21 Aug 02 - 09:42 AM (#769060) Subject: Singing the booze From: Wolfgang I once taped a song titled 'Singing the booze' from an LP by Alastair McDonald. Maybe he is also the writer, but I don't know. The accent beats me and I can't get even a start of a decent transcription. Maybe someone knows it and can help. The chorus starts like that: MPs, Scottish MPs, you time's now up, gentlemen, please (to the tune: Bring back my bonnie to me) Wolfgang |
21 Aug 02 - 07:19 PM (#769344) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Singing the booze From: Susanne (skw) I don't know the song, but as Alastair is not normally a songwriter, this sounds suspiciously like another Jim McLean candidate ... |
22 Aug 02 - 04:45 AM (#769509) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Singing the booze From: Jim McLean Yes Susanne, I wrote Singin the Booze! I'll post the lyrics later. Cheers, Jim Mclean |
22 Aug 02 - 05:41 AM (#769522) Subject: Lyr Add: SINGING THE BOOZE (Jim McLean) From: Jim McLean I wrote this when Winnifred Ewing became the Scottish Nationalst MP for Hamilton and accused Scottish MPs for spending most of the time in the bar in Westminster. I'll list who the names are at the end of the song. The tune is a mixture. The verses are sung to a student type rude song called THERE ONCE WAS A SPANISH JUANITO and the chorus is the first part of the chorus of MY BOONIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN. Last chorus is the whole chorus of MY BONNIE...
Now Winnifred Ewing's in trouble,
Chorus: So MPs, Scottish MPs,
She says they are aye on the batter, An' politics juist disnae matter,But Hannan, MP,
Way doon on the Borders tere's Davy,
But wha could say Willie's teetotal?
And then there's that Scottified Limey,
So Winnie, dannae be silly
So MPs,
Willy Hannan, Scottish labour MP, teetotal: Davy Steele, Liberal MP: Willie Ross Scottish Labour MP: Tam Dalyell, "Tam o' the Binns", Scottish Labour MP and Laird. Cheers, Jim McLean
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22 Aug 02 - 03:41 PM (#769770) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Singing the booze From: Susanne (skw) Before anyone suspects the late Davy Steele of having been a politician - I think you're talking of (Sir) David Steel there, Jim. And do you mean to say Tam Dalyell is not Scottish by birth, or at least from a Scottish family? Anyway, thanks for posting the words. Is there a recording still to be found? |
22 Aug 02 - 03:46 PM (#769773) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Singing the booze From: Susanne (skw) BTW, I'm just listening to Enoch Kent singing The Wee Magic Stane live on Archie Fisher's Travelling Folk programme. Isn't the Web wonderful! |
22 Aug 02 - 05:14 PM (#769815) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Singing the booze From: Jim McLean Yes, Susanne, Sir David Steele the liberal Politician and my point about Tam o' the Binns is that nationality is quite often a state of mind. The song appeared on an LP called SCOTLAND FIRST, NEV LP 108, NEVIS RECORDS which I wrote and produced in 1970 with Alastair McDonald singing. It also featured possibly the first contemporary poem to John MacLean which I set to music The poem was written by J S Clarke while MacLean was in Peterhead gaol. Cheers, Jim |
23 Aug 02 - 03:27 AM (#769989) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Singing the booze From: Mr Happy sir david steele, hmmmm..., no relation, i suppose, to tommy steele who sang 'singing the blues'? |
26 Aug 02 - 08:34 AM (#771667) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Singing the booze From: Wolfgang Jim, thanks a lot. Once again it was you being the writer of a song I was after. Thanks too for the details of the recording with Alastair McDonald. I'm quite confident it is the one I have taped ages ago. That was in my youthful times when I didn't care noting 'minor' details like song writers or LP titles. I just wrote down the titles of the songs. I once posted many years ago another song from that LP and as I know now wrongly guessed that Alastair McDonald might have written it. By now I wouldn't be too much surprised if that's another Jim McLean song: Prince Charles. Susanne, I can't tape from a tape myself but I think my mother in law can. So next time when we see her I'll bring that tape with me for a copy... Wolfgang |
26 Aug 02 - 09:15 AM (#771680) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Singing the booze From: Jim McLean Hi Wolfgang, yes I wrote the song and have answered it somwhere else I think! I'm not up to threads yet! Cheers, Jim Mclean |