Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 19 Jul 21 - 02:25 PM

hoot- that is obvious nonsense- the point I made originally was simply that Tom had recorded the song- I made no comment on its quality.

I don't agree with your description of the song as 'trite' and I respect the man's judgment that it was worthy of inclusion on the CD- you don't seem to?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: Cool Beans
Date: 19 Jul 21 - 10:52 AM

And another verse Oscar sang:

My husband's a groom, etc.
All day he mounts horses, mounts horses, mounts horses...

(I don't why he didn't sing "jockey" instead of "groom." It scans better and causes less confusion on first hearing.)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 19 Jul 21 - 10:27 AM

jim,

You are passing judgement on someone of whom you know absolutely nothing

"The tone of your reply" ????   Oh Dear.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: Cool Beans
Date: 19 Jul 21 - 10:10 AM

Two verses I learned from the singing of Oscar Brand. They're on a live album he did in the 60s accompanied by Fred Hellerman on guitar and Billy Faier on banjo:

My husband's a sexton, a sexton.
My husband's a sexton is he.
All day he bangs bells, he bangs bells, he bangs bells.
At night he comes home and drinks tea.

AND a variant on the carpenter verse..

My husband's a carpenter, etc.
All day he screw bolts, he screws bolts, he screws bolts.
At nigh he comes home and drinks tea.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 19 Jul 21 - 09:59 AM

The tone of your reply inclines me to believe there is quite a lot you wouldn't approve of.
I knew Tom over many years too, not well, but enough to know he wouldn't be too worried about the disapproval of others.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 18 Jul 21 - 04:41 PM

jim bainbridge

I am perfectly aware of Tom's output, knew him well from the mid sixties and played sessions alongside him once sometimes twice a week (when he wasn't in Sweden or the States) until very shortly before his demise.

I believe that this ditty started out in the barrack room. The way I learnt it the first verse begins with a sergeant. All day long he fucks men about, fucks men about, fucks men about, And then he comes home and fucks me.

You have no idea what I would approve of but I don't approve of bowdlerization of good honest bawdy material.

What's the point?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 18 Jul 21 - 05:38 AM

You may wonder why he recorded this- it's a funny little song but Tom had already recorded a vast amount of material which no doubt 'hootenanny' would approve of ?
He had a fine sense of humour & his solo performances often featured similar little snatches of comic songs- this is just typical Tom Paley!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 15 Jul 21 - 03:58 PM

I have never understood why Tom would record such trite material as this. Even at this stage in life he was capable of recording far better material from his long career.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: GUEST,#
Date: 15 Jul 21 - 02:46 PM

Here ya go, jim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RhCU4aJOVk

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 15 Jul 21 - 02:40 PM

i'm sure Tom Paley pput this on what I think was his last CD, a few years ago- name escapes me

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Follow the Band / My Husband's a Mason
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Jul 21 - 02:55 AM

https://royalchessmen.com/2006/10/my-husband/

My Husband
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The Bawdy Balladeers

My husband’s a carpenter, a carpenter, a carpenter
My husband’s a carpenter is he.
All day he bangs nails, he bangs nails, he bangs nails
and at night he comes home and drinks tea.

My husband’s a mason, a mason, a mason.
My husband’s a mason is he.
All day he lays bricks, he lays bricks, he lays bricks
and at night he comes home and drinks tea.

My husband’s a gormet, a gormet, a gormet.
My husband’s a gormet is he.
All day he eats food, he eats food, he eats food
and at night he comes home and drinks tea.

My husband’s a glassblower, a glassblower, a glassblower.
My husband’s a glassblower is he.
All day he blows glass, he blows glass, he blows glass
and at night he comes home and drinks tea.

My husband’s a husband, a husband, a husband
My husband’s a husband is he.
All day he drinks tea, he drinks tea, he drinks tea
and at night he comes home and drinks mead.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ren Faire song: My husband (?)
From: MMario
Date: 05 Oct 99 - 02:01 PM

alternate chorus:

me oh my, how happy am I , my husband's a xxxxxx, he

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ren Faire song: My husband (?)
From: Jeri
Date: 05 Oct 99 - 01:44 PM

Hey, rig-a-jig, kiss a little pig, follow the link to FOLLOW THE BAND

Subject: Ren Faire song: My husband's a (?)
From: Cheritarte
Date: 05 Oct 99 - 01:00 PM

Please help! Looking for lyrics for a bawdy song I've heard at a few Renaissance Faires. Many verses for many husbandly occupations - goes something like this:

My husband's a farmer
a farmer
a farmer is he
What does he do?
He plows fields
He plows fields
He plows fields
And at night he come home and plows...
(Chorus which I don't recall)