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Thread #107827   Message #2239294
Posted By: rebecca7112000
18-Jan-08 - 11:39 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Abie My Boy (music hall song)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: music hall /pub song a-be my boy
Nana used to clean in the University halls of residence for cardiff University until she retired at 64 and Grandad was a porter there
It always made me laugh because she said manchester people were friendlier than Welsh people but she never wanted to move back so we can't have been that bad and I know she loved working in the university
we sang our hearts out coming home and it made a grey day almost sunny
I bet we were no where near the right tune but it was still fun
I found some black and white clips of music hall songs on you tube of all places but the version of my old man was not one we were used to with lots of references to fighting and drinking I always thought the song was about a young lad being left behind but now realise it is the wife