Lyr Req: Old Dun Cow, other verses

Subject: Old Dun Cow, other verses
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 19 Jan 99 - 06:21 PM

I have the verses from the DT. I also did a body and subject search (sounds stimulating doesn't it?) for additional verses. The only ones I found are:


We got so drunk that we did not know the blooming cellar had caught fire.
Poor old Jones had the DT's bad and wanted to retire.
"There's Old Nick," said another poor chap, "And he's poking up the blooming fire."
"That's no bogey. It's a fireman, Tom, at least," said Macintyre.

"Let's get out," said a blind-eyed boy. "It's getting rather hot down here."
"Don't be a fool," said a boozy bloke. "We haven't drunk the beer."
So we filled our hats and we drank like cats 'midst the flames and smoke.
I had to take my trousers off. I thought that I should croak.

At last the firemen got inside, and found us all dead drunk,
But like true heroes there they stood. They did not do a bunk.
They saw the booze upon the floor and gave a sudden yell.
They took their helmets off and then upon their knees they fell.

"At last! At last!" the firemen cried. "At last we know the news."
"Come on, come on," us lads all cried. "Come on and have a booze."


I thought I had seen another version in the DT, but it is not there and it did not come up in the Forum Search.

Additional versions anyone?

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: Old Dun Cow, other verses
From: mike cahill (inactive)
Date: 20 Jan 99 - 02:19 PM

There was a version of this song recorded in the late sixties by the Spinners:

CHORUS: There was Brown upside down mopping up the whiskey on the floor.
"Booze! Booze!" the firemen cried as they came a-knocking at the door.
"Don't let 'em in till it's all supped up," somebody shouted Macintyre,
And we all got blue-blind paralytic drunk when the Old Dun Cow caught fire.

Subject: RE: Old Dun Cow, other verses
From: Ian Kirk (inactive)
Date: 21 Jan 99 - 05:20 PM

Hiya Roger:

Here's a verse I know of that doesn't appear on the database. I am not sure who wrote it but it provides a fitting end to the story:

And when the firemen got inside, they saved us one by one,
But when they came to save the booze, they found it had all gone,
And when the story was report-i-yed in the paper the following day,
They said they found no booze at all. It must have boiled away.

And there was Brown, etc.

The chorus that Mike posted is the one I know having sung this little ditty a few dozen times over the years.

The last line I know is:

And we all got drinking good old gin when the Old Dun Cow caught fire.

Best regards as ever,

Ian

Subject: RE: Old Dun Cow, other verses
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 24 Jan 99 - 07:23 PM

Thanks, Ian. I'll add that verse to the song.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: Old Dun Cow, other verses
From: Benjamin Bodhránaí
Date: 24 Jan 99 - 09:20 PM

Roger,

in DT what is the correct line in the first verse. There seems to be typo???

Cheers

BB

Subject: RE: Old Dun Cow, other verses
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 25 Jan 99 - 05:50 AM

Benjamin,

I do believe you are right. Here's the first verse as I know it:

Some friends and I in a public house were playing dominoes one night,
When into the room a fireman came, his face all chalky white.
"What's up?" says Brown. "Have you seen a ghost? Have you seen your Aunt Moriah?"
"Oh my Aunt Moriah be buggered," says he. "The bleeding pub's on fire!"

Enjoy the song!

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: Old Dun Cow, other verses
From: Ian Kirk (inactive)
Date: 25 Jan 99 - 03:24 PM

Here's a variation:

Some friends and I in a public house were playing dominos one night,
When all of a sudden in the potman rushed with his face all chalky white.
"What's up?" said Brown. "Have you seen your aunt? Have you seen your Aunt Maria?"
"Oh, me Aunt Maria be buggered!" said he. "The bleedin' pub's on fire!"

A potman is the guy who collects up all the empty glasses in return for a drink or two from the landlord if he is lucky.

Regards

Ian