Lyr ADD: The Unlucky Duck (Jack Elliot of Birtley)

Subject: Lyric wanted: Unlucky Duck
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 18 Feb 99 - 03:35 AM

Anyone know this comic song by Jack Elliot of Birtley (England) (aka Stumbling Jack Elliot, to avoid confusion with Rambling Jack)? I starts:

The little spuggy [or spudgie: sparrow] on the tiles
Never suffers from the piles
Because I've never seen one yet
That got his backside sopping wet! [twice]

The poor old duck, on the other hand, suffers dreadfully ... [I don't know about geese - Jo?!]

Steve

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: Jo Taylor
Date: 18 Feb 99 - 07:38 PM

Ha ha ha. We call them spadgicks. Don't know if that's Devon or my Dad. Geese are still very happy, roof's fine, we're covered in mud. And my fingers do sorely ache from all that typing (see Black Country thread). Just put a spare hard disk in my computer & doubled the RAM. Excellent. RAM? yes, we've got 3 sheep too....It (above) does ring a bell but not very loudly.
Jo

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: bill\sables
Date: 18 Feb 99 - 08:37 PM

Steve the song you are looking for is

"The Unlucky Duck"

The spuggy chirping on the tiles
never suffers from the piles
Because there never was one yet
that got his backside sopping wet x2

The little duck that never smiles
has no such luck he gets the piles
'cos when he's walking round and round
His backside's bobbing on the ground x2

Every time he dips his heed
To bend his neb doon to a weed
He sticks his backside up on high
To try and get the bugger dry x2

How would you feel if your arse
was trailing on the sopping grass
well when he sails on water blue
the nagging pain strikes through and through x2

So when you hear a duck go quack
divent huff or turn your back
Divent shout ye greet fond thing
Oh sing ye flat arsed buggers sing x2

Do you think the bugger would
even if the bugger could
The duck goes quack but don't forget
His arse is always sopping wet x2

Some of the words have to be sung in the "Geordie" accent to make them rhyme. Let me know if you need a translation
Cheers Bill

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: Barry Finn
Date: 20 Feb 99 - 12:41 AM

You can find the "Unlucky Duck" on an LP called "Jack Elliot of Birtley, the songs & stories of a Durham Miner". It was put out by Leader around the time of Jack's death in 1969, I have no idea if it's available. Barry

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:Please, Mr. Conductor.
From:
Date: 20 Feb 99 - 12:15 PM

Friends, I am looking for the lyrics to an old folk song that has to do with a man that doesn't have the fare to ride the train to get back home to see his dying Mother or Father. The title I listed may not be the correct one. It's been a long, long time. Anyway, this poor fellow is begging the Conductor not to throw him off the train. Any and all help will be deeply appreciated. If possible please send any messages to [e-mail]. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Terry

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: Will Bakker
Date: 20 Feb 99 - 01:38 PM

Could it be MTA? but there is no dying mother or father involved.

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Feb 99 - 01:51 PM

T Collins, Click here for your song. If you were to put conductor in the search box on this page, you'd find 20 or 30 conductor songs to choose from.
Hmmmm. I wonder if they have semiconductor songs....
-Joe Offer, who just drove through the Silicon Valley the other day-

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted: there's another train
From:
Date: 21 Feb 99 - 11:50 AM

Help. I am looking for the lyrics, artist, and title of the song that has the line "There's another train, there always is" in the chorus. It came out about four years ago and was sung by a female vocalist. I need it as an example of encouragement for a student to keep on trying as there will always be another opportunity if you keep on trying.

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: AndyG
Date: 22 Feb 99 - 11:18 AM

Lyrics here
Artist info here

AndyG

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: Bert
Date: 22 Feb 99 - 12:24 PM

Talking of sparrows, or spadgers as we used to call them in London.

There was a little sparrow, flew all the way from Spain
He landed in Karachi and started home again
When halfway on his journey, he met a big black hawk
Who plucked out all his feathers and said 'walk you blighter walk'.

Bert, (you can supply your own Cockney accent)

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted: which one?
From: Philippa
Date: 22 Feb 99 - 12:35 PM

Please make life a bit easier for the readers by being more specific in the titles of your threads. Currently there's about 4 of these general 'lyrics wanted' threads on screen.

Joe Offer asks this:
Please do not post any more messages in this thread. First, search for your song in our database and forum. If you can't find your song, start a new thread with a specific title, and we'll do our best to find the song for you.

Subject: Just one last one, honest!
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 23 Feb 99 - 03:23 AM

Actually, Philippa, I typed in "Lyric wanted: Unlucky Duck by Jack Elliot of Birtley", but all but the first two words disappeared; no idea why. It gets up my nose as well, but it's not always deliberate.
Thanks to those who did take the trouble to read it regardless.

Steve

Subject: abject apology
From: Philippa
Date: 23 Feb 99 - 07:13 AM

Sorry; when so many threads had this fault I might have realised the system might be at fault. But then, I thought the enquirers were a bunch of newcomers copying each other. I did NOT say no one should post any more messages on the thread. Joe Offer, I presume, added all the words in red.
Joe, you should be doubly sorry for adding sentences under somebody else's name, thus attributing the sentences to another Mudcatter. I sometimes write under pseudonyms, but I don't use other people's names. (Though I'm not terribly mad at you because I've had a chance to defend myself - only I don't know how many people read the previous two messages but won't read this one; I returned here after seeing your semi-colonoscopy messages)
Steve, it's well that you pointed out the problem so that the technical wizards can try to sort it out.

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 23 Feb 99 - 08:04 AM

Philippa, all is forgiven!

(including the bit you didn't do!).

Steve

Subject: thanks
From: Philippa
Date: 23 Feb 99 - 08:41 AM

This is my red letter day!

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: Ritchie
Date: 23 Feb 99 - 08:51 AM

Philippa , put me down as one who read it but can't write in red.

love & happiness

Ritchie

Subject: RE: Lyric wanted:
From: Joe Offer
Date: 23 Feb 99 - 01:05 PM

Sorry if I caused concern, Philippa. When there's a problem thread, I sometimes append a note to the last message rather than posting a new message (I ususally change fonts to show that it's not part of the original message). Posting a new message brings the thread to the top of the Forum Menu, and tends to prolong the problem. I had no idea my little "do not post any more messages here" sentence would cause such consternation. You'll note that I changed it to give it a softer tone.
If I make any significant editorial changes to a message I try to send a personal message to tell the original poster what I did, but I couldn't find you on the list of registered users so I couldn't send a message to you. Sometimes when I try to help, I botch things up. I guess this was one of those times. Sorry.
-Joe Offer-