Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague

Subject: Boxing song
From: GUEST,C Stuart Cook
Date: 19 Jun 24 - 04:32 PM

Any one know the lyrics to Cast Iron Hague. Song about an Oldham boxer.
Drawn a blank on song searches so far.

Subject: RE: Boxing song
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 19 Jun 24 - 04:51 PM

Haven't found a song, just 1 verse of poetry: Here

Several mentions elsewhere for the boxer, but all seem to give the nickname as 'Iron' Hague. If you're including 'cast iron' in your search it might be restricting the 'hits' you get.
Cheers

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: cnd
Date: 19 Jun 24 - 05:19 PM

C Stuart Cook,

Do you have any verses which could help with the search?

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 19 Jun 24 - 07:31 PM

To add to CND above:
Where did you hear it? (location geographic)
When? (decade)
How? (recording/radio/live/etc)
Why? (curious, rights, contract)



Sincerely,
Gargoyle

How do you know about Mudcat?

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 19 Jun 24 - 07:57 PM

google netherlands brings up - the subject we have been sent on a holiday scavenger hunt for:


James William "Iron" Hague (6 November 1885 – 18 August 1951) was a heavyweight boxer from Yorkshire.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle


Very disappointed ... I was expecting this to be about the judge, and city, Vlad will confront soon.

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: Cusco
Date: 20 Jun 24 - 01:19 AM

It suddenly infected me as an earworm.

Oh he’s a Bonny lad, Cast Irons a Champion
Oh he’s a Bonny lad Cast Iron Hague

They say he was expelled from school
For breaking each and every rule ………….

That’s as much of it that comes out of my addled brain.

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jun 24 - 05:41 AM

I’m now thinking it was a Tony Capstick song.

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: cnd
Date: 21 Jun 24 - 08:24 AM

No luck finding it here, even with the Capstick suggestion. Was it live, or recorded?

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: GUEST,C Stuart Cook
Date: 22 Jul 24 - 06:03 AM

It will have been live or maybe on a radio prog.

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: cnd
Date: 22 Jul 24 - 07:18 PM

Based on all your comments so far, I doubt this is the case, but could it be either Bendigo The Champion by David & Toni Arthur or Champion Jack by the Strawbs? Two of the very few British boxing songs I've heard.

Otherwise, no dice.

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: The Sandman
Date: 23 Jul 24 - 03:52 PM

There was a radio ballad called THE FIGHT GAME. MacColl Seeger and Charles Parker, could it be anything to do with that

Subject: RE: Req: Boxing song-Cast Iron Hague
From: GUEST,Lurcherman
Date: 25 Jul 24 - 10:32 AM

Iron Hague, a relation of mine obviously going back a few years. From Mexborough. One of my family had a photo of him catching the train to London for one of the title fights, A huge man in his flat cap surrounded by many many smaller guys in their caps…very Yorkshire