I have run this past Clive Lever who is organising a charity record project for BCAB (the British Computer Association for the Blind) of a set of Les Barker words performed by various stars and well known people (all of whom are donating their services).
The record will be out later this year
He says: -
"Hi Richard,
I do so wish I could join in the mudcat discussions. Are you sure you can't subscribe to the discussion list by sending an email to a given address e.g. 'mudcat-subscribe@whatever.com'? I'll definitely want to plug the Guide Cats for the Blind compilation CD there, or suggest to Richard Ellin (Osmosys Records) that he do so. You may wish to intimate that you know of an interesting Les Barker compilation due out in the summer. Among the tracks, Cyril Tawney has recorded his own 'Lassie Free and Easy'.
Meanwhile:
SLOOP JOHN A
We looked for the Sloop John A; We looked for it all day;
Round Nassau Town we did roam,
A man on the pier, Said it wasn't here;
We didn't find it, And then we went home.
Where can the John A be? Maybe the A's at sea;
We had a good look round, Then we went home.
Then we went home, We had to go home.
We didn't find it And then we went home.
The first mate was not there, Maybe he was elsewhere;
Maybe he was on board the Sloop John A;
Wherever he was, We didn't meet him because
We didn't find it, And then we went home.
Where can the John A be? Maybe the A's at sea;
We had a good look round, Then we went home,
Then we went home, We had to go home.
We didn't find it, And then we went home.
The day was a non-event, It seemed the A had went;
Then they told us that there's another called B.
B was OK; I had my heart set on A;
We didn't find it, And then we went home.
Where can the John A be? Maybe the A's at sea;
We had a good look round, Then we went home
Then we went home, We had to go home. I wanna go home.
We didn't find it, And then we went home.
Lyrics: Les Barker, published in 'Sitting With My Dog On Display'.
Recorded by David Knutsen on Tubular Dogs (catalogue no: Dog013)"
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