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Thread #22933 Message #756322
Posted By: Bullfrog Jones
29-Jul-02 - 08:28 AM
Thread Name: Derek Brimstone songs
Subject: RE: Derek Brimstone songs
Top bloke! I saw him about 33 years ago at my school folk club and then last year at my local. I too bought that folk sampler with She Loved A Portuguese on it, and used to sing it occasionally, usually getting some frowns amongst the laughs at the very un-p.c. line 'So just for the sake of peace and quiet I done her in as well'. I have to admit to doing something I never normally do -- I changed the lyric slightly, replacing Brixton with Wormwood Scrubs, just to confound those who can see the obvious rhyme coming.
The song always sounded to me like a spoof of those Paddy Roberts ballads, so maybe that's why the confusion arose. It would be nice to think that we could track down Patrick Cogshill and at least pay tribute if not royalties.
BJ