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Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside
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Subject: Lyr Add: you silly buggers! From: Forsh Date: 20 Mar 06 - 06:06 AM My old man, Forsh AKA Alan Forshaw, Rumbelowe etc, used to sing a little ditty to me, dunno if it is in digitrad, tried a few searches and cant find it, so, here's the ditty:
You ought to have a bit more sense. Working for a living, Take my tip, Act a bit peculiar and become a lunatic. Oh, you get your meals quite regular And two new suits besides. Thirty bob a week. No wife and kids to keep. Come inside, you silly buggers, come inside Forsh |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: you silly buggers! From: Jim Dixon Date: 23 Mar 06 - 01:24 AM It's in the DT under the title COME INSIDE, but it has "bugger" instead of "buggers." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: you silly buggers! From: Splott Man Date: 23 Mar 06 - 03:53 AM The verse goes: I was working by a lunatic asylum one day, My job was picking up stones, When along come a lunatic and says to me "Good morning, Mr Jones, How much a week do you get for doing that?" "30 bob." I cried "30 bob a week? Your wife and kids to keep? Come inside you silly bugger, come inside!" That's inflation mind you, it was 15 bob when I used to sing it. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Jim Dixon Date: 25 Mar 06 - 12:29 AM Jack Tarling recorded COME INSIDE, YOU SILLY BUGGER, COME INSIDE on a cassette called "Down in the Fields Where the Buttercups Do Grow: Jack Tarling Sings Songs of the Essex/Suffolk/Cambs Border," Neil Lanham Tapes NL01, 1996. This review says the song is better known as THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. Chas & Dave recorded a song called THE LUNATIC ASYLUM on their album "Don't Give a Monkeys," EMI LP #3303, 1979, but I don't know if it's the same song. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Jim Ward Date: 25 Mar 06 - 09:36 AM The version I heard in London around sixty years ago had a verse- Down at the R.O. last Thursday morning* Waiting for me Two Pound Ten The officer came up to me Good morning Mr. Jones How much longer are you coming down here? Six more weeks I sighed Oh said the officer and shook his head And this is what he cried Chorus similar to Forsh above but I think it was "arf-a-crown a week" *R.O. = Relief Office. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Hootenanny Date: 26 Mar 06 - 07:44 AM My Father's version around Bow and Bethnal Green is slightly different: Outside a lunatic asylum one day Chopping up great big stones When up comes a feller and talks to me By the name of Mister Jones 'Ow much a week do you get for that? Thirty bob I cried Working for a living? Take my tip Act a bit silly and become a lunatic You get your meals quite regular And three new suits beside Thirty bob a week and a dozen kids to keep Come inside you silly feller come inside Come inside, come inside Come inside you silly feller come inside Thirty bob a week and a dozen kids to keep Come inside you silly feller come inside Whilst being reminded of my father's repertoire, does anybody else know the song "I'm as Happy as a Fly upon the Bullshit" ?? Hoot |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Chris Paul Date: 05 Aug 10 - 07:40 AM There was a pub singer/organist (Queenie??) in Manchester who used to sing this one in the 70s and 80s at the Briton's Protection. I just sang the verse and chorus to my brother and daughter and then googled it. It was the picking up stones version. There was a further verse or two in this guy's version - which I reckon would have been one from the music halls or whatever. This involved a similar exchange outside the gates of hell. Will see if I can find it. He went on to the Beehive in Clifton (towards Bolton, not the one in Bristol) but no idea whether he's still active. There were some great floor singers who used to turn out every week for the open mic at the Brits. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Ins From: Jim Dixon Date: 05 Aug 10 - 08:35 AM From Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall by Spike Milligan (London: Joseph, 1971), page 41: Outside a lunatic asylum one day A Gunner was picking up stones; Up popped a lunatic and said to him, Good Morning Gunner Jones, How much a week do you get for doing that? Fifteen bob, I cried. He looked at me With a look of glee, And this is what he cried: CHORUS: Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I thought you had a bit more sense, Working for the army. Take my tip, Act a bit barmy and become a lunatic. You get your four meals regular And two new suits beside. Wot? Fifteen bob a week, A wife and kids to keep? Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Scabby Douglas Date: 05 Aug 10 - 09:40 AM Here's a video of the Chas & Dave version mentioned above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukhwmd8sDQI |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Scabby Douglas Date: 06 Aug 10 - 07:48 AM I had a search, and could not find any more verses. So, I wrote a couple. Note: Barlinnie Prison is in Glasgow Cheers, Steven Outside a lunatic asylum one day I was picking up some stones; Up popped a lunatic and said to me Good Morning Mister Jones, How much a week do you get for doing that? Fifteen bob, he cried. He looked at me With a look of glee, And this is what he cried: Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I thought you had a bit more sense, Working for your money? Take my tip, Act a bit funny and become a lunatic. You get your four meals regular And two new suits beside. Wot? Fifteen bob a week, A wife and kids to keep? Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. Outside Barlinnie Prison, the other day Picking litter up off the street Out came a warder and he said to me "you look dead on your feet. how Many hours a day do they Have you doing that?" Nine to five, I sighed He laughed and laughed Called me daft And gently he replied Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I thought you had a bit more sense, (yes, I did) Work your hands all raw? No. Do a little crime, Get lifted by the law and serve a bit of time. You get your porridge regular And two new suits beside. Work forty hours a week? Come in and have a sleep. Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I died and was sent to Heaven (the other day) and walked round by the Gates of Hell (it's a shortcut) The devil came out and said to me "my boy, you don't look well." How long'll you be be sittin twanging harps on clouds? For Eternity, I said He clapped his hands Did a little dance And he kindly slapped my head Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I thought you had a bit more sense, (yes, I did) Singing in the choir? Heavenly host? There's a nice warm fire, and you'll get a bit of roast You'd be bored up there in Heaven And that gown's a bit too wide. Head through the Pearly Gates? Nah...Come in and join your mates. Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,ruthie Date: 07 Mar 13 - 11:14 AM The version I learnt in the early 1950s was slightly different: Outside a lunatic asylum one day, as I was picking stones, A lunatic came up to me and said, 'Hello, Mr Jones! How much do you get for doing that?' 'Fifteen bob', I sighed. He looked at me with a twinkle in his eye, And this is what he cried: 'Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside! I thought you had more sense. Working for a living? Be like me, Act a little funny, be a lunatic! You get your meals regular, a brand-new suit besides. Thirty bob a week, no kids to keep, come inside, you silly bugger, come inside!' |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Jenny Date: 01 Dec 13 - 07:23 AM Thank you, Ruthie - I read through all these (and some other versions on different sites) and thought I must have misremembered the words that my father used to sing to us (or else he'd misremembered) but Ruthie's version is word for word the same as what my father used to sing. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: LUNATIC ASYLUM (from Chas & Dave) From: Jim Dixon Date: 01 Dec 13 - 01:47 PM LUNATIC ASYLUM As sung by Chas & Dave on "The Very Best of Chas & Dave" Workin' once in a lunatic asylum, breaking up some stones, When along come a lunatic and says to me: "Good morning, Mister Jones. How much a week do you get for doing this?" "Thirty bob," I sighs. Well, the old man looked and he scratched his head and this is what he cries: "Come inside, you silly fella; come inside. I thought you had a bit more sense (yes, I did). Workin' for a living, take my tip: Act a little silly and become a lunatic. Oh, you gets your meals quite regular, and two new suits besides, Thirty bob a week, no wife and kids to keep. Come inside, you silly bugger; come inside." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 02 Dec 13 - 05:56 AM One my grandad san- to the disgust of my grandma! Coincidentally I've recently seen a local 3 piece called Erstwhile who do it and I was surprised that I remembered all the words- it's a long time since I've heard anyone do it. RtS |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Weasel Date: 02 Dec 13 - 09:05 AM The youtube link doesn't work any more. Does anybody know the tune for this? Cheers, Weasel |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Dave Hunt Date: 02 Dec 13 - 11:35 AM Slightly different Outside a lunatic asylum, I got a job breakin' stones When a lunatic popped his head over the wall and said Good ev'nin' Mr Jones 'Ow much a week dost tha' get fer doin that? Fifteen bob I replied He loooked at me in a funny sort of way and this is what he cried Come inside you silly bugger come inside I thouth tha'd have a bit more sense Working for a living! - take my tip Why don't you pack it all in and become a lunatic For tha gets tha meals quite regular, and two new suits beside If tha've I wife and kids to keep, On fiftenn bob a week Come inside yer silly bugger come inside Many many years ago from Swan Arcade |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Waddon Pete Date: 02 Dec 13 - 02:58 PM Ah....inflation....in the South London version it's 30 bob a week! