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Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! Related threads: Lyr ADD: Tall Ships (Pete McNab) (14) Lyr Req: One Eyed Cormorant (Pete McNab) (60) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: JHW Date: 16 Jul 21 - 03:57 PM I think the melody I've heard is like Putting on the style. (but I'm no golfer). Sung superbly at The Glaisdale pub when such things happened. Raggytash or Malcolm will know by who. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Date: 16 Jul 21 - 09:07 AM The tune of the chorus is a variant of putting on the style. The verse is a bit further away from it, as we first sang it back in the 1990s. Robin |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: GUEST,Sol Date: 16 Jul 21 - 06:01 AM Oops - last line again. I'd (have her?) down our NIGHTJAR or we'd SWALLOW a SWIFT half" |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: GUEST,Sol Date: 16 Jul 21 - 05:59 AM Here's my stab at the queried lyrics, marked '???' above. V2 - "I don't mind a LARK about with a REDBREAST or BLUE TIT" V4 - "We'd shout out lines like 'see you, HEN' I'd like to see you cluck I'd |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: GUEST Date: 16 Jul 21 - 03:38 AM Well, the tune I've heard wasn't Putting on the Style (although John "Mitch" Mitchell has used that for his song about geriatric singers and their groupies...). Kitty |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: GUEST,Dave Date: 15 Jul 21 - 04:56 PM It's sung to the tune of Lonnie Donegan’s 1957 hit “Putting On The Style”. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: MoorleyMan Date: 16 Mar 20 - 08:10 AM So - not wishing to be a "birden" (LOL!), but can any keen songornithologists out there supply the opening couplet?! To one's "shag-rin", they are tantalisingly clipped from the Harwich ShantyFest rendition... |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: EBarnacle Date: 15 Mar 20 - 01:02 PM I am surprised that no one has mentioned that fine movie, based on te James Bond canon, "The Shag Who Spied Me." |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: EBarnacle Date: 15 Mar 20 - 12:41 PM So fill in th blanks, already! |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: Mr Red Date: 13 Mar 20 - 01:18 PM Lyr Req: One Eyed Cormorant (Pete McNab) previous Mudcat thread |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: Mr Red Date: 13 Mar 20 - 01:13 PM I did ask Pete if he would allow the lyrics to be posted. He declined. It is his swan song, if you see what I mean........... |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Date: 11 Mar 20 - 06:12 AM Very similar. Robin |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: GUEST,Observer Date: 11 Mar 20 - 05:46 AM Goes to the tune of "My Old Man's A Dustman" if memory serves me right. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Date: 11 Mar 20 - 04:02 AM Pete also wrote a sequel where the cormorant explore the possibility that he might be gay. Robin |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: cnd Date: 10 Mar 20 - 05:39 PM Read another Mudcat thread here From this YouTube video I transcribed part of the lyrics. I can't quite fill in all the blanks, and the recording I found picks up partway through, but here's a good start at least. ..... glamorous, and some are quite absurd But what it is attracts you, it's really hard to tell But you'll always end up finding a-one that looks quite like yourself Oh! I'm a one-eyed cormorant, I'm looking for a shag, I don't want an Eider duck or a drake that's dressed in drag The bird I want's a cracker, a one-eyed little dish With a twinkle in that one good eye and a breath that reeks of fish Well I've been out with other birds, that's the one thing I'll admit I don't mind ????a lot about???? with a red breast or blue tit But when it comes to choosing one you really shouldn't rush For when you think you've chose a nightingale you can end up in the thrush Oh! I'm a one-eyed cormorant, I'm looking for a shag, I don't want an Eider duck or a drake that's dressed in drag The bird I want's a cracker, a one-eyed little dish With a twinkle in that one good eye and a breath that reeks of fish Well, the first time that I kissed her, I pecked her on the cheek But then she went and disappeared, she'd gone for half a week And when at last I'd found her, well she'd been there all the while But with one-eyed me next to one-eyed she, it really cramps your style! Oh! I'm a one-eyed cormorant, I'm looking for a shag, I don't want an Eider duck or a drake that's dressed in drag The bird I want's a cracker, a one-eyed little dish With a twinkle in that one good eye and a breath that reeks of fish I met her down on the rocks but I've not had any luck We'd shout out lines like "see you" and "I'd like to see you cluck" I ???? nor ???? oh, we swallow us with half But she says "no thanks, darlin' cause that only makes I laugh" Oh! I'm a one-eyed cormorant I'm looking for a shag, I don't want an Eider duck or a drake that's dressed in drag The bird I want's a cracker, a one-eyed little dish With a twinkle in that one good eye and her breath that reeks of fish [interlude to the tune of "My Way" by Frank Sinatra] Egrets, I had a few, but then again too few to mention Well, I went last a-courtin', no longer on the loose No more chasing after wrens or looking for the youths Now you might think I'm stupid going out with the same old hag But to me she'll always be the one, she's my very first shag Oh! I'm a one-eyed cormorant I've found meself a shag, I don't want an Eider duck or a drake that's dressed in drag The bird I've got's a cracker, a one-eyed little dish With a twinkle in that one good eye and a breath that reeks of fish With a twinkle in that one good eye and a breath that reeks of fish |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-Eyed Cormorant Looking for a Shag! From: GUEST Date: 10 Mar 20 - 04:27 PM Has anyone ever been able to find the lyrics? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-eyed Cormorant looking for a Shag! From: Soldier boy Date: 20 Sep 11 - 09:34 AM Thanks Kitty |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-eyed Cormorant looking for a Shag! From: Herga Kitty Date: 19 Sep 11 - 10:40 AM It was written by Pete McNab, who lives in Cheddar, and one of the people I've heard sing it is Gideon Barrett, lately of Hanging Johnny, who visited Whitby during Folk Week this year (though only briefly I think). IIRC there's been a previous thread on this, which I'll refresh if I find it. Kitty |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One-eyed Cormorant looking for a Shag! From: Dave Earl Date: 19 Sep 11 - 10:18 AM And the difference between a Cormorant and a Shag is? You won't find a cormorant in Portsmouth on a Saturday night. D |
Subject: Lyr Req: One-eyed Cormorant looking for a Shag! From: Soldier boy Date: 19 Sep 11 - 09:14 AM I am seeking help to find the words and tune for a very humourous song called "The one-eyed Cormorant looking for a Shag". I heard about this song at Whitby Folk Week this year and was told little bits of it and was told that when others heard this song they ended up with an ache in their sides from so much belly laughing. Someone mentioned the name of the person who wrote the song but I can't remember it know and sincerely hope that I do not offend the author of this song or anyone else by asking for details of it here on Mudcat. So hope I am not doing anything inappropriate and that someone can help me. Many thanks Chris |
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