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22 May 09 - 09:33 PM (#2638980) Subject: Lyr Req: Woking class millionaire From: Mallee A mate used to sing this song I have looked in archives with no luck Chorus and 1st verse went: I don't want to be a clerk a conductor or a spark life's to short for working who knows where i will just sit back and dream fill the hours in between and be a working class millionaire Yeah, whilst browsing lyrics i noticed a verse missing from "A mon like thee" how do i add a verse?? Ta muchly |
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22 May 09 - 09:54 PM (#2638986) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: Joe Offer I used to be a working class millionaire, and it was very nice - although a million just ain't what it used to be. Then last year happened. Now I'm a former working class millionaire, and only the truly rich are rich again. If you'd like to add verses to "A Mon Like Thee," use our Filter to find an existing thread on the subject, like this one (click). -Joe- |
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22 May 09 - 10:40 PM (#2639005) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: Mallee Its there, not sure what the filter does but i will messabout TA |
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22 May 09 - 10:45 PM (#2639007) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: Mallee To easy Or is it a bit like Columbus and the egg Ta |
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22 May 09 - 11:20 PM (#2639020) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: Mallee Anyone who may be interested Google came up with nixs But utube came up trumps Richard Digence Working class millionaire worth a listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpeVFZCvvPA I must stop talking to myself.I must stop talking to myself.I must stop talking to myself.I must stop talking to myself.I must stop talking to myself. |
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23 May 09 - 02:02 AM (#2639078) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: Peace Mike Waterson did it. |
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23 May 09 - 02:06 AM (#2639079) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: Peace Richard Digance singing the song on YOUTUBE |
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23 May 09 - 04:35 AM (#2639119) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: Mallee Three day millionaire Mike Waterson Just like margarine my fame is spreading |
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23 May 09 - 08:19 AM (#2639209) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: alanabit I used to hear Richard singing this at The Cap And Gown in Reading back in the seventies. I recall that he once changed the line about the statue of Lloyd George to "a statue of Bobby Moore..." He was a big fan of West Ham Foootball Club. He's a nice bloke and those were happy days. |
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23 May 09 - 07:55 PM (#2639614) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: Mallee Yeah that line is up for grabs ive heard Val Doonican and All Jolson used. I still do Drinking with Rosie and Amsterdam. I recall a concept album about the travels of a salmon which was riveting listening. I left UK in the 60s so i would use Johhny Hains WHO!as a statue (Fulham) |
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27 May 09 - 01:15 PM (#2642012) Subject: Lyr Add: WORKING CLASS MILLIONAIRE (R Digance) From: Jim Dixon Here's my transcription from the YouTube video. There are a few gaps to be filled in, and one name (Anstey) to be either corrected or explained, since I have no idea which Ansty or Anstey he might be referring to. WORKING CLASS MILLIONAIRE Richard Digance 1. People say to me, "What d'you think you're gonna be?" When I tells 'em, I see laughter in their eyes. If you wants an explanation, I've found me true vocation, Though me answer seems to take 'em by surprise. There ain't no good jobs to be found round Bethnal Green or Canning Town For a councillor, a magistrate or mayor, But I just sit and laugh 'cause I'd really like not half To be a working-class millionaire. CHORUS: I don't want to be a clerk, a conductor or a spark. Life's too short for working who-knows-where, So I just sit back and dream, forget the 'ouses in between And be a working-class millionaire. 2. I'd have a mansion down in Bow where all me mates could go, A carriage and a team of dapple-greys, And on the lawn I'd have a seat for tired pairs of feet Of folks that's walked in search of better days. There'd be a lion either side of the gateway to the drive, A statue of Lloyd George would greet me guests, And in the marble halls, goal posts painted on the walls, And other things the Hampstead crowd detests. 3. So now I've got this palace grand. It sounds like some'ing down the Strand, But it ain't; it's down by Royal Albert Dock. The boats sail in and out, and the word is passed about There's a welcome up me mansion if ye knock. Yes, it's the simple life for me. That's all I want, you see. That's all the cockney pride in me expects. There's nothing can compare with an East-End millionaire That's used to living just from one day to the next.
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27 May 09 - 03:17 PM (#2642103) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working class millionaire From: Phil Edwards It's "There ain't no good jobs to be found round Bethnal Green or Canning Town" and "And on the lawn I'd have a seat for tired pairs of feet Of folks that's walked in search of better days. ... And in the marble halls, goalposts painted on the walls, And other things the Hampstead crowd detests." I saw Digance once, supporting Steeleye Span. I wasn't crazy about the songs, but his patter was superb. I still remember his intro - without being announced, he walked on, sat down, put his guitar across his knee and then said "Hello, good evening and welcome to Folk Club, my name's Roy Harper. This first song is by Millican and Nesbitt. [pause] Actually it's not by Millican and Nesbitt, it's by the King Brothers. [pause] It's from the album The King Brothers Play The Kray Brothers. [pause] And Lose." I also remember the intro to a rather drippy lovesong called Show Me The Way (which he assured us was really filthy if you read between the lines), which turned into a long and rambling story involving a cup of cocoa which goes so cold that it forms a skin on top that's thick enough for a bee to land on and walk across, rather like walking across a trampoline. And the intro to Working-Class Millionaire: he taught us the chorus word by word (as you do), until he got to the second line - "Life's too short for working, ooh - can we just practise the 'ooh'? Go on, give us an 'ooh'. No, come on, you can do better than that - give it a bit of welly, a bit of the old James Brown, urgh! Much better. Very nice. Where were we - Life's too short for working 'oo knows where..." All this was, dear God, 35 years ago. |
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02 Jul 13 - 06:20 AM (#3532671) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working Class Millionaire (R Digance) From: GUEST,Toby Young He sometimes changed this lyric: The boats sail in and out, and the word is passed about There's a welcome at me mansion if y' knock. To There's boats of Ities by the score, still retreating from the war, for who(m) the butler's got two fingers if they knock. just saying............. :-) |
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02 Jul 13 - 12:28 PM (#3532859) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working Class Millionaire (R Digance) From: breezy I liked 'Every Poppy Falling in the Royal Albert Hall' which he used as a closer. he is is an english treasure, and to London what Jez Lowe and Vingarbutt are to the NorthEast, Alan Bell to the North west, Harvey Andrews to the Midlands But i did turn him down for a gig in Woolwich late 60s early 70s when he was Pisces |
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02 Jul 13 - 05:27 PM (#3532976) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working Class Millionaire (R Digance) From: GUEST,giovanni Love Digance, and that Vinegar Butt you mentioned..... |
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17 May 17 - 06:15 PM (#3855630) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Working Class Millionaire (R Digance) From: GUEST The line 'forget the 'ouses in between' refers to a song by Gus Elen, a coster singer, called 'IF IT WASN'T FOR THE 'OUSES IN BETWEEN'. On YouTube. |