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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,My Mom used to sing: Date: 09 Jun 21 - 01:08 PM After the ball was over She took out her glass eye Put her false leg in the corner Corked up the bottle of rye Put her false teeth on the counter Hung her wig on the wall What remained to be seen After the ball |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Kev. Date: 29 Mar 21 - 05:08 AM My Mum used to sin a version of this which ran: "One glass eye and a wooden leg And I said, 'Is that you,Mona?' She said, 'It is and the rest of me Is over in the corner!" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: Long Firm Freddie Date: 24 Feb 21 - 11:44 AM From the Oldham Tinkers "An Oldham Rugby Medley": Pity the team in blue, lads The sweet little team in blue They were braggin’ and they were swankin’ ‘Bout what they were going to do Jim Valentine got the ball, lads And thowt he would easily score But Barney copped ‘im and gently dropped ‘im They’ll meet on an ‘appier shore LFF |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Venessa Date: 23 Feb 21 - 06:54 PM My moms version was: After the ball was over, Sally took out her glass eye, She took out her teeth and brushed them and hung up her hair to dry, Stood her wooden leg in the corner and pasted an ear on the wall, That's what was left of poor Sally After the ball. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Angela Mason Date: 07 Aug 19 - 12:51 AM My grandmother would sing: After the ball was over Annie took out her glass eye, stood her wooden leg in the corner corked up her bottle of dye Put her false teeth in some water hung her blond wig on the line After the ball was over Annie said she felt just fine. My grandfather sang the same song but at the end he would say after the ball was over Annie crawled into the bed and died. And this was part of my early childhood development. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Muso Date: 13 Dec 17 - 03:17 AM My father used to sing a football- related version but I can't remember the complete lyrics. Those I recall are:- Line 1 After the ball was over, after the whistle blew Line 2 ? Line 3 ? Line 4 Head over heels went the goalie Line 5 After the ball. The parody was not linked to a specific football team (as are one or two in this thread) although the version I heard was sung in Ipswich, UK. Can any one (probably based many years ago in Suffolk, UK,) shed any light on the missing lines? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: Lighter Date: 18 Oct 17 - 10:01 AM For something completely different, we turn to the U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Wing, VMF-214 ("Black Sheep")in the Pacific in 1943: After Rabaul is over, After the close of day, Count up the Japs and Zeros, But just let me get away! Take all your Navy Crosses, Medals and ribbons too, Along with my orders and stuff them Right up your avenue! After Rabaul is over, After Bull Halsey's day, MacArthur can have the credit, Just send me home to stay! I don't want to be a hero, So take your wings of gold, To hell with the southwest Pacific, I just want to grow old! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: robomatic Date: 17 Oct 17 - 08:00 PM -boom!!!- Seagoon: "Duck!" Moriarty: "Why?" Seagoon: "There's a cannonball approaching!" Moriarty: "Right! I'll see you after the ball is over!" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,chuckie Date: 17 Oct 17 - 07:03 PM This is the version the old drunk lady sang in our production of the melodrama, "Because Their Hearts Were Pure". Still love it after 50 years. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 17 Nov 14 - 12:34 PM boring this, isn't it |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 17 Nov 14 - 02:30 AM My dad's version: After the ball was over, She took out her glass eye, Stood her false leg in the corner, Corked up her bottle of dye, Put her false teeth in water, Hung up her c@nt on the wall, Then what was left went to bye byes, After the ball |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 26 Jul 14 - 03:22 PM Reminds me of the very unfortunate, very unfortunate, very unfortunate man. Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Bonnie Black Date: 25 Jul 14 - 04:25 PM The day of the ball was coming. Katie got out her hair dye, Took her wax ear from the cupboard, Uncorked her bottle of rye, Got her false teeth from the water, Chased down the dog for her shoe. If only she can keep her wits about her And find that damned pot of glue. After the ball was over, Katie took out her glass eye, Put her peg leg in the corner, Hung up her wig to dry, Put her false teeth in some water, Hung her wax ear on the wall. No, there wasn't much left of poor Katie after the ball. