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Lyr Req: Van Gogh (Les Barker) DigiTrad: THE BALLAD OF VINCENT VAN GOGH VAN GOGH VINCENT (STARRY, STARRY NIGHT) Related threads: (origins) Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad (10) Lyr/Chord Req: Vincent (Starry Starry Night) (21) Lyr Req: Vincent's ear (7) Vincent (13) Starry Night (10) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Jack Campin Date: 01 Apr 20 - 07:03 AM I think the first verse is old - I heard it before Les Barker started his career. There is a picture going round the web of a Van Gogh self portrait where he's trying to put an anti-virus mask on, hanging uselessly off one ear - caption "oh bugger". |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Long Firm Freddie Date: 30 Mar 20 - 03:19 PM It's on page 17 of Mrs Ackroyd's Diary, the second of Les Barker's many little books. The title is simply "Vincent". Cough and off are spelt cogh and ogh (as Tom Bliss sings it) and the beer to fear is indeed Greenall's, as Tom sings, rather than Watney's LFF |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: GUEST,Starship Date: 30 Mar 20 - 10:04 AM Here is Tom Bliss singing Van Gogh on YouYube, where the lyrics are attributed to Les Barker and the melody as traditional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKIiPSVJOPs |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: GUEST,jugmws Date: 30 Mar 20 - 05:48 AM It is a Les Barker song; I have the recording Vin did for the album. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Reinhard Date: 30 Mar 20 - 05:24 AM Tom Bliss sings "Van Gogh" on Herding Cats: Songs and Poems of Les Barker (Guide Cats for the Blind Volume 5). The words are very near to those shown above. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: GUEST,Ray Date: 30 Mar 20 - 04:30 AM Les did write a similar song but I don’t think it’s this one. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Joe Offer Date: 30 Mar 20 - 04:14 AM I can't find evidence of authorship, BBCW, but it sure seems like a Les Barker song. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Date: 30 Mar 20 - 04:03 AM I always thought it was by Les Barker, was it not in one of his early books? Robin |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh Date: 30 Mar 20 - 03:33 AM Damn his ears! |
Subject: Lyr Add: VAN GOGH (Les Barker) From: Joe Offer Date: 30 Mar 20 - 03:17 AM Yup. It was added to our Digital Tradition Folk Song Database before the database moved to Mudcat in 1996. It was submitted by the legendary Dennis Cook, but probably written by somebody else. VAN GOGH Oh my name it is Van Gogh, Lend an ear, lend an ear. Oh my name it is Van Gogh, Lend an ear. My name it is Van Gogh And all I did was cough and my ear it just fell off Lend an ear, lend an ear. Oh my right ear's pale and wan On the floor, on the floor My right ear's pale and wan on the floor. My right ear's pale and wan It was 'ere but now it gone And it's just been trodden on And it's sore, and it's sore. But there's no need to shout or for gloom or for gloom But there's no need to shout or for gloom. But there's no need to shout I'll take my ear 'ole out And I'll pass my ear about Round the room, round the room. Drinking Watneys leads to tears I shall teach, I shall teach Drinking Watneys leads to tears I shall teach. Drinking Watneys leads to tears And the falling off of ears And the parts that other beers Cannot reach, cannot reach. @drink @parody filename[ VANGOGH TUNE FILE: CAPNKIDD CLICK TO PLAY DC |
Subject: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: GUEST,Peter Tatter Date: 30 Mar 20 - 03:08 AM Anyone know the lyrics to the Van Bough song , looking to sing it at the internet folk club. |
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