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Thread #30739 Message #1128126
Posted By: GUEST
02-Mar-04 - 09:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: New Chorus-Dead Dog Scrumpy
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: New Chorus-Dead Dog Scrumpy
I also have this song on an LP by the late Trevor Crozier called "Trouble over Bridgewater" which long predates the Macdonalds version of 1998. There are a number of fairly minor differences in the words but these are mainly of little consequence, except that I think it might be "1842" rather than "1849". It is certainly a good tune and since it is about cider I suppose it is a good pub song also.
In a spoken introduction to the song, Crozier states that he "originally wanted to call it "The Cider (or Scrumpy) Drinkers Farewell to his gut", but that "The BBC wouldn't like that, especially on Women's Hour!" Actually Dead Dog Scrumpy sounds even less genteel than the original to my ears.
Sorry to hear Trevors wife and son are in straitened circumstances in Malawi, though I suppose they would be worse off in Zimbabwe.