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Edgar's version( I think) Date: 11 Jul 14 - 04:17 PM After the ball was over After the break of day She put her false teeth in cold water She put he glass eye away Stood her wooden leg in the corner Hung her false hair on the wall All that was left went ta ta After the ball |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,rettadee Date: 24 Feb 14 - 08:24 PM my dad sang this to me when I was very small but did not forget lyrics After the ball was over Mary took out her glass eye Put her false teeth on the table Hung up her wig to dry Stood her peg leg in the corner Stuck her wax ear on the wall There wasn't much left of Mary After the ball!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,king kong Date: 11 Jan 14 - 08:48 AM after the ball was over mary took off her glass eye put her false teeth in water, hung up her hair to dry... leaned her peg leg in the corner, hung her wax ear on the wall... there wasn't much left of mary-- after the ball! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: Jim Carroll Date: 18 Aug 13 - 05:29 PM Liverpool version following an incident at a 'Pool match when a player continued to play after the final whistle Would rather visit North Wales on a wet Sunday than watch a football match, so I can't remember the players names - will insert the names of a couple I do remember After the Ball was over, after the whistle blew, Brierly got excited and down the pitch he flew, He passed the ball to Liddell, Liddell scored a goal He left the poor old goalie lying on his hole Jim Carroll |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 18 Aug 13 - 04:16 PM After the ball was over, see her take out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in water, wash off her paint and dye, Rest her false leg in the corner, hang up her wig on the wall, All that was left went to by bys, After the ball. My Grandmas version, 1904-1981 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Joanie DS Date: 13 Aug 13 - 11:51 AM I remember this from my dim and distant childhood - at 10 years old, we thought it hilarious! After the ball was over Sally took out her glass eye Laid her peg leg in the corner Put on a dab of hair dye Put her false teeth in cold water Hung her wig on the wall All that was left went to bye byes After the ball |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,charlie Date: 28 Jun 13 - 12:46 PM Well I have yet another, albeit similar version. After the ball was over she took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in the water, shook out of her hair the dye Kicked false leg in the corner, picked off her false nails, and all then waht was left went to bye byes - after the ball. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 12 - 01:33 PM The variation my mother sang ended with "put the rest under the covers, after the ball." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Murray on Saltspring Date: 31 May 12 - 02:53 PM Princetompax 5th Sept - I heard this from a fellow pupil (girl) at Bell-Baxter Secondary (Cupar Fife) around 1947. Thus: After the ball was over Johnny took me for a walk, He took me behind some bushes And said let's have a talk; He pulled oput a hairy monster And put it between my thighs, I said oh no John don't Or you'll make my belly rise. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Gill Date: 30 May 12 - 05:37 PM This is the real version, and I know this because my Nanna born in 1893 sang it to me 100s of times throughout my childhood. Nanna came from a large very poor family and only affordable entertainment was the local Eastbourne Music Hall, admission a penny I think she said. I'm certain this is closer to the original because it has more alliteration. After the ball is over See Nellie take out her glass eye Put her false teeth in water Cork up her bottle of dye Kick her cork leg in the corner Hang up her wig on the wall All that is left goes to bye-byes After the ball. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 29 Apr 12 - 06:35 PM My old headmaster at primary school was a part time jazz musician who used to get us all together on a Friday afternoon to sing songs from the music hall days etc. The version he taught us( in 1977 ish) was this: After the ball was over, she took out her glass eye. Put her false teeth in water, shook from her hair the dye. Kicked her cork leg in the corner, stripped off her false nails and all. Then what was left went to bye-byes after the ball. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 10 Nov 11 - 07:27 AM did paul mcartney write this |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After the Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,princetompax Date: 05 Sep 11 - 09:42 PM I remember my father singing: "After the ball was over Freddie took me for a walk Took me behind the bushes and told me not to talk" Sadly, he never got further than that, but there is obviously more. Can anyone supply the remainder, please? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 13 May 11 - 05:30 PM Has anybody got a version with Charlie Tully The Celtic player |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: threelegsoman Date: 07 May 11 - 12:51 PM Most of the parodies are variations of the same theme, and it is a similar variation I uploaded to YouTube along with the original song. Original song: After The Ball Is Over; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZzozzzavS0 Parody: After The Ball (Dismantled Bride; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u57ZS_2e7ns |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,clare Date: 06 May 11 - 01:25 PM My dad sang it this way, I thought he had made this up himself, alas I was wrong. After the ball is over See her take out her glass eye Put all her teeth in a basin Lock up her bottle of dye Stand her cork leg in the corner Hang up her wig on the wall All that is left goes to bye bye After the ball |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Jim Carroll Date: 05 May 11 - 02:44 AM From 1950s Liverpool Fill in the names of players as required. After the game had started, after the whistle blew, **** got excited, and down the field he flew, He passed the ball to ****, **** scored a goal, He left the poor old goalie sitting on his hole. Jim Carroll |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Guest Date: 04 May 11 - 08:05 PM Many nights after skiing all day and sitting around firesides entertaining guests 60's. After the ball was over Nellie took out her glass eye. Put her false teeth in a tumbler. Hung up her dyed wig to dry. She put her false leg in a corner Placed her tin ear by her bed After the ball was over Nellie was better off dead. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 23 Jan 11 - 12:16 PM I grew up with the same tune with slight variations: After the ball was over Mary took out her glass eye. Put her false teeth in water, Hung up her hair to dry. Threw her cork leg in the corner, Hung her wax ear on the wall. That's why you'd never know Mary, After the ball. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Guest Date: 27 Nov 10 - 09:21 AM My dad use to sing it to me in the 1950's with a change in the last line that I haven't read yet - After the ball was over, Mary took out her glass eye Put her false teeth in water, hung up her wig to dry Stood her peg leg in the corner Hung her tin ear on the wall After the ball was over There was no Mary at all! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 14 Oct 10 - 05:48 PM um... I'm related to the man who wrote this. it goes... after the ball was over she took out her glass eye stood her cork leg in the corner, opened a bottle of dye put her faulse teeth in the basin hung up her hair on the wall and what was left of her went to bed after the ball. I wish I could find out more about my Great Great Grand Father. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 20 Sep 10 - 11:27 PM Oh so funny! I just heard this in a movie we watched last week, which made me remember and wonder where this came from. Here's how MY Mom sang it: After the ball was over Katie took out her glass eye, Put her peg leg in the corner, Corked up her bottle of dye, I don't remember the rest - I'll have to check in with my siblings! Thanks for all these postings and variations - they made me laugh! Marcie |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,mrszzano Date: 01 Aug 10 - 11:58 PM I might as well add my mom's version, from the 50's. After the ball was over, Mamie took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in water, Hung up her wig to dry, Stood her peg leg in the corner, Hung her tin ear on the wall. And all that was left was her shadow After the ball. There you go, Mom, now you're out in cyberspace! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST Date: 02 Jun 10 - 02:55 PM After the ball was over, Nellie took out her glass eye Put her false teeth on the bureau Hung up her wig to dry Put her peg leg in the corner Hung up her crutch on the wall There wasn't much left of poor Nellie After the ball That's how my Dad used to sing it to us. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Pete Date: 28 May 10 - 03:11 PM These are all fairly similar so I may as well post the version I learned from my mother and passed on to my two daughters. Real oral tradition or what? After the ball was over, Maggie took ouy her glass eye, put her false leg in the corner, corked up her bottle of dye. Rinsed out her teeth in the basin, hung up her hair on the wall, and all that was left went to bye-byes, after the ball |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,Lori Spring Date: 28 May 10 - 02:06 PM This is a slightly different version I learned as a kid in the 1940's After the ball was over Mary took out her glass eye Put her false teeth in some water Hung up her hair to dry Put her wooden leg in the corner Hung her tin ear on the wall What was left went to slumber After the ball |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: trischief Date: 25 Dec 09 - 07:55 PM The only thing I would add to this discussion is a variation substituting the word "switch" in the line "hung her wig up on the wall". My grandmother sang this parody to me. She was from rural central Illinois, born in 1883. m |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: semi-submersible Date: 24 Nov 09 - 03:21 PM The "revolting" line above, "Coughed up her bottle of rye" sounds suspiciously close to the bit my mother sang me about "Corked up her bottle of dye." Oral transmission/folk process, I guess. After the ball was over Maggie took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in some water, Corked up her bottle of dye, Stood her false leg in a corner, Hung up her wig on the wall; Then what was left went to slumber After the ball. (Could've been "all the rest" instead of "what was left." I'm not sure.) I like Barbara's mother's version best in this thread. