Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008

Subject: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Girl Friday
Date: 08 May 07 - 06:26 PM

At the Good Intent Tone Deaf Leopard were challenged to write a song for next year, featuring ten pints of beer. We wrote the chorus on the way back to the hotel, and a coffee time meet with John Barden on Monday produced the first verse. It's based on "Rolling down the River"


Now you know your time's well spent
Drinking in The Good Intent
Eyes are crossed, and knees are bent
Roll down to The Man of Kent

Chorus
Drinking up, drinking down
Getting drunk in Rochester Town
Plenty of pubs to go around
Rolling down the High Street.


Over to you to write a verse for each pub in Rochester High Street please.

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 May 07 - 02:58 AM

Ten tin tankards
Hanging on the wall..

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 May 07 - 03:00 AM

PS, I've actually got this really original idea. Let's sing folk songs.

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Girl Friday
Date: 13 May 07 - 05:47 PM

Very good Richard but there's nowt wrong with writing new'uns.
All of the traditional songs were written by someone, surely?
Now anyone got any proper verses?

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 13 May 07 - 06:05 PM

Just today written a 'traditional' styled one on the 'Collapse of the Folk Clubs' thread.

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 13 May 07 - 06:11 PM

You want one about beer?

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 13 May 07 - 06:15 PM

Or pubs in Rochester High Street....give us the names of some of the pubs then please....

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Girl Friday
Date: 13 May 07 - 08:16 PM

Pubs in Rochester High Street please, but beer should feature somewhere we feel. So here's a few suggestions.
The Royal Victoria and Bull, The Crown, Expectations, George Vaults, Kings Head, Ye Arrow, Jolly Knight, Eagle, Queen Charlotte, Two Brewers.

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 14 May 07 - 02:40 AM

That Jolly night in the Jolly Knight,
We supped our ewers of ale.
Hale and hearty songs were sung,
Of love, of hill and dale.

That sort of thing do?

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 14 May 07 - 04:06 AM

OOOh, Georgian, that's bordering on trad that is!!!

LTS

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 14 May 07 - 05:13 AM

I guess most of the stuff I write is in trad style...and much in older English dialect. Trad at heart me!

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Girl Friday
Date: 14 May 07 - 08:09 AM

It's very good Georgian but it don't fit the tune. As explained in the opening post... we are parodying "Rolling down the River" We've come up with a couple more verses ourselves.... anyone else please?

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Girl Friday
Date: 10 Jun 07 - 04:58 PM

Refresh

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 02:22 PM

Now it seems we're in the Bull
Barman, give that pump a pull.
Someone's tapping on me skull -
Could it be I'm getting full?

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 05:41 PM

I suppose that should be:

In the Royal Vic and Bull -
Barman, give that pump a pull.
Someone's tapping on me skull -
Could it be I'm getting full?

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 06:17 PM

Now we're drinking dry The Crown
Time to have another round,
Set 'em up and knock 'em down,
While the room keeps turning round.

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 06:24 PM

Here's another one:

Marched into the Queen Charlotte
"Let's have some of what you've got
Put it in me drinking pot"
"Out of here ye drunken sot!"

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 06:28 PM

This aptly named site has location maps for the pubs Pub Crawl

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: GUEST,Canberra Chris
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 06:34 AM

Here are some for those not yet attempted.

I think Richard is right, what we should be doing is searching for a song that was already written about all the Rochester High Street pubs, by person or persons unknown, probably some time ago.

Come to think of it, I did actually find the following verses in this old unsigned manuscript stuffed into a gap between the stones in the wall of Rochester castle ...

Beer comes up to Expectations
Drinking off our week's frustrations
'Til we start to lose our stations
Spinning round in wild gyrations

When we're at the old George Vaults
Whether landsmen or old salts
We disdain the single malts
Drinking beer that has no faults

Found the door was just too narrow
As I tried to leave Ye Arrow
Bloated like a giant marrow
Legless in a wheel barrow

Was it something that I said
Drinking in the old King's Head?
Made it home but wasn't fed,
Now I'm exiled from the bed

Drinkers' noses like a beagle
Sniff the beer down at the Eagle
Some so young they're scarcely legal
But the welcome there is regal

This next pub might need Two Brewers
For the scrum of thirsty queuers
In the end it all goes through us
Back into Rochester's sewers

Anonymous

Great session last night at the Greyhound, Maidstone, and to catch up with Melodeonboy before leaving. I hope Growler's lurgy realises soon it has bitten off more than it can chew. Imagine trying to make his voice husky!

Chris

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: GUEST,Charlotte the oast ouse opper
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 07:57 AM

folk at the greyhound? I live round the corner from there! why has no one told me!!!

When is it and can I come? :0)

I'm morris dancing alot right now, and having a real life apart from that! he he, but i'm sure i could make a few sessions at least...i want to learn this new Rochester song, being a rochester girl myself!

Charlotte :0)

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: The Barden of England
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 08:02 AM

GUEST,Charlotte the oast ouse opper - The Greyhound Sessions are always the 2nd and 4th. Monday of the month, so the next one is 25th. June.
I'm right upset that I wasn't there last night to see Canberra Chris, but I was worn out after a weeks travelling. I'm just round the corner from The Greyhound too.
John Barden

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: GUEST,Charlotte the oast ouse opper
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 04:43 PM

that sounds great, will definitely pop along and check it out!

Being from Medway, i'm still finding my folkie feet here in Maidstone, ir 'the stone' as i've heard some locals refer to it!

Charlotte :0)

Subject: RE: Song Challenge for Sweeps 2008
From: Girl Friday
Date: 16 Jun 07 - 06:31 PM

Thanks for those extra verses, McGrath, and Chris, we can possibly put the song together soon, and post it for all to learn. Don't forget, it is set to "Rolling Down the River"