Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....

Subject: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 26 Sep 20 - 04:52 AM

Allegedly written by “Brown Kendis” and recorded, inter alia, by the Everley Bros., the song “When its Night Time in Italy its Wednesday Over Here” has clearly “American” lyrics which are unlikely to have the same effect in the UK.

I’ve heard anglicised versions; there’s one sung by Robin Dransfield for starters. What do we have?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 27 Sep 20 - 05:38 AM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSr4qEigldA


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_the_Everly_Brothers





LYRICS HERE

https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/w/whenitsnighttimeinitalyitswednesdayoverhere.html
   
WHEN IT'S NIGHT-TIME IN ITALY IT'S WEDNESDAY OVER HERE
(Lew Brown / James Kendis)
Recorded by: Lou Holtz; Billy Jones; Edward Furman; William Nash.



A Rah-Rah-Rah-Rah college boy threw all his books away.

He said, "I've lost my appetite, my hair is turning grey.

I know my Greek and History, and Latin is a "pie",

But if East is East and West is West, then won't you tell me why



When it's night time in Italy it's Wednesday over here.

When it's fish day in Germany,

You can't get shaved in Massachusetts.

How high is up? I'd like to know.


How low is down? And when will we have snow?

If you bump into Gallager you'll find that Shean is near

When it's night-time in Italy it's Wednesday over here.

"

When it's night time in Italy it's Wednesday over here.

When it's Christmas in Albany,

They're catching fish in Scandanavia.

That's right, you're wrong.

No, no; you're wrong; that's right.

Although the days are long

It's always cool at night.


If you can't play the piccolo

The holidays are near

When it's night time in Italy and Wednesday over here.


This Rah-Rah-Rah-Rah college boy stood up in class and said,
"I looked up my Geography, and found out Ceasar's dead!
The reason I speak Portuguese is I'm some clever guy.
But if "parley vous" means "how are you"
then won't you tell me why

When it's night-time in Italy it's Wednesday over here.
All the onions in Sicily make people cry in California.
You drive a horse. I drive a Ford.
That doesn't prove a sailor is a board.
If you talk to an Eskimo his breath will freeze your ear.
When it's night-time in Italy it's Wednesday over here.

When it's night-time in Italy it's Wednesday over here.
When it's wash day in Piccardy
They're eating ice cream cones in Georgia
Sixteen and four makes thirty one.
Take eight from five and your day's work is done.
There are people who hesitate, but corned-beef makes them cheer
When it's night-time in Italy and Wednesday over here.

When it's night time in Italy, it's Wednesday over here.
When the wind blows in Louisville,
I always dream of Julius Caesar.
Young folks are young, of course
And old folks are old, why not.
Fire is very hot, but ice is sometimes cold.
Try and fondle a porcupine, what makes ice cream so dear?
When it's night time in Italy, it's Wednesday over here.

I saw a Chinaman
Fight a Scandanavian.
Up steped an Englishman, and said, "I'd like to speak.
Why kick this man around?
Why strike him when he's down?
Just hit him with a hammer and then bite him on his cheek!"

Up stepped an Irish cop
Who said, "This fight will have to stop.
I'd like to know what the scrap is all about".
They said, "When we tell you,
It will drive you nutty too."
And so they held the traffic up while they tried to figure out.

When it's night-time in Italy, it's Wednesday over here.
When the snow falls in Araby
They're squeezing grapes in California.
Look at you here. Grass on the dew.
Leather shoes are black, but other shoes are new.
If there's sunshine in Washington, what makes the moonshine dear?
When it's night time in Italy, it's Wednesday over here.

If you lay on a mattress, you'll find that spring is near.
If you haven't an appetite, just think of Paul Revere.
By the time that they pass a bill to bring back wine and beer,
It'll be night-time in Italy and Wednesday over here.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: GUEST,Kenny B (inactive)
Date: 27 Sep 20 - 06:45 AM

"When its night time in Italy " Sung by By Clinton Ford

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: leeneia
Date: 29 Sep 20 - 10:55 PM

Thanks for the lyrics, Geoff. This is another nonsense and nonsequiter song like "Peeping through the Knothole in Grandpa's Wooden Leg."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 20 - 05:53 AM

or 'Get off the gas stove Granny, you're too old to ride the range'

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 30 Sep 20 - 06:22 AM

The original lyrics are easy to come by but it’s alternative “anglicised” lyrics I’m looking for.

Unfortunately, lines such as “If you bump into Gallager you'll find that Shean is near” and “If there's sunshine in Washington, what makes the moonshine dear?” are probably time expired in the US and not understandable by the average UK audience.

From memory, one of the anglicised versions includes such lines as “Don’t ever try to milk a kipper” and “You can mock soup but you can’t mock turtle”.

If nobody can come up with one of the altrnatives, I’ll dig the old Robin Dransfield LP out and transcribe/post the lyrics.

R

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: cnd
Date: 30 Sep 20 - 11:11 AM

You can hear the version mentioned by Dransfield here: vhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqcYDEdYmAU

Another British version by The Two Gilberts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QVw1U4qqgQ&NR=1

I probably won't transcribe the first one, but I'm going to try and give the second one a go

Also check out this page, which has some discussion of Dransfield and other versions: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=17190

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 30 Sep 20 - 11:37 AM

Thanks for that, didn’t know there was an earlier thread - I did serch for one but nothing came up - it was started 20 years ago!

Robin Dransfield’s version is transcribed in the last of cnd’s links and that’s saved me a job. If anyone can explain the last post I’d be interested to hear it - the song does appear on Robin’s LP “Tidewave” - I think I bought it from him back in the early 1980s.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 30 Sep 20 - 11:47 AM

Let’s put a temporary hold on that one - reading through them, I’m not at all sure that the poster has it right. I didtincthly remember a line about going on our holidays and diving off Wigan Pier, so I need to check.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 01 Oct 20 - 07:12 AM

OK - below is a transcription of Robin Dransfield’s lyrics from his “Tidewave” LP which I digitised some time ago. It was was recorded in 1979/80 and I’m pretty sure they’e spot on.

I’ve also dug out the original vinyl and, in the sleeve notes, Robin claims to have re-written the lyrics “with the help of extra lyrics turned up by” John “Broadsheet King” Foreman; although, on the disk itself, it’s attributed to “J Kendis/L Brown - L Wright”.

The words “turned up by” suggest to me that there might be another version(s) out there somewhere.

A naughty haughty college boy threw all his books away
Says he I've lost my appetite my hair is turning grey
I know my Greek and history and Latin is a bind
And If east is east and west is west then can't you tell me, why oh why?

When it's nightime in Italy Its Wednesday over here
Oh the onions in Sicily make people cry in California
How does a fly? When does a bee?
And how does a wasp sit down to have its tea?
And if you talk to an Eskimo his breath will freeze your ear
When it's nightime in Italy and Wednesday over here

When it's nightime in Italy And Wednesday over here
and when its fish day in Birmingham don't ever try to milk a kipper
Dogs have their barks so do the trees
And pork pies are beef and some are mysteries
And we all pay our income tax and never shed a tear
When it's nightime in Italy and Wednesday over here

This learned derned college boy stood up in class and said
Well I've learned at my geography and found out Ceasar’s dead
But the reason I speak Portuguese is I'm some clever guy
And if “parley voo” means how are you then cant you tell me why oh why

When it's nightime in Italy Its Wednesday over here
And when its high tide at Waterloo you can mock soup but you can't mock turtle
How high is up I'd like to know
and how low is down and when shall we have snow
And if there’s houses for everyone and real hops in our beer
Then it's nightime in Italy and Wednesday over here

When it's nightime in Italy and Wednesday over here
And when we’re all multimillionaires we’ll have a land that’s fit for heros
there’ll be no storms, there’ll be no gales
and we’ll wear a smile just like the Prince of Wales
And we’ll all go on our holidays and dive off Wigan pier
When it's nightime in Italy and Wednesday over here

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Night Time in Italy .....
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Oct 20 - 10:59 AM

https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/w/whenitsnighttimeinitalyitswednesdayoverhere.html