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06 Dec 04 - 11:29 AM (#1348875) Subject: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: GUEST,D_hand |
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06 Dec 04 - 11:44 AM (#1348890) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: MartinRyan Rochford's? Regards |
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06 Dec 04 - 11:56 AM (#1348902) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: akenaton As far as I remember this was a story by Matt McGinn. I dont think he ever recorded it. It concerned a bee keeper in the little German town of Effin. Hence the " F'in Bs'. Matt thought it was very funny...Ake |
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06 Dec 04 - 02:13 PM (#1349027) Subject: Lyr Add: BEE FROM THE OLD TOWN OF EFFEN (McGinn) From: Megan L The song can be found on his "The Return of the Two Heided Man 2001 RECD 538 CD" cant link to other thread but here are the lyrichs as copied from the effen son thread. Subject: ADD: Bee From the Old Town of Effen (Matt McGinn) From: skw@worldmusic.de - PM Date: 14 Sep 98 - 11:00 AM The song 'The Bee From the Old Town of Effen' can be found in the book 'McGinn of the Calton' - the collected autobiography, songs and stories by Matt McGinn, published by the Glasgow District Libraries in 1987. By way of explanation, Matt writes: 'Just outside Ecclefechan, just nine hundred and twenty two and a half miles outside Ecclefechan, in fact, in France lies the sleepy little town of EFFEN, the curative quality of whose honey is renowned all over the civilised world - and in Glasgow. The very extraordinary bees who produce this honey are not unnaturally referred to as EFFEN bees in and around the town whose quaint architecture is marred by the factory in its centre where half the population are employed in the manufacturing of Gendarmes' truncheons or, as the French choose to call them, policemen's batons. THE BEE FROM THE OLD TOWN OF EFFEN (Matt McGinn) He kept bees in the old town of Effen An Effen beekeeper was he And one day this Effen beekeeper Was stung by a big Effen bee Now this big Effen beekeeper's wee Effen wife For the big Effen polis she ran For there's nobody can sort out a big Effen bee Like a big Effen polisman can The big Effen polisman he did his nut And he ran down the manin Effen street In his hand was a big Effen baton He had big Effen boots on his feet The polis got hold of this big Effen bee And he twisted the Effen bee's wings But thes big Effen bee got his own back For this big Effen bee had two stings Now they're both in the Effen museum Where the Effen folk often come see The remains of the big Effen polis Stung to death by the big Effen bee That's the end of that wee Effen story 'Tis an innocent wee Effen tale But if you ever tell it in Effen You'll end up in the old Effen jail |
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06 Dec 04 - 02:13 PM (#1349030) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: GUEST,Anonbuthappy "it here already :<)" |
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07 Dec 04 - 04:39 AM (#1349692) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: GUEST many thanks all - Mudcat has never let me down |
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07 Dec 04 - 08:02 AM (#1349785) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: Wolfgang And if there are no Ladies and Gentlemen present it can be sung with the Austrian village of Fucking as the place where it all happened. Wolfgang |
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07 Dec 04 - 05:33 PM (#1350334) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: Susanne (skw) Wolfgang, who'd have thought it! You're lowering the tone of this worhty thread! |
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08 Dec 04 - 05:41 AM (#1350766) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: Wolfgang Honi soit qui mal y pense, Susanne. Maybe that explains why they sell in Fucking not many postcards with the innocuous German inscription 'Fucking in Österreich' but lots with the English 'Fucking in Austria'. There are rumours some German tourists strike off the 'in' on the last mentioned postcard. Wolfgang (who for reasons only known to him believes he is neither a racist nor a sexist) |
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31 Dec 04 - 12:02 PM (#1368204) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: GUEST,Com Seangan I'm not sure that Wolfgang is lowering any tone , Suzanne. A little bit of humour helps to dissipate the stodginess of a discussion where people take themselves too serioiusly. Not just this discussion. Effin near Kilmallock (co. Limerick) is called after St. Eimhín. It is recorded that some pious pilgrims to Knock Shrine were upset to hear the Parish Priest announce after the ceremonies : "Will the Effin Chidren of Mary return to their buses immediately". |
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31 Dec 04 - 12:17 PM (#1368222) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Effin Bee From: Big Tim Nice one Com! According to the most recent issue of "Roots and Rhythm Newsletter" (November/December 2004), some of Matt's stuff has been reissued on CD. "Matt McGinn: The Best of...". Castle Music America [number] 699. $9.98. (25 tracks). btw, Matt did record the Effin Bee, I've got it on CD. |