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21 May 07 - 07:21 AM (#2057520) Subject: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot Captain! From: The Fooles Troupe You're standin' on me foot Captain! is about the only line I remember.. 60s probably... a 'novelty' song. Seem to remember something about Captain Bligh... ??!! ... and the tune too, if possible |
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21 May 07 - 07:44 AM (#2057531) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: The Fooles Troupe It might have been the 50s... 1950s... |
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21 May 07 - 07:58 PM (#2058045) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: The Fooles Troupe I'm not dreaming... |
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29 Aug 10 - 08:43 PM (#2975523) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: The Fooles Troupe Refresh ... sigh ... no internet searches that I can format return anything of use ... :-) |
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30 Aug 10 - 04:52 PM (#2976182) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: Charley Noble Not a clue on this one. Charley Noble |
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30 Aug 10 - 05:08 PM (#2976197) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: Don Firth Sounds like the punch line, or at least the key line, of a gag or routine (Stanley Holloway, as I recall) such as "Pick up the musket, Sam!" Don Firth |
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30 Aug 10 - 10:59 PM (#2976411) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: GUEST,Guest - Frank You are right about Bligh. I remember the line from the 1935 film "Mutiny on the Bounty" with Charles Laughton playing Captain Bligh and Clark Gable playing Fletcher Christian. (Won Oscar for Best Picture.) My memory recalls Bligh on the deck standing on a sailor's foot, with the sailor exclaiming "You're standin' on my foot Captain". To which Bligh says, "Then cut off his foot Mr Christian." |
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31 Aug 10 - 02:38 AM (#2976460) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: The Fooles Troupe Frank - I seem to remember that the song seemed to be similar to that idea - but it was a song I am sure I heard when young - would have to be 50-60s while I was living in a contry town I moved from in 1967. |
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09 Aug 16 - 06:01 PM (#3804370) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: GUEST There's mutiny on the bounty, and the captain wears a frown they pulled out the plug where the hole belongs and the ship is going down, down, down |
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10 Aug 16 - 09:37 AM (#3804451) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: Mrrzy Any luck? Could it be a child's memory of one thing (the line from the movie) being filtered through other things that were also there (a lot of folk music) so although you firmly recall a song with that line, there never was one, really? That would bite, it sounds like a fun'n. Do you remember anything else about the circumstances under which you heard it, maybe relatives, who might help with the search? I would love to see the rest of the lyrics. |
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26 Dec 17 - 08:42 AM (#3895868) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: GUEST I remember the song pretty well. It was in the hit parades about 1953. I don't know who sang it but I've been trying to find it for years. This person (with a very English accent), keeps complaining that the captain is standing on his foot, and the captain finally says: "Cut off his foot, Mister Christian." In the background the chorus keeps singing: "...and the ship is going down, down, down, down...and the ship is going down." If you find out any more, I'm on ruglen@tpg.com.au Regards, John. South Australia. 26.12.2017. |
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27 Dec 17 - 08:58 PM (#3896064) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: GUEST,.gargoyle This is a good source for Hit-Parade. www.headington.org.uk/adverts/odd_songs/index.html Sincerely, Gargoyle I browsed for an amusing hour...but no sign of Bounty anywhere |
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04 Jul 19 - 01:43 AM (#3999123) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: GUEST,sirtim46 There's mutiny on the bounty, and the captain wears a frown they pulled out the plug where the hole belongs and the ship is going down, down, down Does any one know where I can find this song |
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04 Jul 19 - 01:51 AM (#3999124) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: GUEST There's mutiny on the bounty, and the captain wears a frown they pulled out the plug in the hole below and the ship is going down, down, down your standing on my foot Captian Bligh Cut of his foot mr Christian |
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15 Nov 21 - 11:10 PM (#4126326) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You're standin' on me foot captain! From: GUEST You're standing on my foot, captain. Well cut off his foot, Mr Christian. And the ship is going down, down and the ship is going down. 1950s. Great song, but I can't remember the name. You might find in Top 100 lists from the 50. |