Tell us the story Harvey

Subject: He Played for England
From: GUEST,Karen Hussey
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 12:31 PM

Please can you tell me what the story behind this song is and where can I get a copy. We used it during a drama project at school and I have never ever forgotten it since. You kindly led me to a copy of the lyrics and now I have them I want to hear it even more ! It has been following me around for 19 years now and I still love it.

Subject: RE: Tell us the story Harvey
From: Gareth
Date: 21 Apr 02 - 06:10 PM

On the other hand going into the Water don't half sober you up. And I speak from very hard, and cold and wet experience !!!!

Gareth

Subject: RE: Tell us the story Harvey
From: Lanfranc
Date: 21 Apr 02 - 06:02 PM

Never miss a chance for a plug, do you, John!!

Looking forward to it!

"I'm a Otter in the water, swimming around....." - written from personal experience, Harvey?

Alan

Subject: RE: Tell us the story Harvey
From: breezy
Date: 21 Apr 02 - 03:31 PM

see Harvey this coming Friday 26th April at the Comfort hotel in St. Albans, Herts Eng. Tickets available pm me for more details.

Subject: RE: Tell us the story Harvey
From: Mr Red
Date: 21 Apr 02 - 03:29 PM

Silt eh?
Is this the first example of being "canally retentive" here on the Mudcat?
Is the story wwhat we should call a cutting?
yes but seriously was (is) there a song in the story?

Subject: RE: Tell us the story Harvey
From: harvey andrews
Date: 21 Apr 02 - 07:24 AM

Yes it was dave Moran and yes he....

Subject: RE: Tell us the story Harvey
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 21 Apr 02 - 04:11 AM

Yes there's also a piece about said EP as well, a review by somebody named only as D.M.[Dave Moran?] I won't reproduce it here, obviously the man has no taste.
Failte....Giok
"All along the banks of the ******* canal"

Subject: RE: Tell us the story Harvey
From: Hrothgar
Date: 21 Apr 02 - 02:53 AM

Look at it this way - if the water had been a bit deeper, you might have gotten a bigger headline and a longer article - and we wouldn't be asking for details!

Subject: RE: Tell us the story Harvey
From: harvey andrews
Date: 20 Apr 02 - 07:25 PM

Good grief!!How the past returns to haunt you!
A mate and I decided it would make a good holiday to cycle the towpath of the local canal out of Brum and into the countryside. The towpath had crumbled and I hit the hole first and went in. The silt at the bootom held me as I was in a kneeling position so I stuck my arm up and my mate saw it and pulled me out. It was a slack newsday, but indicative of how mainstream folk was at the time because I was only a floor singer at the Jug O Punch in Brum and had just made my first E.P with Martin Carthy. This is the most obscure event I have yet had to return to in my life.

Subject: Tell us the story Harvey
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Apr 02 - 05:59 PM

Small blurb in "Folk Scene" of September 1965, which cost a whole 1s 9d old money [about 10 new pence] Harvey Andrews fell into a canal in Birmingham and made all the evening papers. Come on then Harvey, what's it all about then??
A seeker after truth....Giok