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Thread #172260   Message #4169147
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
03-Apr-23 - 12:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Farmer Hugh's motor car
Subject: Lyr Add: FARMER HUGH'S MOTOR CAR
Complete song with missing bits and corrections to a verse I got in the wrong order -

FARMER HUGH'S MOTOR CAR

Twixt Rawtenstall and Bacup, lived a farmer name of Hugh
Bought himself a motor car to see what it could do
He drove it home in splendour but before he reached the door
It gave a cough and then a wheeze and the engine went no more

CHORUS
It was rusted, it was busted
That old car wouldn't travel far
But it's true, Old farmer Hugh
Had many a ride in that old car

Well, Hugh he had a sweatheart, by the name of Marlene Crone
She had hands like a navvie and weighed in at sixteen stone
He used to take her courting to meadows near and far
Then one night he took her home to see the workings of his car

Cho.

He used his handpump daily, to keep his tyres hard
He daily checked the lubricant and topped it up with lard
His timing was quite perfect, his points they were just right
With a spanner on his half shaft he kept his balljoint tight


Cho.

He never taxed it or insured it in the usual way of things
He just ensured the doors were locked before he nightly taxed the springs
At the Ministry of Transport, he could not pass his test
But at riding on the back seat, Farmer Hugh he was the best

Cho.

He rode with all precautions, safety belt and all the lot
But one night of hot romance his surpressor he forgot
As he changed from first to second his piston gathered speed
His brakes they failed, his clutch it slipped because his big end had been siezed

Cho.

That summer in the village church our Marlene married Hugh
It was a family gathering, just a quiet do
They honeymooned in Blackpool but before they caught the train
They went back to Hugh's old car to ride it one again

No nearer to finding who wrote the original but my mates Ged and Dave, heard it, could only remember parts and then filled in the missing bits with their own words so if anyone performs it please credit Staff Folk of Swinton Folk Club with the arrangement :-)