The Portuguese? The Portugeezer?

Subject: The Portuguese? The Portugeezer?
From: Evil Roy Slade
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 09:52 AM

A comic song possibly by someone called Bridgestone - all about unrequited love and the murder of a Portuguesa/Portugeezer? Any help on lyrics or guitar chords/tab?

Subject: RE: The Portuguese? The Portugeezer?
From: Peter the Squeezer
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 10:04 AM

Try this one!

http://www.bernardcromarty.co.uk/portuguese.html

Peter

Subject: RE: The Portuguese? The Portugeezer?
From: Paul Burke
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 12:58 PM

It's been posted here.

Rory Heap used to sing this to a tune related to the Star of the County Down, which I think fits it rather better.

Subject: RE: The Portuguese? The Portugeezer?
From: Ross Campbell
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 01:37 PM

Paddy Roberts - She Loved a Portuguese

Ross

Subject: RE: The Portuguese? The Portugeezer?
From: howbe on
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 01:47 PM

Think your thinking of Derek Brimstone who used to sing it in the 1970's and possibly still does.

Subject: RE: The Portuguese? The Portugeezer?
From: GUEST,Lanfranc on holiday and cookieless
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 07:08 PM

But it wasn't written by Paddy Roberts!!!

Derek Brimstone is and always was the best-known performer of this song, and for good reason...

In reply to a query on an earlier thread he emailed the following...

".....'Portuguese' was written by a chap called Patrick Cogshill. He was a student at Exeter university and he did a floor spot at my gig there - sang three brilliantly funny songs that he'd written - and that was one of them. He dictated the words to me - (I wish I'd got the other two, they were just as good)- and the rest is history. I never saw, or heard from him again - just sort of immediately lost touch, although I attributed the song to him on my first album"

I wonder what happened to Patrick Cogshill - will he one day emerge from obscurity and claim his back royalties?

When I perform the song, I attribute it correctly "by Patrick Cogshill out of Derek Brimstone!". It would be good if others did too!

Alan

Subject: RE: The Portuguese? The Portugeezer?
From: Ross Campbell
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 07:54 PM

Sorry, Lanfranc, I have seen the attribution and should have pointed that out as well.
Ross

Subject: RE: The Portuguese? The Portugeezer?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 08:11 PM

I 'Collected' the song from someone who attributed it to Paddy Roberts ! I MUST remember it was Mr Cogshill !