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Subject: Wales v Scotland: a ditty From: Splott Man Date: 18 Feb 10 - 04:00 AM This has a very short shelf life, so feel free to add, subtract and adjust. (To a tune by Cyril Tawney) (NB. for the uninitiated, a hooker is a particular member of the team)) I went to a rugby game Hey, the last bus is leaving Seventy thousand, in they came Haul away to Cardiff. We weren't playing well at all Hey, the last points are needing Scotland wouldn't give us the ball Or let us near the try line. Lawson got a yellow card Hey, the hooker is leaving Now the points came thick and hard Haul away to the sin bin. We went back to celebrate And the last coach is leaving Drinking lagers till quite late Haul away to Hensol*. No room service isn't good Hey, the golf carts are leaving Feeling peckish, needing food Haul away to the M4. We were stopped by Mr Plod And my senses are leaving Now I'm dropped from the national squad Haul away for ever. Lyrics Ned Clamp (while sitting in a traffic queue) *Hensol Castle is where the Welsh team stay during a match weekend. It is now a hotel and golf resort, but used to be a Mental Hospital. |
Subject: RE: Wales v Scotland: a ditty From: Dave MacKenzie Date: 18 Feb 10 - 04:09 AM I've known quite a few Hookers (Rugby ones) in my time, and I didn't think any of them were that particular. |
Subject: RE: Wales v Scotland: a ditty From: Newport Boy Date: 18 Feb 10 - 12:54 PM Nice one, Splott Man - a good laugh on a filthy day. I've just spent half an hour shovelling snow to be able to get the car in! (Pedant Warning) Cyril Tawney spent a lot of time explaining that, although everyone sang 'Haul away', he wrote 'Call away', the dyso being a powered craft. Phil |
Subject: RE: Wales v Scotland: a ditty From: bubblyrat Date: 18 Feb 10 - 01:00 PM There's a very good story / letter in today's "Times",about a 4-year-old girl who lived in Wales and was /is passionate about rugby. On moving back to their English home in Hampshire,she was asked,at an "induction class" at her new school,what she wanted to be when she grew up. "A hooker " she replied,to the dismay and consternation of the teacher ! |
Subject: RE: Wales v Scotland: a ditty From: bubblyrat Date: 18 Feb 10 - 01:16 PM The proper spelling is "Dghasja ",usually pronounced "Dyso" by Jolly Jacks Tar, or rather the not-so-jolly Jack Tar in the song. Originally not too dissimilar to a Venetian gondola ( unsurprisingly) and similarly propelled, in the hey-day of the Royal Navy's use of Maltese harbours, many Dghasjas,powered or otherwise, were pressed into service as "waterborne taxis" in order to convey nautical inebriates about the place. Thus,given the"taxi" connotation,the word "Call" is much more likely than "Haul", as one does,in nautical parlance "call away" a ship's boat( by using a Boatswain's Call to "make a pipe" as opposed to vocally,of course ). A similar vessel in Hong Kong harbour was called a "Rymo Taxi". I have absolutely no idea why.Sorry. |
Subject: RE: Wales v Scotland: a ditty From: Newport Boy Date: 18 Feb 10 - 04:25 PM Cyril Tawney's full explanation is here . You have to wait until the last sentences for the lyric corrections. The whole piece is well worth a read. Phil |
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