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10 Jul 24 - 08:48 AM (#4205259) Subject: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: nigelgatherer I conduct several music workshops throughout the year, and I always like to have a theme. One upcoming workshop is on the creation of the Co-operative society by the Fenwick Weavers in 1761, so I'm including tunes such as "Give Me Some Bread and Treacle" "A Basket of Eggs" "Coffee and Tea" - you get the idea, items you might buy at a Co-Op shop. I always like to include at least one song, and I wonder if anyone might be able to suggest suitable candidates? I would search the site, but that doesn't work for me, unfortunately. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. |
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10 Jul 24 - 09:09 AM (#4205260) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: FreddyHeadey Here's one to start you off STOP AND SHOP AT THE CO-OP SHOP Words and music by Harris Weston, 1930. As sung by Gracie Fields mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=136119 |
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10 Jul 24 - 09:21 AM (#4205261) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: FreddyHeadey & THE MARMITE SONG - Kevin McGrath mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169351 |
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10 Jul 24 - 12:09 PM (#4205268) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: nigelgatherer Thanks for your speedy response, Freddy. Just what I was hoping for. |
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10 Jul 24 - 12:33 PM (#4205269) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: The Sandman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE4VXLbtDs8 A LIITLE BIT OF CUCUMBER |
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10 Jul 24 - 03:48 PM (#4205272) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: GUEST,Jack Campin I Love a Sausage |
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10 Jul 24 - 08:24 PM (#4205287) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: Howard Kaplan Here's the first verse of one based on my experiences in the 1980s in Toronto, Canada. I was going for a stroll, Walking West on Barton Street, On a tragic, hot, and fateful August day, When I chanced upon two women, And their voices were so sweet, But they stole the best part of my life away. I was pressed into service, though no time I could afford, And I spent my next three years on the Karma Co-op Board. For the complete lyrics and music and an .mp3 file, follow the links here. |
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10 Jul 24 - 08:34 PM (#4205288) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: GUEST,Jack Campin I Love a Sausage |
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11 Jul 24 - 01:41 PM (#4205317) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: nigelgatherer Jack Sampon said, "I Love a Sausage" Of course! I'd forgotten all about that one. Thanks, Jack. |
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11 Jul 24 - 08:26 PM (#4205322) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: Howard Kaplan The chorus of Keith Marsden's "Funeral Song" includes the line "Till all his other wives came back to share the Co-op ham tea, ..." |
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12 Jul 24 - 05:47 PM (#4205361) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: GUEST,Ewan McVicar Several Co-op verses here, Nigel. https://soundcloud.com/ewan-mcvicar/street-songs-with-coop-verses |
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12 Jul 24 - 05:51 PM (#4205362) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: GUEST,Ewan McVicar Christine Kydd and I made a whole show about the history of the Co-op, and as part of it wrote songs with Fenwick Primary about the Fenwick Weavers. If useful I could seek to locate the relevant part of the script. |
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12 Jul 24 - 07:36 PM (#4205372) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: Felipa I like breid, Cooperative breid, Cooperative breid But ye canna get near it for the smell. If you try it with some butter, you'll hear the butter mutter Mary, my Scots bluebell. |
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13 Jul 24 - 05:07 AM (#4205394) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: nigelgatherer "Christine Kydd and I made a whole show about the history of the Co-op, and as part of it wrote songs with Fenwick Primary about the Fenwick Weavers. If useful I could seek to locate the relevant part of the script." Thanks, Ewan, that would be terrific. |
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13 Jul 24 - 06:29 AM (#4205395) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: GUEST A great Les Barker poem: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Beef Dripping - Les Barker I found it in the Co-op On the shelf below the butter Between the lard and marge I almost missed it in the clutter Some folk might call it progress But it’s not the kind I like It’s not what you’d expect From something made in Heckmondwike I’ve always used the Co-op But their standards must be slipping I read the name upon the lid I Can’t Believe It’s Not Beef Dripping Am I supposed to be excited Should my heart fill with elation That the product I am buying Is the purest imitation There’s a fear that’s sort of Southern That the deep fried chip can kill So they warm them in the oven, Or they heat them on the grill There’s one substance and one only A man should dip his chip in And it’s not a product called I Can’t Believe It’s Not Beef Dripping Now I have never been excited By the thought of Olive Oil Its all right for bloody Popeye, But for sons of honest toil To be so healthy is not healthy If I ate this I would sicken I’ve a stomach that needs filling And some arteries to thicken Oh the shame if I were asked What is that upon your flipping Slice of flipping Mothers Pride I Can’t Believe It’s Not Beef Dripping So I’ve took it to the checkout And the manager was brought And I pointed at his product And I told him what I thought I thought the man who thought of this Must plainly be a fool And ought to be transferred at once To Dewsbury or Goole There are skulls that should be Sundae’d There are ear’oles to be clipping I can’t believe that I have seen I Can’t Believe It’s Not Beef Dripping I’ve never eaten sunflowers And I’m not starting now For they rarely have the substance Of a slab of purest cow There are moments in our history When all else counts for nowt Like the day that Geoffrey Boycott Admitted he was out And the day the world was rocked By the arrest of Dr Crippen And the day the Co-op stocked I Can’t Believe It’s Not Beef Dripping LFF |
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14 Jul 24 - 08:17 AM (#4205455) Subject: RE: Songs related to Co-operative Societies From: Gallus Moll she's a fine wee lass, a bonnie wee lass is bonnie wee Jeannie McColl I gave her my mother's engagement ring and a bonnie wee tartan shawl I met her at a waddin' in the Co-operative Hall I was the best man - and she was the belle o' the ball ---is the chorus ow a song by Will Fyfe, 1885-1947,1929 a Scottish Music Hall entertainer in 1929 Official title is She was the Belle of the Ball info on Tobar an Duilchais |