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Jim Dixon Date: 03 Dec 13 - 02:44 PM Weasel: I strongly recommend you get Spotify. That's where I heard Chas & Dave's version of Lunatic Asylum. I found a version on YouTube by unnamed musicians but it's not as good as Chas & Dave. Still, it will do if all you want is to learn the tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzOJpBW62YU |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST Date: 24 Aug 14 - 06:16 AM Last year I recorded an old boy in a Hampshire pub singing this one: http://youtu.be/egFME5MTdhM?list=UU2VjLw2NQfN80bFRG8c4nwQ It's a wonderful and inspiringly authentic version he learned from a local auctioneer when a little 'nipper'. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Mike Green Date: 11 Jan 16 - 12:57 PM Does anyone know the second verse ( from Grandfather in 1940s)- I can only remember the first two lines 'The other night I had a funny dream, I dreamt that I had died And I went up to Heaven, but God would't let me in So the other place I tried The Devil with his hook, he met me at the gates…………….. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: RTim Date: 11 Jan 16 - 01:10 PM I have a friend who sings this song. If I remember i'll ask her! Tim Radford |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Waddon Pete Date: 11 Jan 16 - 02:16 PM My version of the verse you are looking for came from Mum. Late last night well I had a funny dream. I dreamt that I had died. I went up to heaven but they wouldn't let me in So the other place I tried. There was the devil all a-standing at the gate, He looked at me with a grin And said, "Hello Peter, my old mate, why don't you come all I'm?" Come inside etc. You went up to heaven and St. Peter told you twice They don't have folk singers in at any price! So come in why don't you, and all the demons cried Don't you know this is the place for all folk singers Come inside you silly fellow come inside! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Joe_F Date: 11 Jan 16 - 08:49 PM Once upon a time a man took his car to the garage to have the tires rotated, and on the way home there was a wobble & one of the wheels fell off. Evidently the mechanic had forgotten to put the nuts on. So he was standing on the street studying the situation, when he heard a shout from above. He looked up, and saw that he happened to be outside an insane asylum. "Hey!" said the inmate, "Take one nut off each of the other three wheels." "Good idea," said the driver, "Thanks!" & then, hoping to be polite, "Say, you're not so crazy after all." "Sure I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid." Said to be J. Robert Oppenheimer's favorite joke. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Joe Offer Date: 12 Jan 16 - 01:55 AM Bert posted the song in the Forum in 1998, and it was added to the Digital Tradition and tentatively attributed to Bert Hansell. I'm guessing that attribution is wrong. Bert, where'd you learn it? -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Waddon Pete Date: 12 Jan 16 - 03:49 PM ...of course, Mum didn't sing 'folksinger' in the verse posted above. She was from a music hall family so referred to music hall singers. You can, however, have fun adding whatever you choose in place of 'folksinger' depending on your audience! Peter |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Chloe Middleton-Metcalfe Date: 03 Aug 16 - 04:08 AM From the singing of John Metcalfe through Ian and Andrew Metcalfe Slight variations from a Northampton family. I was outside a lunatic asylum one day, had a job picking up stones along came a lunatic who said: "Good morning Mr Jones, Oh, how much a week do you get for doing that", "Thirty bob I cried" "thirty bob a week, with a wife and kids to keep? Come inside you silly bugger come inside" "Come inside you silly bugger come inside, you ought to have a bit more sense. Working for your living, take my tip, act a little simple and become a lunatic. Oh you get your meals quite regular and a brand new suit besides. thirty bob a week with a wife and kids to keep. Come inside you silly bugger come inside." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Senoufou Date: 03 Aug 16 - 04:45 AM It looks as if the Politically Correct Brigade have been at work on Youtube and 'expunged' this song from Chas and Dave's repertoire. Sigh. If one removed all songs that might cause offence from our culture, there'd hardly be any left! Who are all these over-sensitive pearl-clutchers that cringe with horror at anything a bit dodgy? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Scabby Douglas Date: 23 Jan 18 - 07:34 AM Here's the song as I sing it. First verse and "chorus" as gleaned and collated from Internet sources. The rest I made up. Live rendition of "Come Inside/Lunatic Asylum" Lyrics as I sing them (mostly): I was working down by the lunatic asylum I was picking up some stones; Up popped a lunatic and said to me Good Morning Mister Jones, How much a week do you get for doing that? Fifteen bob, I sighed. He looked at me, with sympathy, And this is what he cried: Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I thought you had a bit more sense, Working for your money? Take my tip, Act a little funny and become a lunatic. You get your four meals regular And two new suits beside. Wot? Fifteen bob a week, A wife and kids to keep? Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. New verses: I was working down by the prison I was sweeping up the street Out came a prisoner and he said to me “Man, you look dead on your feet. How many hours a day do they have you doing that?” Nine to five, I cried He laughed and laughed Called me daft And gently he replied Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I thought you had a bit more sense, Work your hands all raw? No. Do a little crime, Surrender to the law and do a bit of time. You get your porridge regular And sex and drugs besides. Working like a wretch? Come and do a stretch! Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I died and on my way to heaven and walked round by the Gates of Hell Out came Beelzebub and said to me “my boy, you don’t look well. How long’ll you be be sittin twanging harps on clouds?” For Eternity, I said He clapped his hands Did a little dance And he kindly slapped my head Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I thought you had a bit more sense. Singing in the choir? Heavenly host? Here’s a nice warm fire, and you’ll get a bit of roast We've got lots of horny little devils to keep you occupied. Head through the Pearly Gates? Nah… Come in and join your mates. Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. There’s no moral to my story No message to my tale Some days you are Jonah, some days you are the whale But if you see some poor bugger toiling, working like he has no choice Open your door, shout and roar At the top of your bloody voice… Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. I thought you had a bit more sense, Working for your money? Take my tip, Act a little funny and become a lunatic. You get your four meals regular And two new suits beside. Wot? Fifteen bob a week, A wife and kids to keep? Come inside, you silly bugger, come inside. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,John Date: 21 Aug 18 - 04:58 PM So pleased to have found this lyric. My dad (1914-76, born and brought up around the Elephant and Castle in south London) often used to sing the first couple of lines of this to a kind of tune, and I never knew, until now, if he'd made it up or was mixing it up with another song. What a wonderful thing the internet is. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Brian Grayson Date: 22 Aug 18 - 08:50 AM I have a cassette recording of Swan Arcade at the 1973 Edinburgh Festival - Dave sings 'Come Inside, Silly Bugger', and apparently nowhere else on any on their commercial recordings. I have no idea where the cassette came from... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Liverpool Lass Date: 21 Nov 18 - 08:07 PM This is how I was taught it by my mum, who was taught it by her father. He would’ve been about 85 if he was still with us. This is our version! I was working outside a lunatic asylum, Breaking stones one day, When along came a lunatic and said to me, Good morning Mr Greyyyyyy, Ohhh how much a week d’ya get for doing this? 30 bob I cried, He turned around, He shook his head, And this is what he said... Come inside you silly bastard come inside, I thought you had a bit more sense, Working for a living, Take my tip, Act a little silly and become a lunatic! For you get your meals quite regular, And a couple of suits beside, 30 bob a week, No wife and crying kids to keep, Come inside you silly bastard come inside.... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Julie Date: 26 Feb 20 - 02:32 AM My grandad used to sing a version of this to me and my dad sang it to my children. Obviously it got changed a bit on the way as my dad was an Engineer. I hadn't heard of any of the other verses about working outside the asylum. I just know it like this... You know last night I had a funny dream I dreamt that I had died I went up to heaven But they wouldn't let me in So the other place I tried When I got there A man with a fork He asked me what I did I told him I was an Engineer So he cried and he let me in Come inside you silly fella Come inside You ought to have a bit more sense Working for a living? Take my tip Act a little silly and become a lunatic Cause you get your meals quite regular And a couple of suits, besides But if you want to keep a wife and kids on 30 bob a week Come inside you silly fella Come inside. So glad I found this thread. It's lovely to hear other peoples versions of what their parents/grandparents used to sing to them. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Feb 20 - 09:35 AM INFORMATION IN VAUGHN WILLIAMS MEMORIAL LIBRARY |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GeoffLawes Date: 26 Feb 20 - 05:06 PM A naval version called OUTSIDE A LUNATIC ASYLUM |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Starship Date: 26 Feb 20 - 05:37 PM https://books.google.ca/books?id=JagUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA7-PA12&lpg=RA7-PA12&dq=You+know+last+night+I+had+a+funny+dream+I+dreamt+that+I+had+died+I+went+up+to+heaven&source=bl&ots=eJkCn4XXo0&sig=ACfU3U32MUDAPzATOO_a2DHFGcXzz6UAWQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin3Y6fo_DnAhXlUt8KHd9DAWkQ6AEwB3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=You%20know%20last%20night%20I%20had%20a%20funny%20dream%20I%20dreamt%20that%20I%20had%20died%20I%20went%20up%20to%20heaven&f=false The link is to a one-act play from 1918. Some of the wording and part of the theme are similar. I don't know if there's any connection. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Starship Date: 26 Feb 20 - 05:39 PM https://books.google.ca/books?id=JagUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA7-PA12&lpg=RA7-PA12&dq=You+know+last+night+I+had+a+funny+dream+I+dreamt+that+ If this doesn't correct my last post then it will require a mod to fix it. Sorry. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Joe Offer Date: 21 Sep 20 - 03:35 PM Refresh - hoping Waddon Pete will post his version. -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Stewie Date: 22 Sep 20 - 11:15 PM Forsh, the bloke who started this thread years ago, is the son of Alan Forshaw. Alan turned up at a gun turret session in Darwin back in day with a pile of English folk LPs under his arm - AL Lloyd, Ewan MacColl, the Halliard, Pete Nalder etc. It was a fabulous resource for the fledgling Top End Folk Club. Such LPs were unobtainable in Oz at that time. Alan knew hundreds of songs and would often add extra verses when someone finished a song at sessions. He lived in Darwin for a number of years before moving to Queensland. Ah memories! --Stewie. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Mrrzy Date: 22 Sep 20 - 11:38 PM Peeeeeeeeeeete? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Waddon Pete Date: 23 Sep 20 - 02:53 AM Okay Joe and Mrrzy! I know I should have posted by now! There are snippets further up the thread but I’ll get it done today! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Waddon Pete Date: 23 Sep 20 - 09:29 AM I think there are as many versions of this song as there are fish in the sea! This is my version, sung during the Mudcat Singaround session. I learned it from my Mum who had a great fund of songs gleaned from her family who sang in the music halls around South London. Being a child of inquiring mind I learned many of them by osmosis! Come Inside You Silly Fella I was outside a lunatic asylum once; I had a job breaking stones. Suddenly this head pops over the wall and says, “Good Evening Mr. Jones! How much a week do you get for doing that?” “Fifteen bob!” I cried, “And I’ve got a wife and seven little kids…” He looked at me and sighed. “Come inside you silly fella come inside. I thought you’d have had more sense! Working for a living, well now take my tip, You want to act barmy and become a lunatic! For you get your meals reg’lar and two new suits beside And if you’ve got a wife and seven little kids Come inside you silly fella, come inside! I was standing outside of the Rose and Crown Selling flags for Prisoners’ Aid. The rain was coming down in bucketfuls And I hadn’t done much trade. The publican pops his head round the door And says to me, “What cheer? Why don’t you come along inside and have a glass of beer? Come inside you silly fella come inside. I thought you’d have had more sense. It says in the Bible so the vicar helves That God only helps those who go and help themselves! So come in why don’t ya? And have a glass of ale Coz you’ll get pneumonia yet if you stand there in the wet! Come inside you silly fella come inside! Late last night well I had a funny dream I dreamt that I had died. I went up to heaven but they wouldn’t let me in So the other place I tried. There was the Devil all a-standing at the gate, He looked at me with a grin and said, “Hallo Peter my old mate! Why don’t you come all in? Come inside you silly fella, come inside, I though you’d have had more sense! You went up to heaven and St. Peter told you twice They don’t have folksingers in at any price! So come in why don’t ya? And all the demons cried, “Don’t you know this is the place for all folksingers? Come inside you silly fella, come inside! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Bert Date: 28 Jul 21 - 06:14 PM I've just come across this thread and I see that I didn't answer Joe's question. Well I learned it from my Mother who use to play piano in pubs. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GUEST,Braidie Date: 09 Jan 22 - 06:36 AM Omg my gransh used to sing this to me all the time as a child but instead of come inside you silly buggers it was always silly fellas lol. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: GeoffLawes Date: 09 Jan 22 - 08:05 AM Various Recordings on YouTube |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Come Inside You Silly Bugger Come Inside From: Steve Gardham Date: 09 Jan 22 - 09:23 AM Okay, lots of interesting versions but what about origins? Charles Keeping's 1975 book Cockney Ding Dong places it as a 1930s Cockney song, but these things usually have an original sheet music somewhere. Kilgarriff doesn't have it under any obvious titles. |
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