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12 Jul 99 - 09:42 PM (#94589) Subject: Anybody know this song? From: ragnar@barint.on.ca I remember a song from when I was very young (early 1960's), that my parents knew. Neither of them can remember the words now either. All we know is the following: The baby has gone down the plughole, The baby has gone down the plug, The poor little thing was so skinny and thin, It should have been born in a jug (in a jug). This was sung in a heavy Cockney accent. Can anybody help me with this one? Thanks. J. Ellis |
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12 Jul 99 - 09:54 PM (#94594) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: John in Brisbane You'll find it if you search for 'DAHN' in the search box at top right of this Forum. The tune for the Chorus is 'My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean' and believe it or not was recorded by Cream in the 60's - or am I wrong.
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12 Jul 99 - 09:56 PM (#94596) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: Big Mick Sure, I think it was off the Disraeli Gears album by Cream. Either that or Fresh Cream. I have them both around here some damn place. I will try to find them and tell you the name. But with the average age of the rest of these old fogies being what it is, I will bet one of them comes up with it before I do. All the best from a very young, Big Mick |
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12 Jul 99 - 09:58 PM (#94597) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: SeanM From one of the 'young' fogies... Yes, it is Cream. Yes, the Eric Clapton one. From what I understand, it's a traditional song that they just REALLY liked (a la 'Maggie May' on Abbey Road from the Beatles). Very silly version... all it needs are the sound of the crowd in the background and it could have come straight out of a pub. M |
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12 Jul 99 - 09:59 PM (#94598) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: Lonesome EJ J...you are making me feel VERY old. That song was a tag at the end of Cream's album Disraeli Gears released 1967. Let's see...
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12 Jul 99 - 10:03 PM (#94602) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: Lonesome EJ Hey four posts in 5 minutes! A new record? |
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12 Jul 99 - 10:20 PM (#94609) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: Sumac John Roberts and Tony Barrand did it on one of their earlier albums, can't remember which album. If you're desperate, I'll dust 'em off... |
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13 Jul 99 - 12:14 AM (#94644) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: Big Mick Told you. My Da told me about the song. :-) Mick |
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22 Mar 08 - 06:17 PM (#2295441) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: GUEST,Miss Marples Anybody heard of a childrens action rhyme with the ending "sqeaky the mouse"? |
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22 Mar 08 - 06:25 PM (#2295445) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: Jim McLean Martin carthy used to sing it in the sixities, I'm sure he must have recorded it. |
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22 Mar 08 - 09:30 PM (#2295539) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: Nerd "Dahn the Plughole" is on John Roberts and Tony Barrand's very first LP, Spencer the Rover is Alive and Well... You can find one version of the lyrics here |
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22 Mar 08 - 09:35 PM (#2295540) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: Melissa Miss M, if you don't get an answer for your question here, you might have better luck starting a new thread. |
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29 Aug 09 - 05:40 AM (#2711391) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: GUEST,june thanks for the memory,my uncle sang this to me in the 60s,i try to sing it to my grandchildren but could never remember all the words |
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29 Aug 09 - 05:53 AM (#2711400) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? From: GUEST,Dave Burland Martin Carthy sang it on a vivyl LP entitled Hootenanny in London, on the Decca label if my memory is correct, a compliation album in the early 60's. Also on the record, Wally Whyton, Bob Davenport, Nigel Denver, Redd Sullivan and others . |
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02 Sep 09 - 08:40 PM (#2715072) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: GUEST I know this song from my grandad a broad geordie and my gran a broad glaswegian and another song to the same tune both in a heavy geordie accent.
My poor baby's gone down the drain The poor little mite, what a terrible sight He ought to bathed in an old corned beef tin
My Bonnie lies over the sea My bonnie lies over the ocean so bring back by Bonnie to me Also learnt the second one at Pelaw infant school in 1993 |
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02 Sep 09 - 08:51 PM (#2715076) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Peace YOUR BABY HAS GONE DOWN THE PLUGHOLE (A MOTHER'S LAMENT) (Writer Unknown - London Music Hall Song)) Martin Carthy - 1964 Cream (vocal: Ginger Baker)- 1967 A mother was bathin' her baby one night The youngest of ten, a poor little mite The mother was fat and the baby was fin T'was nawt but a skellington wrapped up in skin The mother turned round for the soap from the rack She weren't gone a minute, but when she got back Her baby had gone, and in anguish she cried "Oh, where is my baby?", and the angels replied Your baby has gorn dahn the plug'ole Your baby has gorn dahn the plug The poor little thing was so skinny and thin He shoulda been bathed in a jug Your baby is perfik'ly happy He won't need no bathin' no more He's workin' his way through the sewers Not lost, just gone on before Your baby has gorn dahn the drainpipe And the chlorine is bad for his eyes He's havin' a swim, and it's healthy for him He needed the exercise Don't worry 'baht 'im, just be 'appy For I know he is suff'rin' no pain Your baby has gorn dahn the plug'ole Let's hope he don't stop up the drain ALTERNATE VERSE: Your baby is perfik'ly 'appy He won't need a bath any more He's muckin' abaht with the angels above Not lost but gone before |
