Origins: Advice to the Lovelorn (John Fryer)

Subject: Advice for Valentine's Day (Dave Diamond)-from DT
From: Joe Offer
Date: 17 Feb 22 - 01:45 PM

Hmmm. Googling "Advice to the Lovelorn" brings up this:


https://www.lyricsondemand.com/u/unknownlyrics/advicetothelovelornlyrics.html

Advice for Valentine's Day
(Dave Diamond)

Beware the sneaky Married Man,
He will ensnare you if he can.
Although with age and fat he creaks,
Illicit love he vainly seeks.
His wife, you'll often hear him tell,


source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/u/unknownlyrics/advicetothelovelornlyrics.html


Which brings up this:
https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=139

ADVICE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY
(Dave Diamond)

Beware the sneaky Married Man,
He will ensnare you if he can.
Although with age and fat he creaks,
Illicit love he vainly seeks.
His wife, you'll often hear him tell,
"Can't understand". Alas, too well
She understands, but has the sense
To trust in his incompetence.
He shakes with lust, he reeks of vice,
In fact he isn't very nice.
Yes, yes, it's true, and I'm that swine,
But please, please, be my Valentine.

filename[ VALENTIN
DD


And WE know Dave Diamond....

Subject: RE: Origins: Advice to the Lovelorn (John Fryer)
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Feb 22 - 12:17 PM

Joe, I tried looking for the song's writer. Got nowhere. There're more John Fryers. Came up bupkis.

Subject: Origins: ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN (John Fryer)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 Feb 22 - 07:56 PM

Any recordings of this song available?

https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=140

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ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN
(John Fryer)

I'm Blue-eyes of Scunthorpe, I need some advice,
For I've been a bad girl (why was it so nice?),
I've no one to turn to in this modern age;
So all that is left is the Lonely Hearts Page,
And Miss Home, Home, Evelyn Home.

Dear Evelyn Home, I've a problem for you,
I've slept with my boyfriend (he slept with me too),
His parents found out and blamed it on me,
And completely ignore me when I go to tea,
Dear Miss Home, Home, Evelyn Home.

Should I say I'm sorry, not do it again,
Refrain from all romance and be home by ten?
My boy says, ``Don't do it, you might drive them to
Informing your parents, then what would you do?''
Dear Miss Home, Home, Evelyn Home.

Dear Blue-eyes of Scunthorpe, I can't understand
Why you and you only are taking a stand,
It takes two to go wrong, apportion the guilt;
Your boyfriend was in it, right up to the hilt,
Says Miss Home, Home, Evelyn Home.

Dear blue-eyes of Scunthorpe, hear what I must state,
For grief and contrition it's really too late,
Unless you get married as soon as you can,
You'll regret having had carnal knowledge of man,

O dear, sighs Miss Home, as she lays down her pen,
The troubles these young women have with their men;
It's sordid, immoral, and I really can't see
Why the hell all these things never happened to me,

@love
filename[ EVLNHOME
TUNE FILE: DERRYDWN
CLICK TO PLAY

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Peggy Seeger has this song listed in Volume 4 of her New City Songster but it's unclear how to access a recording.