Re. Dog Fat song (from "Raggytash" above).

The song was written by Jack Lee from Rochdale who ran a number of clubs there for many years, and was still running one when he died earlier this year - see http://www.folkimages.com/hobo/menu.html

Dog Fat                               by Jack Lee (originally – see below)

1 One day a knock came on the door and when I answered it
An old man he were standing there, he were having a coughing fit
I asked him what's he selling and he quickly doffed his hat
He coughed and sneezed and cleared his throat and then he said "Dog fat".

Chorus:

Come and get your dog fat, dog fat oh he cried
That's the only ointment that can penetrate your hide
Rub it smartly on your chest or rub it on your back
If you've got a pain you'll ne'er complain if you rub it with dog fat.
Dum a diddley di do, dum a diddley day.

2 Dog fat is fair for falling hair, it cures the griping pain
If you use it neat it's good for your feet, makes cripples walk again
It'll surely take spots off your face and burst boils on your back
It'll cure with ease rheumatic knees, oh rub 'em with dog fat.

3 My dad has always wanted curly hair on his bald head
But medical science can't do a thing, that's what the doctor said
But yesterday he rubbed a lump of dog fat in the strands
When he got up this morning he'd got hair all over his hands.

4 There used to be a girl who thought her figure was not complete
Oh yes, she had a pretty face, and her legs were rather neat
But her chest was flat, so she used dog fat as bust developing cream
But she found another little bust had grown in between.

5 Constipation were troubling Ada Plum, it drove her in a tiz
She'd heave and strain and squeeze her head, but still she couldn't biz
Then she took a dog fat suppository and quickly lost her frown
She had to get off toilet twice to stamp the bugger down.

6 Well it's good for your lungs and it's champion for your heart
And it cleans out your stomach, every last little part
And if you want a contraceptive girls, dog fat's the thing for you
Just stick a lump between your knees, it sticks like bloody glue.

Dog Fat - The Guilty Men

Verses 1,2, chorus       Jack Lee

Verses 3,4                Slightly adapted by Paul Reade (couldn't remember Jack's original verses which are):-

3 My dad has always wanted curly hair on his bald head
But medical science can't do a thing, that's what the doctor said
But yesterday he rubbed a lump of dog fat in the roots
When he got up this morning he'd got hair down to his boots.

4 There used to be a girl who thought her figure was not complete
Oh yes, she had a pretty face, and her legs were rather neat
But her bust was small, and though she tried all the ointments from the quack
Now her bust is forty-four, with rubbing 'em with dog fat.

Verses 5,6                Tony Downes, who I seem to remember sang with Martin Lynott (ex-Beggarmen) at one time.