05 Dec 00 - 02:11 PM (#351864) Subject: Was yer grandma a whore (born of Austral From: GUEST,LynnT I'm looking for the words of an Aussie song, perhaps by Eric Bogle; the chorus goes:
Was your grandma a whore, was your grandpa a thief
The verses put down various upper-crust Aussies for their hoity-toity attitudes.
A DC group called Clam Chowder recorded this many years back; no idea where they got it from. Can anybody help -- I couldn't find it in DIGITRAD...
Lynn |
05 Dec 00 - 03:02 PM (#351896) Subject: Lyr Add: SON OF A SCOUNDREL (Ned Kelley) From: Malcolm Douglas Found at Shire of the Northern Outpost:
SON OF A SCOUNDREL
(Ned Kelley)
Big Barney Fish he got suddenly rich,
Chorus:
Was your Grandma a whore?
Maggie McKay's got a sweet loving way
Madame Marie loves the men from the sea;
Taken from an unnamed recording by "Clam Chowder"; no indication as to what the tune might be. |
05 Dec 00 - 03:40 PM (#351915) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Was yer grandma a whore (born of Aus From: GUEST,Lynn T That was fast -- many thanks! A former member of Clam Chowder, Don Stallone, will likely be at tonight's DC-area chantey sing. I'm glad to have gotten it here first, so I don't have to ask him to hand-scribble it... Lynn |
05 Dec 00 - 03:51 PM (#351922) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Was yer grandma a whore (born of Aus From: Micca LynnT, any chance of the tune from him???? |
05 Dec 00 - 04:04 PM (#351929) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Was yer grandma a whore (born of Aus From: Midchuck I want the tune for that sucker! I want it NOW! Get it up! (Whoops, sorry. Got excited and forgot my manners. It won't happen again until the next time.) Peter. |
05 Dec 00 - 04:47 PM (#351944) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Was yer grandma a whore (born of Aus From: Gorgeous Gary Clam Chowder has a recent CD titled SALVAGED which has "Son Of A Scoundrel" on it. The CD is a collection of remixed tracks from their tapes. There is ordering information on their website. --Gary |
06 Dec 00 - 06:11 AM (#352261) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Was yer grandma a whore (born of Aus From: GUEST,LynnT Here, I can sing it for you -- goes like this LynnT |
02 Sep 23 - 05:45 PM (#4187119) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Son of a Scoundrel (from film 'Ned Kelly' From: Helen Son of a Scoundrel (Kris Kristofferson) 1970 - Ned Kelly (Soundtrack) |
02 Sep 23 - 05:45 PM (#4180524) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Son of a Scoundrel (from film 'Ned Kelly' From: Helen Son of a Scoundrel (Kris Kristofferson) 1970 - Ned Kelly (Soundtrack) |
02 Sep 23 - 05:52 PM (#4180525) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Son of a Scoundrel (from film 'Ned Kelly' From: Helen This page has the lyrics with (the hilariously funny) Shel Silverstein as the lyricist. |
02 Sep 23 - 05:52 PM (#4187120) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Son of a Scoundrel (from film 'Ned Kelly' From: Helen This page has the lyrics with (the hilariously funny) Shel Silverstein as the lyricist. |