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Subject: Lyr Req: hole in the elephant bottom From: acegardener Date: 15 Oct 10 - 04:31 AM I just wandered if there are any other verses to this song the origins are unknown to me Iwanted to go on the stage well soon my ambition was gotten as i stared down on the audience through the hole in the elephant bottom It's dark and as damp as the mines the smell it is putrid and rotten but you don't expect O de Cologne from the hole in the elephant bottom hitler invaded with planes he had great big bombs and he dropped them some ran for the shelters, I know where I ran up the hole in the elephant bottom there's pockets all round the insides for bottles of brown if yo got them the audience laughs when I blow off the froth through the hole in the elephants bottom I courted a fair pretty maid my mates they say she will drop em but when she did it was nearly as big as the hole in the elephants bottom The last verse seems a bit barrack room and might have been added later. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hole in the elephant bottom From: GUEST, Sminky Date: 15 Oct 10 - 06:34 AM The Hole In The Elephant's Bottom My ambition's to go on the stage And now you can see that I've got on. In the pantomime I am engaged To play the elephant's bottom. Now the girls all think that I'm it When they sit in the stalls I can spot 'em And I wink at the ones in the pit Through the hole in the elephant's bottom. Now this part doesn't have any words There is nothing that can be forgotten I spend all my time pushing property turds Through the hole in the elephant's bottom. One day we played in a farce And they stitched up the backside with cotton It split and showed all of me bum Through the hole in the elephant's bottom. One day two queers came in On the stage before anyone could stop 'em But they gave me a lovely bouquet Through the hole in the elephant's bottom. The manager said 'That's all wrong!' As they sit in the stage you could spot 'em So I use a telescope now Through the hole in the elephant's bottom. My landlady packs up my meals One day I went out and forgot 'em So now every day she feeds me with buns Through the hole in the elephant's bottom. There are pockets inside of the cloth For some bottles of beer if you've got 'em But they hiss and they boo if I blow out the froth Through the hole in the elephant's bottom. Now the fellow who plays the front part As an actor he is simply rotten Through bad beer he does nothing but fart While I play the elephant's bottom. Some people may think this song good Others may think that it's rotten Those who don't like it can just push their nose Up the whole of an elephant's bottom. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hole in the elephant bottom From: banjoman Date: 15 Oct 10 - 07:03 AM I wanted to go on the stage My ambition I've finally begotten Now in pantomime I'm all the rage As the hole in the elephant's bottom I was walking one day down the strand When their Majesties I happened to spot 'em And I felt so grand when I shook the King's hand Thro' the whole in the elephant's bottom This is nearly the end of this song Its as different as cheese is from charcoal If you don't like the prose you can go stick your nose Up the hole in etc ...... Lots of variations on the verses others have listed, and a few I've not heard before |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: Joe Offer Date: 15 Oct 10 - 02:35 PM Is this sung to a known melody, or does it have a tune of its own? Seems like some nice person should record this and post it on YouTube... -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: Bernard Date: 15 Oct 10 - 04:14 PM I've got an audio recording of Archie Tawney singing this a few years ago (his younger brother was Cyril). If anyone would like it, please PM me. |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: GUEST,Snuffy (not at home) Date: 15 Oct 10 - 04:34 PM I believe our own Mr Happy has been known to give a rendition of this cultural masterpiece |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: Steve Gardham Date: 15 Oct 10 - 04:49 PM John Cherry ex of Beverley, now of York (Black Swan) was the chief exponent of this one in our neck of the woods. |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: The Vulgar Boatman Date: 15 Oct 10 - 05:24 PM A lady she walked up to me, She said, "You're a star, I can spot 'em", I said, "No madam, thanks, I'm not Douglas Fairbanks, I'm the hole in the elephant's bottom." KYBTTS |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: GeoffLawes Date: 15 Oct 10 - 05:48 PM Steve Gardham is too modest (or has perhaps grown too old to remember) that the British Sound Library contains his recording of John Cherry singing the song HERE |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: Alan Day Date: 15 Oct 10 - 05:59 PM This song has been sung for many years by the wonderful singer songwriter from very near Horsham in Sussex - Dave Toy Al |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: banjoman Date: 16 Oct 10 - 06:09 AM I first heard this being sung by the late Pete Mcgovern in Liverpool and picked up the additional verses along the way ever since. A great song and one always able to get an audience singing |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: GUEST,Silas Date: 16 Oct 10 - 06:12 AM 'Our' first verse is; I wanted to go on the stage But my acting it really was rotten But at pantomime I'm all the rage As the hole in the elephants bottom. |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: Tradsinger Date: 17 Oct 10 - 05:51 AM Here's my version, learnt in the 60s from a Sussex singer: I wanted to go on the stage, But the parts that they gave me were rotten In pantomime I was the rage As the hole in the elephant's bottom tra-la-la la la la (twice) The inside is lined up with shelves For bottle of bass if you've got 'em But the audience ain't partial to me blowing the froth Out the hole in the elephant's bottom Now me landlady makes sandwiches for me But one day I forgot 'em Halfway through the matinee they passed 'em on a tray Up the hole in the elephant's bottom Now some people sends me fan mail And others they sends me a parcel The postman delivers 'em care of the stage And the hole in the elephant's bottom If the Russians should ever attack With their megaton bombs and they drops 'em You can keep you fallout shelters I know where I'll be Up the hole in the elephant's bottom. Now some people won't like this song Others may think that's it's rotten But them as don't like it can go stuff their heads Up the hole in the elephant's bottom. Sheer poetry! Tradsinge |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: Steve Gardham Date: 17 Oct 10 - 03:12 PM Geoff, Senility, not modesty! |
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Subject: RE: req/ADD: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: GUEST,Bob L Date: 18 Oct 10 - 05:34 AM There were two little kids in the stalls, And I could have cheerfully shot 'em, Thoughout the whole show they kept blowing dried peas At the hole in the elephant's bottom We played for the Royal Command, Their majesties, I could just spot 'em, And the National Anthem sounds grand Through the hole in the elephant's bottom And for historic interest only: Let Bush invade if he will, His bombs and his shells he can drop 'em, When Saddam finds shelter I know where he'll go, Through the hole in the elephant's bottom. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: GUEST,Ricardo Date: 24 Aug 17 - 04:19 PM Anyone got the guitar chords. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: The Hole in the Elephant's Bottom From: GUEST,Guest, Ruggero Date: 05 Aug 22 - 04:19 PM A lady admirer of mine sent me a brown paper parcel addressed as of course you may guess to the man in the elephants a***hole |
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