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,secaii Date: 24 Nov 09 - 11:12 AM After the ball was over, Sally took out her glass eye... Put her false teeth in some water, and hung her complexion to dry! Put her cork leg in the corner, Hung her wig on the wall... And that was all of poor Sally, After the ball! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Artful Codger Date: 18 May 09 - 11:35 PM D.J. O'Malley (under the name D.J. White) wrote the cowboy song "After the Roundup" (aka "When the Works All Done This Fall", 1893) to the tune of "After the Ball". Lyrics have already been posed in other threads. Nowadays, people usually sing it to other, less arty tunes. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: AFTER THE STRIKE (Joseph A. Hemer) From: dick greenhaus Date: 18 May 09 - 08:50 PM for those too proud to look things up in Digitrad, there's: Once a pretty maiden climbed an old man's knee Asked for a story-"Papa tell me, Why are you lonely, why are you sad, Why do your shopmates call you a scab?" I had friends, pet, long, long ye-ars ago, How I lost them you soon shall know; I'll tell it all, pet, tell all my shame; I was a scab, pet, I was to blame." cho: After the strike is over, After the men have won, After the shops have opened, After the notice is down; Many the heart is aching, Though the hope seems bright That many a scab will vanish After the strike. Brave men were fighting, standing side by side, Fighting for justice, fighting with pride, I then was with them---with them heart and soul, But when the test came, I left them in the cold, I thought it best, pet, best to turn a scab; Best to return, pet, to the job I had, That's why I'm lonely, that's why I'm sad, That's why my shopmates call me a scab. cho: Many years have passed, pet, since I won that name, And in song and story they have told my shame, I have tried to tell them, tried to explain, But they will not listen, pleading is in vain; Everywhere I wander, everywhere I roam, The story of my shame is sure to find my home, I'd give my life, pet, I'd give my all, If I had not turned traitor, or scabbed at all. cho: From American Labor Songs of the Nineteenth Century, Foner @parody @union @strike Note: published in the United Mine Workers' Journal, May 24, 1894 filename[ AFTRSTRK TUNE FILE: AFTRBALL CLICK TO PLAY RG |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Barbara Date: 18 May 09 - 07:52 PM Steve I think you're right. One of the pleasures (?) of getting older is that one doesn't realize one is repeating oneself. Also I can reread books and they're just like I've never read them before. Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 18 May 09 - 06:58 PM A different song, but right out of the same "playbook" of mischieviously altered material - a parody of "Silver Threads Among the Gold," another hoary oldie from the turn of the last century. "At the boarding house where we live, Everything is growing old. Silver threads are in the butter, All the bread has turned to mold. When the dog died, we hat hot dogs, When the cat died, catnip tea. When the landlord died, I left there; Spareribs were too much for me..." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Steve Gardham Date: 18 May 09 - 03:38 PM The theme is at least 17th century, probably older. I'm getting deja vu here. I'm sure there has already been a thread on these spare-part songs. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: Barbara Date: 18 May 09 - 12:27 PM After the ball was over Mary took out her glass eye Stood her peg leg in the corner Washed off the paint and the dye Put her false teeth in some water Hung up her hair on the wall, That's all that was left of poor Mary, they say, After the ball. My mother's version from maybe 50, 60 years back. Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: oldhippie Date: 17 May 09 - 07:59 PM Any more to this parody? After the war is over After Hitler's hung We will go on picnics Gee, we'll have some fun. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: After The Ball (was over)-parodies From: John P Date: 27 Mar 09 - 12:21 PM My mom used to sing: After the ball was over, Mabel took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in a tumbler, Pulled out a bottle of rye, Put her false teeth on the table, Hung her wig on the wall, After the ball was over, There's nothing left of Mabel at all. |
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