAND ROVER (Wild Rover parody)
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 27 Aug 07 - 06:22 AM

I really do own a Land Rover - my second in fact. Many years ago I was forced to sing the dreaded WR in a pub and came up with the following on the spot - having not heard of the above.

I drove a Land Rover for many a year
But just couldn't get the thing out of first gear
I longed to 'off-road' but I couldn't leave town
Cos it wouldn't go uphill it only went down

So I went to a garage I used to frequent
And told the head salesmen I wanted a Bent(ley)
He found me a banger, all rust and decay
Saying customise that + you'll be on your way

I went back to my parents, and parked in the porch
Then set to work with my acetylene torch
I added a tail fin, some wings and a jet
And everyone said that's the best Bentley yet

I drove it to Paris, to Moscow and Rome
And then I got bored, so I drove it back home
Pulled up the brake on that Land Rover's patch
Poured petrol on both, and then tossed in a match

Subject: Lyr Add: RANGE ROVER (Wild Rover parody)
From: Acorn4
Date: 23 Jun 08 - 01:20 PM

Just reviving this old thread with another take -a lot of us seem to have had a similar idea on this one:-


Range Rover.

I've been a total airhead for many a long year,
And medical science can find no known cure,
But somehow I've gathered up gold in great store,
So I've gone out and bought a bloody great 4 x 4

And it's Sod The Planet,
Bugger posterity, I will drive my Range Rover,
So the neighbours can see.

Though I work in an office from morning till late,
You'd think that I came off my country estate.
And my credit rating means I've got a huge loan,
With a voice like John Major, I'm God on his throne.

And it's Sod The Planet

If a Range Rover's slightly out of my price range
A Daihitsumishibishiboshi will do just the same,
See my radiator full in your rear view,
I'll be right up your backside a tailgating you..

And it's Sod The Planet

As a lifestyle statement, I need this beast,
Though the fuel consumption's prodigal to say the least,
On a narrow country road, I won't budge an inch,
As straddling the white line I drive you in the ditch.

And it's Sod The Planet

Now the wife's got one too, for the school run it's great,
Though we only live twenty five yards from the gates.
Watch her mounting the kerb, with shopping on her mind,
Scattering children and cones across the double yellow lines…

And it's Sod The Planet

Perched up on high, King of all that I survey,
Annoyed when the world won't get out of my way.
My garage mechanic he doesn't miss a trick,
And he always knows where he can find the dipstick..

And it's Sod the planet (King of the raod!!)etc

As it was a WR parody I was determined to get the word "prodigal" in somewhere!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wild Rover Parody (Land Rover)
From: semi-submersible
Date: 25 Jun 08 - 02:16 AM

Acorn4, I wish you could have seen my 9 1/2 year old reacting to that parody tonight. He was trying to sing and laugh at the same time - speechless. He enjoyed the others but kept coming back to yours, tailgating, school gate and all.

How do you get "King of the Road" into that last refrain?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wild Rover Parody (Land Rover)
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Jun 08 - 08:09 AM

It goes like this:-

And its "Sod the Planet" (King of the Road!)
Bugger posterity
I will drive my Range Rover
So the neighbours can see.

In the chorus folk often do four claps after the first line and the
"King of the Road" is in time with the four claps -hope that makes sense?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wild Rover Parody (Land Rover)
From: Acorn4
Date: 25 Jun 08 - 08:11 AM

Sorry, semi-sub, forget to rest cookie there!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wild Rover Parody (Land Rover)
From: semi-submersible
Date: 25 Jun 08 - 02:32 PM

Oh, that's one of the "clappy bits" bemoaned in past threads, then. I'm out in the boondocks, so it's all hearsay to me.

happy and clappy,
s-s

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wild Rover Parody (Land Rover)
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Jun 08 - 06:32 PM

That's 'clappy bits', as distinct from 'flappy bits'...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wild Rover Parody (Land Rover)
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Jun 08 - 06:37 PM

... or 'crappy bits'... :-P