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04 Jun 98 - 03:22 AM (#30016) Subject: The Collyhurst Road From: Mick Does anyone out there know of this song. All I know is that it's from Manchester UK. I've got no idea who wrote it or how old it is. |
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04 Jun 98 - 04:17 AM (#30017) Subject: RE: Does anyone out there know of this song. All From: alison Hi, Either your title got lost or you forgot to give us an idea of some of the lyrics/content. Slainte Alison |
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04 Jun 98 - 05:14 AM (#30020) Subject: RE: Does anyone out there know of this song. All From: AndyG Alison, Mick's changed the subject line The song's title appears to be The Collyhurst Road". I don't know a song of that name although I was born and bred in Manchester. Mick can you give any more info about this one ? AndyG |
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04 Jun 98 - 07:36 AM (#30027) Subject: RE: Does anyone out there know of this song. All From: Brack& Andy I've only heard it a couple of times. It's a pub singalong song. Last time I heard it was in North Manchester. That's all I know. Mick |
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26 Aug 01 - 07:58 PM (#535775) Subject: Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,brakn Anyone know this Manchester song "The Collyhurst Road"? |
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26 Aug 01 - 10:46 PM (#535867) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Collyhurst Road From: katlaughing You mihgt want to keep an eye on this request site, as someone else is looking for it, too. Good luck with this one and the Cooley Mtn one. You've been looking for that one for a long time! kat |
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27 Aug 01 - 03:38 AM (#535949) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Brakn Thanks kat
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21 Oct 03 - 06:12 PM (#1039236) Subject: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: Brakn Does anyone know this song? |
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22 Oct 03 - 07:29 PM (#1039987) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: Brakn 'esh |
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03 Mar 04 - 04:39 AM (#1128288) Subject: RE: Lyr req: The Collyhurst Road From: Brakn last time! |
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31 Aug 04 - 03:44 PM (#1260972) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Liam2407@post.com We used to sing a pub song many years ago in Manchester about Collyhurst Road. I don't know if what we sang was the "proper version" or a spoof but these were the words as I remember them - forgive lapses of memory/alcohol induced brain damage: When I was young and foolish As foolish as can be I said goodbye to the mother-in-law And off I went to sea I sailed with Captain Skipper Aboard San Ferry Ann And we all set sail down Collyhurst Road In a black Maria van Collyhurst Road I am forsaken Collyhurst Road I am forsaken Collyhurst Road I am forsaken... Memory fades completely at this point. Anyone remember it differently or know more? |
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16 Feb 06 - 06:45 AM (#1669984) Subject: Lyr Add: COLLYHURST ROAD From: GUEST,smhmg@yahoo.com COLLYHURST ROAD. When I was young and lazy, as lazy as can be, I said farewell to the mother-in-law and off I went to sea. We sailed with Captain Skipper aboard the Mary Anne And we all set sail down Collyhurst Road in a Black Maria van. CHORUS: Oh, Collyhurst Road, I am forsaken, And it's not that my poor heart is aching. It's the whisky and the rum that I've been taking For that charming little girl down Collyhurst Road. Oh, we got as far as The Vine and the rain turned into snow. The snow got in the engine and the engine wouldn't go, So we wrapped ourselves in mainsails and stayed there for a year, And all we had to bloody-well drink was a barrel of Boddie's beer. REPEAT CHORUS Well, the law chased after me and they put me in Number Three. They said you are a Collyhurst boy and you'll never get away from me. They said the next time you go sailing, it won't be the Mary Anne; Be down Collyhurst Road to Collyhurst Nick in a Black Maria van. REPEAT CHORUS Oh, they're digging up my granddad's grave to build a sewer (a sewer) They're digging up his remains To put down Carsie drains To satisfy the local residents. Now all his life my granddad was no quitter, And I don't suppose he'll be a quitter now. He's dressed up in white sheets To warm them toilet seats And won't there be an awful bloody row! There is going to be a load of constipation There is goin' to be an awful bloody fight; And it serves them Baskets right if they never have a shite For digging up the British workman's grave. REPEAT CHORUS PLUS LAST LINE TWICE Sammy Moffatt from Collyhurst who works on Collyhurst Road for HMG Paints 38 Years Man and Boy
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16 Feb 06 - 05:01 PM (#1670252) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: Brakn After all this time. I don't believe it. |
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14 Jul 07 - 02:21 PM (#2102585) Subject: collyhurst road From: GUEST,ashy boy that brought memories i was brought up in colly we was all united fans we sang it at all the matches i live in teimoth street and then moved to central drive wud love to hear more collyhurst storys |
