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Thread #28075   Message #757868
Posted By: Jim Dixon
31-Jul-02 - 10:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him
Subject: Lyr Add: SOMEBODY THREW A TOMATO AT HIM
I used Google to search for "Somebody threw a tomato at him" and found several versions of the song. The title varies; sometimes it's "Brother Jim", "Uncle Jim", "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10", or "To Market, To Market." Sometimes the verses appeared as part of "Wild Rover" or a parody of same, and appeared with other parody verses, some of them obscene. Some clean versions were called "scouting songs."

I didn't find any American versions; they would have to say "can" instead of "tin."

Additional verses found at http://members.iinet.net.au/~oneilg/scouts/songs/tomarket.html:

With different chorus, the song was called "Get Away" at http://www.djmorton.demon.co.uk/scouting/songs/getaway.htm: More verses AND a different chorus found at http://www.thepelicans.co.uk/history7.htm: