Lyr Req: Monkey Dung

Subject: Lyr Req: Monkey Dung
From: GUEST,Singerdave
Date: 24 Dec 22 - 07:53 AM

Looking for the lyrics and chords please for the above song. It I believe is related to asbestos in the old ship building trade.
Help appreciated.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Monkey Dung
From: cnd
Date: 24 Dec 22 - 08:48 AM

"Monkey Dung Man" by The Unthanks, is from their album Songs of Shipyards Vol. 3. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Music, and a handful of other subscription streaming services. Can't listen for lyrics at this very moment but perhaps that's a start.

The Unthanks have filed their soundtrack to Richard Fenwick's documentary about the north-east's shipyards under "Diversions Vol 3", but it proves as arresting as their "proper" albums. It's a stark creation, using little more than piano, violin and voices, but its minimalism lends poignancy to songs and poetry narrating the glory and grime of a vanished era. Mostly it's grime that's recalled; the hellish Black Trade that makes "life a job", while Monkey Dung Man relates the perils of asbestos. (The Guardian)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Monkey Dung
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Dec 22 - 09:23 PM

It's also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_sgoa4_Rqk&t=2037s

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Monkey Dung
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 25 Dec 22 - 08:18 PM

The tune is:

I'm A Little Tea Pot

Set in a minor key.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

We used the stuff in public school for meddling creations that would not require a kiln.