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Thread #8850   Message #55897
Posted By: AndyG
27-Jan-99 - 05:36 AM
Thread Name: Kid mudcateers...
Subject: Lyr Add: SETH DAVEY
From the singing of The Spinners, Jackie and Bridie and some other Liverpudlians late 60's early 70's.
This is all I remember, I think there's a bit more plot in the middle and a ghosty final verse.
Any more anybody ?

Seth Davey

He sat on the corner of Bevington Bush
Astride an old packing case
And the two dancing dolls on the plank went dancing
As he crooned with a smile on his face

Come day, go day
Wishing my heart for Sunday
Drinking buttermilk all the week
Whisky on a Sunday

But in 1902 Seth Davey died
His song could be heard no more
The two dancing dolls in a jower bin* ended
And thew plank went to mend a back door

Come day, go day
Wishing my heart for Sunday
Drinking buttermilk all the week
Whisky on a Sunday

*trans: jower = alley
bin = been = have

AndyG