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23 Oct 07 - 07:41 AM (#2177145) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Jim C Sammy, you provided the lyrics years ago to a request of mine on a newsgroup - and I went and lost them again! Great to see them once more - glad someone's keeping this alive! btw, went to school with Chris and Pete Owen although have since lost touch. Cheers, Jim C |
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19 Nov 07 - 07:47 PM (#2197911) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST I am also looking for this song but not well up on the words myself but this is part of the version I have heard Collyhurst Road, I am forsaken And it's not that my poor heart is breakin' It's the whiskey and the gin that I've been takin' For that darlin' little girl down Collyhurst Road. Something to that effect |
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30 Nov 07 - 03:44 AM (#2205332) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST This song is coming out on a cd by ancoats singer songwriter Dom Collins its out on 15th of December, check out more of doms tunes on his website, a very funny talented man, www.domcollins.co.uk/ |
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29 Dec 07 - 12:49 AM (#2224129) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,wythenshawe blue only heard this song once ever coming back from notts county on national express bus sometime in the mid 80s after a city game,bus full of blues - sounded great and all the lads had a whip-round for the driver, time for a revival i reckon blue moon sounding a bit tired these days... |
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07 Feb 08 - 04:22 PM (#2256256) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Pat Pauley Johns Thanks for the Collyhurst Road song! I lived there at 382 and it was the finest time of my life! I collect Collyhurst History so I'll check back! My mums maiden name was Day. Anyone remember the Days? Thanks and Cheers! |
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07 Feb 08 - 04:25 PM (#2256260) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Pat Pauley Johns Any one have any old pics of Collyhurst Road or surrounding streets? We had a toffee shop on the corner of Eggington and Rochdale back in the late 50's. |
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08 Feb 08 - 03:00 AM (#2256574) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: Brakn Anyone got a recording of it? |
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14 Feb 08 - 01:09 PM (#2262383) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,flowers of manchester remember my uncle [steve wilson if any one knows him ?] singing this song when i was kid,the whiskey n gin part was in there aswell, as for wythensawe blue thinking this is a city song ??? you must of been on the united bus mate |
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09 Apr 08 - 12:51 PM (#2311212) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,roberts i was born queens rd moved when i was 2 but still i see my self as a colyhurst lad, and i always sing this song when i get the chance in my local pub or when theres a family get to gether,i do have the song on cd just let me know if you want a copy good old days |
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09 Apr 08 - 02:28 PM (#2311318) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: Brakn I want a copy! If you were a member I could PM you otherwise mail me at brakn at hotmail dot com. This I think was one of my first posts......I was Mick, then Brack& and now brakn. 10 years has flown. |
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07 Jun 08 - 05:28 PM (#2360294) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Josephine nee Doyle I lived at 387 Collyhurst Road until 1961 and this song is my brother Terry's anthem whenever we are are at any family do. I loved Collyhurst Road and remember it with so much pride, it should never have been demolished and then rebuilt the way it has been, it is now such a small Road from Town up to Queens Road, all the style and character taken from such a proud and wonerful place. |
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07 Jul 08 - 06:51 PM (#2383349) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,JONES ARTHUR Thank for the lyrics to collyhurst road.we sing it every year when a coach load of collyhurst lads go to scarbrough for the weekend.from the millbeck w.m.c. |
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09 Oct 08 - 04:30 PM (#2461397) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,barbara ward hello can you give me the name of the singer and where can i buy a copy thanks |
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10 Oct 08 - 05:51 PM (#2462534) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: Artful Codger How about an ABC? |
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12 Nov 08 - 12:57 PM (#2491883) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST its about the area of collyhurst it was recorded in the late 70s by alocal man billy kite and is sung in most of the pubs in the area |
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01 Dec 08 - 06:21 AM (#2504709) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST line 2 is 'they are moving him regardless of expense' current line 2 becomes line 3 'expence' rhymes in with 'residents' |
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13 Feb 09 - 12:30 PM (#2566066) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST I KNOW THE COLLYHURST RD SONG SOME ONE CALLED DOM COLLINS SINGS IT |
