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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 :-)