Lyr Req: Barrow Boy

Subject: BARROW BOY
From:
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 07:14 AM

This song was supposed to be an old music hall song .

A song based on this was The Wharfies Song .

Can you help me with any information

Regards Brett

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: BARROW BOY
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 07:24 AM

Is this it?

Spaw

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Thread #13088   Message #404747
Posted By: R!
23-Feb-01 - 03:32 PM
Thread Name: Amusing Work Songs??
Subject: Lyr Add: BARROW BOY^^

I don't have the music to Barrow Boy but here are the words - minus correct punctuation and possibly proper formatting. As I've heard it, the song repeats twice (or is that redundant? Repeats once? Oh sing it all the way through and then sing it again!)

Reen

All me life I wanted to be a barrow boy
A barrow boy I always wanted to be
I wheels me barrow
I pushes it with pride
I'm a coster! A coster!
From over the Lambeth side.

I turns me back upon society
Take me where the ripe bananas grow
They're only a dozen a shilling
That's how I gets me living.
I ought to have been a barrow boy years ago.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: BARROW BOY
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 07:27 AM

Also found is Liverpool Barrow Boy

Spaw

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Thread #7592   Message #45952
Posted By: Bert
18-Nov-98 - 01:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rakes of Mallow (other lyrics to tune?)
Subject: Lyr Add: LIVERPOOL BARROW BOY (from Spinners)

Joe,

The Spinners did one called 'Liverpool Barrow Boy'. Don't know who wrote it.

From memory...

Shove me barra 'round and 'round
"Ripe tomatas, firm and sound,
only 'alf a crown a pound
buy some from me barra"

Chorus...
Pushing and shoving all the day,
soon as I finds a place to stay,
up comes a scuff I'm on me way.
Move me blinkin' barra.

Just as I start to make me sales
fingers all 'andy for the scales
up comes a scuffer, never fails
says I've gotta shift me barra

Chorus...

"Hey you! get a move on there!
Causing obstruction in the square!"
'aven't sold a single bloomin' pear
just gotta shift me barra

Chorus...

Casey, Leasy, Cable Street
always a scuffer on his beat
can't seem to rest me achin' feet
just gotta shift me barra

Chorus...

I was hawkin' in London Road one day
when a Judy Cop came and took me away
fined in Dale Street court next day
Now I've gotta sell me barra

Chorus...

I'm sure some of our Scousers will correct me on the details. Bert.