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27 Apr 14 - 10:35 AM (#3622567) Subject: Lyr Add: Kippers Song From: GUEST,Trumponeman (Non member) Hi Mudcat folks,I'd be most grateful if you could help me find the remaining lyrics to this British comic music hall song: Chorus: Aye, aye, aye, Kippers a penny-a-pair Bloaters three for tupence, You can get them anywhere The cheapest place to get 'em Is down the Old Kent Road And when you go by, you get a black eye And a punch on top of the nose |
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27 Apr 14 - 11:10 AM (#3622569) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kippers Song From: GUEST,# http://monologues.co.uk/musichall/Songs-I/Ive-Been-Digging-For-Gold.htm |
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27 Apr 14 - 05:15 PM (#3622628) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kippers Song From: GUEST,GUEST, Trumponeman Thank you GUEST. That's an interesting song that has 'kippers' and the 'Old Kent Road' in it but it's not the one I was looking for. Thank you anyway |
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27 Apr 14 - 06:50 PM (#3622651) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kippers Song From: GUEST I'll keep looking. |
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27 Apr 14 - 08:03 PM (#3622665) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kippers Song From: Joe Offer It isn't the song in question, but Googling for "kippers a penny a pair" brings up an interesting article titled 'Awkins at 'Ome. Worth a read. -Joe- |
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28 Apr 14 - 06:36 PM (#3622814) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kippers Song From: GUEST,Trumponeman (Non member) Thanks for that Joe. Like the article the song certainly has a Cockney feel. Thank you too GUEST for your persistence - it must be out there somewhere. |
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29 Apr 14 - 07:34 AM (#3622892) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kippers Song From: Herga Kitty Just wondering if this thread should be retitled "Music hall song about Kippers" - so as to make clear it's not a song from the Kipper Family?! Kitty |
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29 Apr 14 - 08:46 AM (#3622897) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kippers Song From: Dave the Gnome Someone called Alex Fitt asked here before. Try mailing him to see if he got a result. Cheers DtG Thread #10279 Message #3125369 Posted By: GUEST,Alex Fitt 31-Mar-11 - 05:20 AM Thread Name: Norf and Sarf - cockney songs Subject: RE: Norf and Sarf - cockney songs
I have snatches of lyrics in my head but can't place the song: |
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15 May 15 - 11:17 AM (#3709068) Subject: RE: Req: Music hall song about Kippers penny-a-pair From: GUEST,Antie Val Aye Aye Aye kippers a penny a pair Bloaters three for tuppence You get them anywhere The cheapest place in London Is down the Old Kent Road And when yo get there You get a black eye and a punch on top of the nose. These the words my Mum and Nan sang at Family parties and taught me I have passed them on to my Daughter and Granddaughter who is 15yrs old. I am 70 now and never heard any more verses .Would love to know if there are. |
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04 Jul 15 - 01:49 PM (#3720965) Subject: RE: Req: Music hall song about Kippers penny-a-pair From: GUEST,Bert Will you come to the Mission will you come, bring your own cup and saucer and a bun. Charlie Chaplin will be there selling kippers, penny a pair Will you come to the Mission will you come. |
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29 Nov 18 - 11:35 PM (#3963956) Subject: RE: Req: Music hall song about Kippers penny-a-pair From: GUEST My dad, Alex Fitt, commented on here regarding this song before. Has anyone been able to discover the name of this mystery song? I've searched high and low all over the internet and this chat site has been the only thing that's come up. Cheers, Victoria victoriarosefitt@gmail.com |
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30 Nov 18 - 09:39 AM (#3964012) Subject: RE: Req: Music hall song about Kippers penny-a-pair From: Steve Gardham There are no titles in Kilgarriff with 'Kippers' as the first word in the title. If this is the chorus the title may have more to do with the substance of the verses. Can't really get much further without further info on what the song was about. There were hundreds of Coster songs and this looks like it may have been part of one of them. Where's Billy Weekes when you need him? |
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30 Nov 18 - 10:38 AM (#3964016) Subject: RE: Req: Music hall song about Kippers penny-a-pair From: Mick Pearce (MCP) BL catalogue has 9 scores with kippers in the title. Promising ones are The Kippers and the Trippers by P. Sweeney & Kenneth Lyle, London : Francis, Day & Hunter, [1902] and Kippers and bloaters by Edward St Claire, ca1927, no publisher given (awaiting full catalogue). No guarantee that it's either of them, but worth checking. Mick |
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26 Feb 21 - 07:37 PM (#4095067) Subject: RE: Req: Music hall song about Kippers penny-a-pair From: GUEST This is a traditional South London hymn which I remember from my childhood in the late 1950s. Will you come to the mission? Will you come, will you come? For a hot cup of tea And a bun, and a bun. That's the whole hymn, at least as I was taught it. |
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27 Feb 21 - 08:45 AM (#4095114) Subject: RE: Req: Music hall song about Kippers penny-a-pair From: GUEST,# Here a really neat cookbook which doesn't have anything to do with kippers @two for a penny. But it's interesting nevertheless. https://archive.org/details/otherwayrespectf00forb/page/n1/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/otherwayrespectf00forb/page/n1/mode/2up |
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27 Feb 21 - 10:02 AM (#4095131) Subject: RE: Req: Music hall song about Kippers penny-a-pair From: Steve Gardham GUEST, is your song to the tune 'Roll along covered wagon' from the 20s? it is used as a vehicle for all sorts of songs. We sang: Will you come to the party, will you come? Bring your own cup and saucer and a bun, For _____ will be there, kissing ______ on a chair, Will you come to the party will you come? Hull 1950s but probably pre-war. |
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27 Feb 21 - 03:19 PM (#4095199) Subject: RE: Req: Music hall song about Kippers penny-a-pair From: JHW Our windup gramophone had a broken spring so we spun the 78s using a finger on the label. I'm reminded of 'Like the Big Pots Do' guess was the title. 'Always hold your kipper with one hand, not two and wave it while you're talking, like the big pots do'. Gracie Fields on our record though search says it's George Formby's song. |