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10 Sep 99 - 07:39 AM (#113135) Subject: Festival of Light From: robbiem@dynamite.com.au There was a lovely little ditty sung by Reg Livermoore quit some time ago. (HE was fairly well known in Australia) It was a rather scurrilous song, of which all I can remember is this fragment: Do-si-do with a rake and a broom, no more dirty living room. It's a heydown, it's a ho-down, All the world in a Sexy Showdown. Very little time left... move your bums, got to be ready when Jesus comes... I have no idea who actually wrote it, or what it's name is, except that I think it had something to do with the Festival of Light. Any help would be appreciated. Robbie |
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10 Oct 20 - 12:46 AM (#4074931) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Festival of Light From: GUEST,A friend Robbie Well Robbie, if you're still there after 21 years: I too have a recollection of Reg Livermore singing this (in which show? Betty Blokkbuster?), but it's by Judy Small and appeared on her album "A Natural Selection" (1982). Hear the track on Spotify Music and lyrics in The Judy Small Songbook Here's a version of the lyrics, and some notes, from a booklet by the Gay Liberation Quire : FESTIVAL OF LIGHT (Music: Judy Small Words: Judy Small Brideshead verse - Quire) One of two Judy Small songs the Quire sings. First performed on Stonewall Day, 1981. It also appears on the Quire's first record - "Hormones and Jeans: The Gay Liberation Quire Goes Down On Vinyl". Verses 1,2, and 3 are fairly standard, though verse 3 can be a 'floating' verse replaced witli new ones as the occasion suggests. Verses 4 and 5 are examples of this, 4 being about the film Caligula, 5 being about the t.v. show Brideshead Revisited. Verse 1: I am a member of the Festival of Light And I know what's wrong and I know what's right Right is right and you're gonna be left If you don't agree with me Mary White.house is our guru And we believe that we can cure you Of every social sin and ill From the Swan to Circular Quay Chorus: So come on in and close your mind You can leave it at the door behind you Come on in and. sit right down We make the blind to see With our hands upon the Bible We commit all kinds of libel So raise your hands up to your heart And retreat after me Oh I hate reds and I hate Women Homosexuals are sinnin' child molesters And the Lord knows that it just ain't right I stand for Good clean wholesome family livin' All my sins have been forgiven I'm pure as snow as I do-si-do With the Festival of Light Verse 2: We follow the lead of moral giants Freda Brown and Anita Bryant The media's behind us We're committed to our cause Women's place is in their houses Looking after kids and spouses Except for Anita, Mary, and Freda They go by different laws Verse 3: There's topless bathing down at Bondi Nakedness at Ladv Jane Oh, perverts on the rampage on the shores of Thompson's Bay Moral outrage and indignation Sweep across this Christian nation If the Lord had meant us to bathe like that We would've been born that way Verse 4: That fiim about the Roman emperor Tries even the coolest temper Filth, pornography, and trash Perverting innocent minds Take it off our screens I say Take it off our screens today And these aren't idle words I speak I've seen it fifteen times Verse 5: Decadence prevails at Brideshead Boys are holding hands they say Bears in perverse coupling on the ABC. … (Rest of this verse lost in the mists of time) ------ Judy Small was a psychologist, a folk singer, a solicitor and a Federal Circuit Court judge. She retired in April 2020. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Small https://au.linkedin.com/in/judy-small-658b5551 |
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22 Jan 21 - 06:07 PM (#4089353) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Festival of Light (Judy Small) From: GUEST,Chook From my memory: It's a hoe down, It's a hoe down All the world in a sexy showdown Very little time left Move your bums Gotta be ready when Jesus comes Now you can start this Friday night Invite your friends to the Festival of Light Home made movies. letters books Give your porno one last look And before the bonfire is finally lit Read aloud the DIRTY BITS. It's a hoe down, It's a hoe down All the world in a sexy showdown Very little time left Move your bums Gotta be ready when Jesus comes |
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02 Jun 22 - 03:27 PM (#4143252) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Festival of Light (Judy Small) From: GUEST,Maree Robertson Just to add an update, that Judy Small is now retired from the bench of the Federal Court, & is back singing publicly again, you can find her at *Judy Small Sings* on Fb etc |
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02 Jun 22 - 06:29 PM (#4143271) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Festival of Light (Judy Small) From: Sandra in Sydney she appeared at the National Folk Festival in Canberra at Easter - it was fantastic hearing her again. Nostalgia As I'd given most of my Oz CDs (250!) to a Community Radio Station a year or 2 ago, I bought the only CD she had in the shop - Live at the Artery, 2007, more nostalgia. |
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08 Jun 22 - 08:18 PM (#4143731) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Festival of Light (Judy Small) From: Gallus Moll I loved Judy Small songs back in the late 1980s - soooo wished I could've seen her in concert somewhere! Great to hear she is performing - and writing?- again.....not sure if I will ever make it to Australia again, so fingers crossed she might come over to Scotland some day?! |
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09 Jun 22 - 04:43 AM (#4143750) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Festival of Light (Judy Small) From: Sandra in Sydney While she was a Judge she had to concentrate on legal matters, but retiring in 2020 sent her back to the stage! Judy Small |
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09 Jun 22 - 01:18 PM (#4143830) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Festival of Light (Judy Small) From: Tattie Bogle Great to hear that she is back to performing. I did see her a couple of times in Scotland before she went back to judging. |