Lyr ADD: Harry Boardman - Gettin' Wed

Subject: Lyr Req: Harry Boardman - Gettin' Wed
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 20 Sep 24 - 05:42 PM

Anyone have the lyrics for this song off Topic's "Deep Lancashire" album?

Starts

"It can't be helped, it can't be stopped, when all is done and said
Whatever comes whatever goes, young folk keeps getting wed
Owd folk may kindly caution 'em and marriage woes proclaim
But young 'ens takes no 'eed of 'em, they just gets wed all t'same"

I think!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harry Boardman - Gettin' Wed
From: GUEST,Derek Schofield
Date: 20 Sep 24 - 05:52 PM

The words are in Harry's book, with Lesley, folk songs and ballads of Lancashire, 1973! Gosh.
Derek

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harry Boardman - Gettin' Wed
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Sep 24 - 10:23 PM

Here's a cute performance, not that I can understand it well enough to transcribe it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDkvpalOmMo

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bill\sables posted this, with lyrics almost the same as the YouTube recording:

Thread #37377   Message #520963
Posted By: bill\sables
04-Aug-01 - 11:26 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Gerrin' wed / Gettin' Wed
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gerrin' wed

Could it be this one;

It can't be helped It can't be stopped
When all is done and said
Whatever comes Whatever goes
Young folks keep getting wed

Now folks may kindly caution them
And marriage woes proclaim
But young'uns take no heed of them
They just get wed all t'same

Young chaps get lonely by themselves
And so do woman too
Therefore they go and tie themselves
In knots they can't undo

But still I wish them happiness
In every Sunday way
To t'gradely lad and bonny lass
That's reached their wedding day

May they each have t'others confidence
And may they never clem
May they allways trust each other
Even if t'grocer won't trust them

May all their lives be happiness
One endless toffee moon
No falling out espically if
They're up in a balloon

Here's luck to them Here's joy to them
a board and a bed
May they never know that they were born
Still less that they were wed

And so I end my jolly rhyme
With a wish we all may share
Enough of health, enough of wealth
To newly married pair

I got this from Mouldy when I needed something for a friends wedding.
Bill

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Bill Sables died in 2022. Is Mouldy still around? I enjoyed spending time with her and her family back in 2002.