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14 Feb 09 - 04:39 AM (#2566578) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: Les in Chorlton Dom Collins lives around Ancoats, I think, writes and sings lots of funny songs: MySpace L in C |
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12 Jul 09 - 02:30 PM (#2678406) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST hi i got it on cd |
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28 Jul 09 - 09:59 AM (#2688733) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: Mr Happy On You Tube, there's a few vids of drunks in various pubs singing it |
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28 Jul 09 - 04:18 PM (#2689038) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST Theres a site on facebook called Collyhurst forever... lots of pics and story's from old Collyhurst |
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19 Jan 10 - 05:30 PM (#2816263) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Sylvia Scholes I was born and bred 497 Rochdale Road Collyhurst. The "Fish Shop" Walter Scholes was my father.Does anyone remember Collyhurst in the 50' and 60's. I went to St Malachy's school. Loved my childhood but the shop was demolished and I left aged 13. Im 56 now and am going back soon to see what has happended to the area. Where I lived is a bus stop now. Quite sad when your childhood home no longer exists. |
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24 May 10 - 08:58 PM (#2913568) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Ben McGarr There's a bit of a singalong in a pub with this one on facebook, here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Kh1EVUHzM&feature=related ;o) My parents are from Collyhurst, though they are bloody useless at remembering song lyrics. :oD |
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22 Jul 10 - 09:35 AM (#2949768) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,A mate of his I work with John Kyte, he sings the bloody song all the time |
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11 Jan 11 - 04:37 PM (#3072400) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Guest Viktoria I wonder if anyone remembers St. Catherine`s church band? my grandfather was bandmaster but I am not at all sure of the dates.He was married there in 1883 and a good few of his children were baptised there .Later he played for a while- so family history goes- in Culcheth Military band ( The Tall Hat Band) It may have been in the early 1900`s he was at St. Catherines because an auntie who was born 1905 remembered that he was bandmaster.Obviously I don`t expect anyone to remember him but I wondered if any records of the band were kept. I`d like to hear the tune of the song. |
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08 Feb 11 - 04:42 AM (#3090964) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Mick Grundy Hi every one, collyhurst road song was made in the seventes, by the collyhurst reds. |
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01 Apr 11 - 05:35 PM (#3126544) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,gjashley I remember this being sung in the old Cross keys in Ancoats |
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08 May 12 - 02:42 PM (#3348333) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST This song was sung many times after the big fights in the 1930's after jackie browns wins at bell vue in his brothers pub on colly rd then in the 70'd billy kyte put it all to-gether but some lads do there own thins like steve wilson can sing around 20 chapters of it ! its all good p s check collyhurst7 on you tube |
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12 Feb 14 - 07:19 PM (#3600918) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,owen conlon i have got a copy of it.if any one wants a copy the can look up collyhurst 001 on youtube and they will find it there , hope this helps collyhurst road by billy kyte |
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05 May 16 - 09:26 AM (#3788773) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: leeneia Here's a YouTube video of someone singing 'Collyhurst Road.' road song |
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29 Jan 18 - 10:21 AM (#3902571) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Mick Here’s the best version out there. The one and only Billy Kyte https://youtu.be/ku6yF4iaUpY |
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29 Jan 18 - 10:23 AM (#3902572) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Mick If anyone knows the guitar chords for this song, it would be appreciated ?? |
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01 Jan 19 - 12:18 PM (#3969252) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Collyhurst Road From: GUEST,Raymond glass Hi I lived on collyhurst rd think it was 407 just passed linguards chippy Ian linguard was my best mate at the time then move to llandaff st harpurhay then back to gods neighborhood dalton st we use to playin the plastics factory jumping from the high wall into the plastic bags I remember the song being sung in the pubs itmy mum worked in the pubs as barmaid bottom derby old vine billy greens well most of them in the area my uncles were lol moss Clifford moss the non league player and Dennis who disappeared I was a collyhurst red when I was older I worked for badgers taxis in ancoats they were the days beer was 9d a pint chesters boddies 11d thanks to you all I went to st Malachi’s my name is ray glass |