Origins: The Single Bollinder

Subject: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: Leadfingers
Date: 19 Oct 10 - 08:52 AM

Couldnt find anything in Search , but I am trying to find who is to blame for this Canal Based ReWrite of the N E Coal Mine song Little Chance - First verse I have is :-

I had a Single Bollinder it was a fine machine
It used to run like hell in the night when all its parts were clean
I wound it up one morning at the bottom of Itchington Ten
It went right through the BaskYard Pound before it fired again

I am pretty sure I have ALL the verses , and the tune and chords , its the Original Author I am looking for !
Ta V M !

Subject: RE: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: Howard Jones
Date: 19 Oct 10 - 09:20 AM

Any chance of posting the rest of the words, and the tune? I've a friend with a part-share in a Bollinder-powered boat who I'm sure would be interested in this.

Can't help with the author, I'm afraid.

Subject: RE: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: pavane
Date: 19 Oct 10 - 09:26 AM

Don't know this one, but there is a different song involving a Bollinder on "Songs of a changing world" by Jon Raven, Nic Jones, & Tony Rose.

Something like:
"With a bang like the sound of a ten pounder gun,
The ancient old Bollinder started to run"

Subject: RE: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: Sugwash
Date: 19 Oct 10 - 09:36 AM

All you ever need to know about Bolinder diesel engines clicky.

Subject: RE: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: GUEST,RWJ
Date: 19 Oct 10 - 09:52 AM

With a bang like the sound of a ten pounder gun is from the old Rosemary. Dont know the other one.
Ron

Subject: RE: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: Leadfingers
Date: 19 Oct 10 - 10:07 AM

OOOPS !! Decided to look up 'Little Chance' to find a tune reference and disovered I have been spelling Single Bollinder wrong ! There is only ONE 'L' and there is a thread AND its in the D T Here an its credited to Dave Blagrove !

Subject: RE: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: Ian Hendrie
Date: 19 Oct 10 - 10:39 AM

Also to be found, with nearly 200 other canal related songs on Songs of the Inland Waterways . Any additional information about 'The Single Bolinder' or any other canal song would be most welcome.

Subject: RE: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 19 Oct 10 - 07:36 PM

Terry - saw this thread, and thought David Blagrove, but I see you've already got there!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: Leadfingers
Date: 19 Oct 10 - 07:53 PM

Thanks Kitty - I had it in my thick skull that it WASNT a Blagrove !

Subject: RE: Origins: The Single Bollinder
From: GUEST,cg
Date: 20 Oct 10 - 11:42 AM

And the mondegreen is . . .

I had a single bollinder and it was a fine machine. It used to run like Eleanor Knight when all it's parts were clean.