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03 Sep 09 - 12:34 AM (#2715171) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Reinhard Hootenanny in London, Decca LK 4545, 1963, is not exactly a compilation but a recording of a "midnight folk concert" in London in May 1963. It was the first ever recording with Martin Carthy and would have been one of the first with Anne Briggs too if only the Decca people would have managed to put her on the actual record instead of on the album cover picture. She did appear on the next Decca album though, Edinburgh Folk Festival, Decca LK 4546. On the Hootenanny album, the author of Your Baby 'as Gorn Dahn the Plug'ole is given as Spade, without first name. In another Mudcat thread, Lyr Req: My baby got washed down the plughole, nearly exactly a year ago Q explained Jack Spade as a composite pseudonym. This is what Martin Carthy sings: Now a mother was bathing her baby, bathing her baby one night. The mother was fat and the baby was thin, Just like a skelington covered with skin. She only turned round for a minute, To fetch oh some sope from the rack, She only turned round for a minute, But oh, when she turned back. Why, the baby had utterly vanished, A-vanished completely away. Oh where, oh where is my baby? And she heard an angel say: Madam, your baby has gone down the plughole, Your baby has gone down the plug. The poor little thing was so skinny and thin, It should have been washed in a jug. Your baby is perfectly happy, He won't need no bathing no more. Your baby has gone down the plughole Not lost, just gone before! |
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03 Sep 09 - 12:35 AM (#2715172) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Joe Offer I thought I had all the Cream recordings, but I don't recognize that one. What album is it on? -Joe- |
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03 Sep 09 - 01:44 PM (#2715538) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Charmion It's the very last cut on the flip side of the Disraeli Gears, and not included in either the set list or the credits. |
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03 Sep 09 - 01:54 PM (#2715549) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Rasener Thats correct, I used to have that LP, until it got totally knackered. Slight change to the lyrics from LEJ above A Mother was washing her baby one night The youngest of ten, and a delicate mite The mother turned round for the soap off the rack She was only a moment ,but when she turned back 'er baby had gone, and in anguish she cried "Oh where has my baby gone?",the Angels replied Ooooh, your baby has gone down the plug-hole, your baby has gone down the plug the poor little thing was so skinny and thin, it should've been washed in a jug, in a juuuuuuuuuuuug your baby is perfectly happy, he won't need a bath anymore He's a-makin a fuss, with the angels above Not lost, but gone before |
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03 Sep 09 - 01:54 PM (#2715550) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive) On Disraeli Gears it's listed (last track side 2) as Mother's Lament (Traditional, arr. Clapton, Bruce, Baker) Charlotte Olivia Robertson (Ms) my baby 'as gorn dahna plug 'ole |
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03 Sep 09 - 02:06 PM (#2715556) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive) I found this, Charmion and The Villan Mother's Lament Charlotte Olivia Robertson (Ms) |
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03 Sep 09 - 02:11 PM (#2715563) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Rasener Nice one Charlotte :-) |
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03 Sep 09 - 02:15 PM (#2715567) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive) Villian, I didn't take a close look, but I think most of Disraeli Gears is up on You Tube, along with other Cream tracks Charlotte Olivia Robertson (Ms) doesn't play guitar nearly as well as Eric Clapton |
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03 Sep 09 - 02:39 PM (#2715582) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: Rasener Yes they are. I had seen them a long time ago, but forgotten. Les |
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15 Jan 10 - 06:05 AM (#2812468) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: GUEST,dave the bludy Rave I memorised this off the Gears Album and the words are a bit short. As I remember. A Mother was washing her baby one night The youngest of ten, and a delicate mite The Muvver was poor and the baby was fin * Was nought but a skelington; * Covered in skin. * The mother turned round for the soap off the rack She was only a moment ,but when she turned back 'er baby had gone, and in anguish she cried "Oh where has my baby gone?",the Angels replied Ooooh, your baby has gone down the plug-hole, your baby has gone down the plug the poor little thing was so skinny and thin, it should've been washed in a jug your baby is perfectly happy, he won't need a bath anymore He's a-makin a fuss, with the angels above Not lost, but gone before |
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15 Jan 10 - 06:12 AM (#2812474) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: GUEST,dave the bludy Rave A bit more (getting old). A Mother was washing her baby one night The youngest of ten, and a delicate mite The Muvver was poor and the baby was fin * Was nought but un skelington; * Covered in skin. * The mother turned round for the soap off the rack She was only a moment ,but when she turned back 'er baby had gone, and in anguish she cried "Oh where has my baby gone?",the Angels replied Ooooh, your baby has gone down the plug-hole, your baby has gone down the plug the poor little thing was so skinny and thin, it should've been washed in a jug your baby is perfectly happy, he won't need a bath anymore He's a-muckin abaht, with the angels above Not lost, but gone before |
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15 Jan 10 - 07:07 AM (#2812503) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: GUEST,Kev Boyd There's a more recent recording by Martin Carthy from his 60th birthday concert in 2001 included on the CD-ROM that came with the Carthy Chronicles box set. |
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24 Jul 10 - 04:50 PM (#2951537) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: GUEST omg ... i remembered all the words lol thanks for the memories =)) xx |
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14 May 12 - 06:52 AM (#3350617) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: GUEST,sophie i remeber that, my mum used to sing it to me when i came out of the bath but can anyone help me remeber how the tune went? |
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14 May 12 - 09:11 AM (#3350655) Subject: RE: Anybody know this song? Baby Down Plughole From: clueless don Although I'm working strictly from memory here, I'm quite certain that on the Cream version they say "He's a muckin' about ..." and not "He's makin' a fuss ...". On John and Tony's version, they say "He's workin' 'is way through the sewer ...". Don |