21 Jul 99 - 10:12 AM (#97641) Subject: Lyr Add: LILY THE PINK (as recorded) From: Steve Parkes Shock horror! A friend asked me for the words and I sent him the one on the DT without reading it first. I got this snooty reply: I don't know what you've been up to but yours must be the 'drug-induced Java script boys' version. I wanted the version that got in the charts back in whenever it was, not the real-ale, baggy jumper, save-the-whale, one- finger-in-the-ear, "Oooohhhh twas on the village green me lads" type stuff that you sent. Anyway someone found a lyric site on the net and I enclose herewith for your delectation. Brother Tony, Was known to be bony, He would never eat his meals, So they gave him medicinal compound, Now they move him round on wheels.
Johnny Hammer, This version added to the DT Oct 99 |
21 Jul 99 - 09:41 PM (#97800) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: alison Hi, sung by "The Scaffold(s)". chorus went....
We'll drink, a drink, a drink, (Can't remember) it was early 70's I think slainte alison Version by "The Scaffold" is in the DT - (click) |
22 Jul 99 - 07:54 AM (#97934) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Ian " ... Most efficacious in ev'ry case" Started out as a "rugby song" (i.e. rude folk song) called "Lydia Pink". The "Lily the Pink" name seems to have started with the Scaffold version. |
22 Jul 99 - 08:15 AM (#97944) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Steve Parkes Sorry about the missng chorus: We'll drink, a drink, a drink, To Lily the pink, the pink, the pink, The saviour of the human ra-a-a-ce. For she invented medicinal compound, Most efficacious in every case. |
22 Jul 99 - 07:54 PM (#98257) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca Was not the original "Lydia Pinkem" or something like that? There really was a historical personage of such a name who sold some kind of quack remedy and the song was meant to make fun of the claims made on behalf of this potion. |
22 Jul 99 - 07:59 PM (#98260) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: AllisonA(Animaterra) In Salem Massachusetts USA there's a plaque on a wall dedicated to her! |
08 Sep 00 - 08:06 PM (#293760) Subject: Tune Add: LILY THE PINK From: Snuffy It went to number one in the UK charts one Christmas - 1968 I think. The Scaffold were Roger McGough, Liverpool poet; John Gorman, who went on to appear on Saturday morning Kids TV (TISWAS?); and Mike McGear, whose claim to fame was being Paul McCartney's kid brother.
Here's an ABC of the tune as I remember it. Click to playTo play or display ABC tunes, try concertina.net |
08 Sep 00 - 09:33 PM (#293818) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Micca A version of this song was the unofficial regemental song of the Royal Tank Corps of the British Army at the end of WWII. I would dearly like their lyrics, which are not in the DT or anywhere else. |
08 Sep 00 - 09:41 PM (#293823) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Brendy All about Lydia Pinkham B. |
08 Sep 00 - 09:42 PM (#293825) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Jon Freeman Yes Snuffy, it was TISWAS! - Anyone remember the Bucket of water song or Spit The Dog... ? Jon (sad enough to have watched it many times - and to have fancied Sally James) |
09 Sep 00 - 04:06 AM (#293952) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Micca Jon you are not the only one to fancy the delectable Ms James, and I remember Spit the dog too. |
11 Sep 00 - 08:17 AM (#294924) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: GUEST Or indeed: Sally James' (almost) Legendary Pop Interviews.
Follow this link to find out about TISWAS.
(From the TV Cream pages.)
AndyG |
11 Sep 00 - 12:01 PM (#295047) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Robby In addition to the verses listed by Steve Parkes, the Irish Rovers had a version of Lily the Pink, on they're "Years May Come, Years May Go" cassette, which included the following:
Now here's a story, a little bit gory,
Freddie Klinger, the opera singer,
Lily died and went up to heaven; |
11 Sep 00 - 09:01 PM (#295348) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: GUEST,Gavin Then, of course, there's the Irish version which comments on the early years of the "Troubles":
"We'll drink, a drink, a drink
Now, there's a song which deserves a wider hearing !! |
12 Sep 00 - 03:42 AM (#295520) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Jon Freeman Thanks Guest, I loved that link. I had forgotten some of the characters and how chaotic the show really was. Jon |
17 Jan 02 - 01:13 AM (#629518) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: Jim Dixon Just as I suspected, "Lily the Pink" is a variant of "GRANDMA'S LYE SOAP." |
17 Jan 02 - 09:28 PM (#630159) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: GUEST,Annraoi Good man, Gavin, Lyrics by a cousin of my own who hides his light under a bushel. I have sung this parody on numerous occasions, usually family get togethers. It has never made it to the wider public. A great pity as it is one of the most ascerbic and insightful commentaries on the politics of the time. Annraoi BTW how did you come by the chorus and have you the rest of the song ? |
13 Mar 05 - 07:02 PM (#1433910) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: GUEST,Pete I must correct you on the following verse:- Jennifer Eccles, had terrible freckles And the boys all called her names So they gave her medicinal compound Now she joins in all their games If you listen to the song you will come to realise that the reason Jennifer Eccles was allowed to join in all their games is because she changed sex - the last line in this verse is:- Now HE joins in all their games. |
14 Mar 05 - 12:25 PM (#1434445) Subject: RE: LYR ADD - Lily the Pink From: GUEST,richard the spanish version of lily the pink was very popular back in chile in 1969 ,but I just do not know who sing that version....if there is anybody out there who can tell me the name of the spanish version and the name of the artist I would really appreciated it many thanks richard |
15 Mar 05 - 11:59 AM (#1435351) Subject: Lyr Add: LYDIA PINKHAM From: Abby Sale There seem to be many, many versions of this. Several at Immortalia: LYDIA PINKHAM CHORUS:So we'll drink, drink, drink to Lydia Pinkham, The savior of the human race, The human race. Oh, she makes, she bottles, she sells the Vegetable Compound, And any man can sit on her face, Sit on her face. Now, Mr._______had a very small penis, He could barely make it stand, Make it stand. So we gave him the Vegetable Compound, Now he comes in either hand, In either hand Now Miss_______had a very small bosom, They scarcely showed beneath her blouse, Beneath her blouse. So we gave her the Vegetable Compound, And now they milk her with the cows, With the cows. Now, Mr.______had very small testes, They looked like a couple of peas, Couple of peas. So we gave him the Vegetable Compound, Now they hang below his knees, Below his knees. |