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Thread #94425   Message #3406896
Posted By: maeve
18-Sep-12 - 03:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Ten Thousand Instant Christians
Subject: Lyr Add: THE JANUARY TRIP (Max Boyce)
For comparison... may or may not be accurate:

THE JANUARY TRIP
(Max Boyce)

We paid our weekly shilling for that January trip
A long weekend in London, aye, without a bit of kip
There's a seat reserved for beer by the boys from Abercarn
There's beer, pontoon, crisps and fags and a croakin 'Calon Lan'

And we were singing hymns and arias 'Land of my Fathers', 'Ar hyd y nos'

Into Paddington we did roll with an empty crate of ale
Will had lost at cards and now his Western Mail's for sale
But Will is very happy though his money all has gone
He swapped five photos of his wife for one of Barry John

And we were singing hymns and arias 'Land of my Fathers', 'Ar hyd y nos'

We told the guard that we're from Wales, and asked 'Is Twickers far?'
He said "Man you can catch a 48 man, but it isn't very far"
On the bus were boys from Blaina who'd been to see the Queen
So we had a quick Gymanfa, aye, it was the greatest London's seen.

'cause we were singing hymns and arias 'Land of my Fathers', 'Ar hyd y nos'

We got to Twickers early and were jostled in the crowd
Planted leeks and dragons, looked for toilets all around
So many there we couldn't budge -twisted legs and pale
I'm ashamed we used a bottle that once held bitter ale

And we were singing hymns and arias 'Land of my Fathers', 'Ar hyd y nos'

Wales defeated England in a fast and open game
We sang 'Cwm Rhondda' and 'Delilah' damn, they sounded both the same
We sympathised with an Englishman whose team was doomed to fail
So we gave him that old bottle, that once held bitter ale!

He started singing hymns and arias 'Land of my Fathers', 'Ar hyd y nos'

So it's down to Soho for the night to the girls with the shiny beads
To the funny men with lipstick on with evil minds and deeds
One said to Will from a doorway dark damn, she didn't have much on
But Will knew what she wanted aye...his photo of Barry John!

'Cos she was singing hymns and arias 'Land of my Fathers', 'Ar hyd y nos'


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