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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: Joe_F Date: 06 Nov 09 - 06:13 PM I seem to remember a version sung at St Andrews University in 1958: Where was the engine-driver when the boiler burst? They found his ballocks a thousand miles away, Floating upon the Hudson Bay, His arsehole Was up a flagpole, And his penis in St Andrews common dines. |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 07 Nov 09 - 01:19 PM Isn't it "Where did the engine driver go when the boiler burst..."? |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: MGM·Lion Date: 07 Nov 09 - 01:31 PM Come now, McGrath, this is a folk site — surely you know better than try to establish a definitive version. Either mine/JoeF's [similar tho I prefer my 'blew' to his/your 'burst'] will fit the flourish, yours with emphasis on the 'go', his/mine on the 'was'... I find it interestg that his 1958 St Andrews Univ version should start so similarly to my mid-1940s Hendon County School one, even to the detail of 'Hudson Bay' - no matter that they then diverge; only 2B expected... |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: Old Vermin Date: 08 Nov 09 - 01:30 PM Naming no names, but should there be a mandatory donation to the Mudcat coffers for posting suggested lyrics that don't scan? |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: MGM·Lion Date: 08 Nov 09 - 01:31 PM ... mine a bit back, 5 Nov, 10.04 pm. |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: Joe_F Date: 08 Nov 09 - 06:11 PM OV: IMO McGrath's line can be made to scan (well enough for folk music) if "when" & "the" are both unstressed, so that one has a dactyl in place of a trochee -- adding a little rhythmic interest, in the spirit of English prosody. Furthermore, that version has logic on its side, for at the instant when the boiler burst, the driver was presumably in one piece. Indeed, it is conceivable that over the last 51 years I myself have corrupted the line. |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 08 Nov 09 - 06:27 PM Been reading Stephen Fry's "The Ode less travelled", Joe? Good book. |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: Joe_F Date: 08 Nov 09 - 08:00 PM McGrath: Never heard of it. I'll have a look. Incidentally, note the resemblance to Nymphomaniacal Alice Used a dynamite stick for a phallus. They found her vagina In North Carolina, Her rectum in Buckingham Palace. Does this suffice to establish a motif? Perhaps "TransAtlantic dismemberment" or, more broadly, "Explosions -- implausible consequences", to take in big Jim Goff. |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: Charley Noble Date: 08 Nov 09 - 09:06 PM Joe F- I like the way your mind works! Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: PSzymeczek Date: 08 Nov 09 - 10:17 PM Severn - Here's the version I remember from the 60's/70's: Reup, and buy a brand new car. Reup, show what a fool you are. Reup? I'd sooner throw up. I'd sooner throw up than reup today. |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: Mrs Scarecrow Date: 09 Nov 09 - 01:57 PM Hi Pinette my grandmothers maiden name was Holmes I think it was capetown they lived in or near it. My grandfather my also have gone to South Africa because he was a marine bandmaster and went all over the world. The only places I know for certain are New Zealand and Canada. I dont think he stayed long term there and could not say when or where. |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: GUEST Date: 28 Jan 10 - 09:37 PM Bullshit it makes the grass grow green Horseshit it does the same damn thing bullshit or is it horseshit it grows grass the greenest youve seen |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: GUEST Date: 28 Jan 10 - 09:43 PM As we used to sing it: Bullshit it makes the grass grow green Horseshit it does the same damn thing bullshit or is it horseshit both will grow grass the greenest youve seen |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: GUEST Date: 07 Mar 10 - 12:27 AM LOL |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: Paul Reade Date: 07 Mar 10 - 03:58 PM We used to sing a variant of the "stew" version - it was in Lancashire after all, so it would be about the top local delicacy:- Bollocks, they make the best meat pies Bollocks, the very shape and size Knackers, go well with crackers But only bollocks make the best meat pies |
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Subject: RE: Col Bogey march question From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 07 Mar 10 - 05:21 PM In high school band (in '46, '47, '48) I played tuba, and my very favorite march was Colonel Bogey because of the wonderful lower-brass second melody, which showed off the tubas, baritones, and trombones. Unfortunately, it has never appealed to the parodists, so it appears, so most people don't know it as they know the "horseshit" or "Hitler" theme. Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,Mr. Bill Date: 31 Mar 12 - 11:04 AM The version my Dad (born and raised in Glasgow) taught me was: Horace, you've made a mess of me, Horace, you'll have to marry me, Horace, we'll call him Boris, And then there'll be Horace and Boris and Me, Where was the engine driver when the boiler busted,found his Asshole A million miles away, they found his penis, Somewhere on Venus, They'll find the rest of him some other day. |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,henryp Date: 01 Apr 12 - 09:08 AM "just before the 1914 War when Ricketts was stationed at Fort George near Inverness in Scotland" Inverness isn't far from Strathbogie - the valley of the Water of Bogie. Huntly town was formerly called Strathbogie. Bogie of nearby Cairnie was the father of Bogie's Bonny Belle. Alford is a little further, in the valley of the Don that flows to Aberdeen. |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST Date: 08 May 12 - 07:44 AM The British Soldiers sang this song during the II world war. I know part of the original Lyrics from my dad. |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,Ritzmar Date: 05 Oct 13 - 01:23 PM When I was a kid (I am now 67) we had an old 10" 78 gramophone record, beautifully sung in harmony, but by whom I do not know. But from around 55-60 years ago, I remember: Hitler, We're marching on your tail Hitler, no wonder you turn pale Look out, let's get your book out For you will need it to read it in jail, (just before they hang you) Hitler, although it may sound harsh Britain will pull your darned moustache Villain, whose name is Hitler You'll be much littler Before we are through and another verse, later in the song: Hitler, we're going to see it through Hitler, this is the end for you Goering, the lion's roaring And Ribentropp, we wil topple him too (like the other nasties) Hitler, remember Kaiser Bill Hitler you'd better make your will Hitler . . . (sorry, cannot remember this line!) This is your blot-out, so Hitler, you're through! |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,Ritzmar Date: 05 Oct 13 - 01:38 PM The B side of this 10" record, if I recall correctly, was called "Somewhere in England", and one of the verses, and its chorus, with a different tune to 'Colonel Bogey', went: Dear Mum & Dad, It's been sometime since we've had A chance to write to you with all this trouble brewing But here is a line just to say that we are fine And let you know just where we are, and what we're doing. We're somewhere in England, somewhere on its British Isle Doing our duty, with a song and a joke and a smile We're somewhere in England, waiting for the work to begin and it won't be long before you hear this song From somewhere in Berlin. . . . and the end of the last verse is something like: And while we're away every hour of every day We hope and pray that you will keep the home fires burning |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,johnp Date: 08 Jan 23 - 04:35 PM They found his bollocks, a thousand miles away Floating in Honolulu Bay Swimmin` With naked wimmin And having a wonderful time. RAF NS lads 1962 Wood Norton |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,Clarkie Date: 27 Aug 23 - 08:42 AM Taught to me by my father from his St Andrews Uni days in the early 60's: Hitler has only got one ball Göring has two but very small Himmler has something similar But poor old Goebels has no balls at all Where was the engine driver when the engine boiler bust They found his bollocks 10,000 miles away Whilst searching in a pile of hay His penis was found on venus But poor old Goebels still has no balls at all |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 27 Aug 23 - 09:22 PM Los Angeles Area Council - BSA ing Had three camps in the local mountains (Lake Arrowhead Scout Camps) and several more. The local mountains have been subjects of wild-fires for melleniums. The camp fees were addressed by facilities resources available. "Big Horn" expensive, with dinning-hall. "Pepperdine" great merit-badge resources - cook your own "Cedar" scared by multiple fires - resonable - same programs. The following Col Boggie was "banned" from being sung...by the staff... But, somehow ... it reapeared each summer ... And was sung with gusto and pride by each new week's campers: Cedar, looks like a great disease... Cedar - We can beat her ... With either Bighorn or even Pepperdine. Sincerely, Gargoyle Curiously, that camping complex is now known as "Forest Lawn" a local mortuary/cemetery conglomerate. |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 27 Aug 23 - 09:22 PM Los Angeles Area Council - BSA ing Had three camps in the local mountains (Lake Arrowhead Scout Camps) and several more. The local mountains have been subjects of wild-fires for melleniums. The camp fees were addressed by facilities resources available. "Big Horn" expensive, with dinning-hall. "Pepperdine" great merit-badge resources - cook your own "Cedar" scared by multiple fires - resonable - same programs. The following Col Boggie was "banned" from being sung...by the staff... But, somehow ... it reapeared each summer ... And was sung with gusto and pride by each new week's campers: Cedar, looks like a great disease... Cedar - We can beat her ... With either Bighorn or even Pepperdine. Sincerely, Gargoyle Curiously, that camping complex is now known as "Forest Lawn" a local mortuary/cemetery conglomerate. |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,Clarkie Date: 27 Aug 23 - 08:42 AM Taught to me by my father from his St Andrews Uni days in the early 60's: Hitler has only got one ball Göring has two but very small Himmler has something similar But poor old Goebels has no balls at all Where was the engine driver when the engine boiler bust They found his bollocks 10,000 miles away Whilst searching in a pile of hay His penis was found on venus But poor old Goebels still has no balls at all |
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Subject: RE: Origin: lyrics to Colonel Bogey From: GUEST,Joe Baggs Date: 20 Jun 25 - 04:32 AM Anyone ever heard Bovril, thats all the band would play, Bovril, they played it night and day, etc. I think my dad sang that. Maybe a sanitised version of "bollocks"? |
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