Lyr Req: Knocking Nelly Trilogy (Bernard Wrigley)

Subject: Lyr Req: title unknown
From: pavane
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 05:12 PM

I recall a song (or monologue) from some years ago, possibly by Bernard Wrigley. The only line I remember is 'I thought she was a Viking cause her face was like a Norse'. Does anyone recognise this and can provide the rest?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: title unknown (thought she was a Viking)
From:
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 06:04 PM

No idea. Nothing shows up with a search. However, there is a performer of that name. HAve you tried e-mailing him at his web-site?

Bernard Wrigley

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: title unknown (thought she was a Viking)
From: Cattail
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 06:51 PM

Pavane, yep, you're dead right, the song is by Bernard Wrigley.

The line is actually, "she's speaking in Norwegian 'cos her face is
like an 'orse, and it comes from the song "the ballad of knocking
Nelly and the sixty niner".

This is on Bernard's "Songs, Stories and Elephants" tape (record)?.
I only have a tape of this so don't know if a record was ever released, I bought it from Bernard at one of the canal festivals
at Ashton - under - Lyne and it is on Loofy recordings No: LOO 005.
It was first released in 1976, and reissued in 1984.

If you give me a couple of days to try and transcribe the lyrics I
will put them on here, (can I do that without infringing copyrights
or upsetting anybody??? Can anybody answer that one for me???)

Otherwise I could PM you with them.

If you would like to know anything else about this tape, such as
what else is on it, let me know.

Hope this helps you.

Cheers for now.

Cattail !

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: title unknown (thought she was a Viking)
From: GUEST,MCP
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 07:24 PM

You'll find it at Make 'Em Laugh!!!... Humorous Poems and Musical Monologues under The Knocking Nelly Trilogy Part 2

Mick

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: title unknown (thought she was a Viking)
From: Cattail
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 07:39 PM

Thanks for that Mick, saves me a bit of typing and I'll go and look
at it myself.

Thanks again.

Cattail !

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: title unknown (thought she was a Viking)
From: pavane
Date: 05 Sep 03 - 03:29 AM

Thanks to all.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: title unknown (thought she was a Viking)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Sep 03 - 06:43 AM

This will take you directly to KNOCKING NELLY TRILOGY 2 by Bernard Wrigley, which contains the line,

"She's speaking in Norwegian, for her face is like a Norse"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: title unknown (thought she was a Viking)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 06 Sep 03 - 08:39 AM

This reminds me of an episode of "Drop the Dead Donkey" (Sally, the Viking and a Norse Warrior)...

Kitty