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28 Feb 09 - 06:06 AM (#2577717) Subject: Lyr Req: foggy dew tony capstick From: GUEST does anyone have the words to foggy dew as sung by Tony Capstick. they are slightly different to the usual versions thanks john P |
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28 Feb 09 - 05:50 PM (#2578124) Subject: Lyr Add: THE FOGGY DEW (from Tony Capstick) From: Phil Edwards Here you go. This is transcribed from the record; having got it all down I realise it's basically the same text as The Foggy Dew in Digitrad. When I was a young man I lived all alone, I followed the roving trade. And the only thing I ever done wrong Was in courting a fair young maid. I loved her in the summer time And part of the winter too And many's the time I held her close To keep her from the foggy dew. Oh, she came to my bedside one night As I lay fast asleep And she threw her arms around my neck And bitterly she did weep. Oh, she wept and she cried and she tore her hair Crying, Oh what shall I do? For this night I've resolved for to sleep with you, For fear of the foggy dew. Oh, all the first part of that night How we did sport and play But in the second part of that night She in my arms did lay And when broad daylight did appear Oh, she cried, I am undone. Oh, hold your tongue, oh you silly young thing, For the foggy dew has gone. Oh, supposing you was for to have a child Well, I bet that would make you smile And supposing you was for to have another Well it would make you think a while And supposing you was for to have another And another and another one too Well it would make you leave off all them foolish tricks And just think on the foggy dew. Now all the first part of that year Well I loved her like my life But in the second part of that year She became another man's wife. But I'll never tell him of her faults Nor the things we used to do But she passes me by and she winks her eye And I think on the foggy dew. |
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28 Feb 09 - 05:54 PM (#2578128) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: foggy dew tony capstick From: Phil Edwards The album (His Round) can be downloaded if you look around. It's not Capstick's best (that's Punch and Judy Man, which is available on CD) but it's well worth hearing - not least for the sound of Capstick trying and failing to keep a straight face on the line "Well, I bet that would make you smile". |
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28 Feb 09 - 11:41 PM (#2578308) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: foggy dew tony capstick From: dick greenhaus Isn't that the version that Bert Lloyd sang? And the little switch in phrasing in "part of the winter, too" (instead of the more usual "and in the winter, too" is directly from Burl Ives, who was proud of it. |
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01 Mar 09 - 06:46 AM (#2578428) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: foggy dew tony capstick From: GUEST,john p Dear Pip Radish many thanks for the words and album title. john P |