16 May 98 - 04:49 AM (#28500) Subject: John Willie's Ferret From: Song Bird Has anyone heard of a song about John Willie who took his ferret to a "do" and it escaped causein mirth and merriment. If so I would appreciate the words, thanks in advance. |
28 May 98 - 06:22 PM (#29569) Subject: RE: John Willie's Ferret From: Ian HP John Willie's Ferret is on the Oldham Tinkers' album 'Sit Thee Down', on Topic 12TS323. It has never, to my knowledge, been issued on CD, but if you scout around good record fayres it shouldn't be too hard to pick up. |
08 Jun 03 - 04:43 PM (#964133) Subject: RE: John Willie's Ferret From: Felipa just ferreting about - what are the words? |
09 Jun 03 - 06:29 AM (#964415) Subject: RE: John Willie's Ferret From: GUEST,Santa Bernard Wrigley has released it as The Day John Willie Took His Ferret To A Do I'm not sure what tape/CD it is on, however. I'll have a look tonight, but Edain may have borrowed it.... |
09 Jun 03 - 06:46 AM (#964420) Subject: RE: John Willie's Ferret From: Sir Roger de Beverley The Oldham Tinker's stuff, including John Willie's Ferret, is available on CD. I bought them through Amazon a couple of months ago - not for myself but for a friend who was trying replace a lot of missing vinyl. Roger |
09 Jun 03 - 08:16 AM (#964469) Subject: Lyr Add: JOHN WILLIE'S FERRET (Oldham Tinkers) From: Mark Dowding Words to John Willie's Ferret below. Sit Thee Down is now available on CD - more details from the Tinkers' website www.oldhamtinkers.com Chorus Oh I was there so were you The Mayor and the vicar and the council too With their wives and ladies on full view The night John Willie took his ferret to a do He slipped his lead with some butter from the sauce He patterned all the table with his dirty little paws Oh! said the vicar's wife this rabbit isn't dead As he danced a little jig around the hat upon her head He ran round her collar and down the front he tore He wriggled down her knicker leg and danced upon the floor Oh said the vicar that's a sewer rat I'm sure Well if that's the case his wife replied I wish we had some more He ran through the soup and he nibbled at the peas He dribbled all the gravy down the Mayor's knocky knees And then he quenched his ferret's thirst with half a pint of shandy And then relieved his little self in Mrs Riley's brandy Well the ladies left their table and began to dance with fright They shouted out in panic at the little ferret's sight He nibbled at their stockings and he tickled all their knees And the vicar's wife kept shouting GIVE ME SOME OF THAT PLEASE!! He ran up and down the curtains and he swam about the punch He herded all the ladies in a corner in a bunch And then to end the escapade he did a little quicky He ran up the speaker's dinner suit and nibbled at his - collar Well they caught the little fellow and they put him in a box They gave him anaesthetic from the vicar's woolly socks They sang him Annie Laurie in the Mayor's own car and then.. They got him back as fast as hell to John Willie's pen Cheers MArk |
09 Jun 03 - 07:22 PM (#964797) Subject: RE: John Willie's Ferret From: dick greenhaus Oldham Tinkers are a vastly underappreciated band. They have 3 CDs out--all available from CAMSCO |
10 Jun 03 - 03:37 AM (#964923) Subject: RE: John Willie's Ferret From: Mark Dowding The three CDs of the Oldham Tinkers are: "A Fine Old English Gentleman" - This is a compilation of tracks from their first four solo LPs and was instigated by Andy Kershaw. This has been issued under licence from Topic Records on the Pier label PIERCD501 "That Lancashire Band" PIERCD504 - This is a reissue of the 5th LP that Andy Kershaw "forgot" about when compiling the above CD. Bonus tracks are included from "Deep Lancashire" and "Owdham Edge" "Sit Thee Down" PIERCD505 - A reissue of the 4th LP again with bonus tracks. "Deep Lancashire" Topic Records TSCD485 The two LPs mentioned above - "Deep Lancashire" and "Owdham Edge" -have been compiled onto one CD albeit with some tracks missing due to lack of time on the CD. Missing tracks are from Harry Boardman and the Tinkers. The Tinkers have rectified this by putting their missing tracks on the rereleased CDs but it would seem unlikely that any of Harry Boardman's solo material will be rereleased. Try www.amazon.co.uk to get hold of them. John Howarth also appears on a new CD by The Legplaitter's Ceilidh Band. Not sure how to get hold of this unless you see the Tinkers in concert but if you email john@oldhamtinkers.com you might get more information. Hopefully the release of the other three LPs onto CD ("Oldham's Burning Sands", "Best o' t' Bunch" and "For Old Times' Sake") will see the light of day in the not too distant future. Cheers Mark |
17 Mar 06 - 12:02 PM (#1696251) Subject: RE: John Willie's Ferret From: GUEST,Joe If you wanna hear it... go to www.myspace.com/theoldhamtinkers |
17 May 11 - 08:39 AM (#3155658) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: John Willie's Ferret (Oldham Tinkers) From: Paul Reade I came across a recording of John Willie's Ferret by an Australian singer Margaret Bradford (see http://margaretbradford.com/bio.html) on her CD "Ten Years On", credited to Larry Kearns As an Owdham Lad, the Aussie accent took some getting used to but it's good to see other people recording Tinkers' songs. |