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07 Jul 11 - 07:27 PM (#3183454) Subject: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: Leadfingers I have just heard that someone in Oz has claimed a Dave Houlden song as Australian ! Chous is :- I was about to fall apart , I'd had more than my ration I'd had ten pints of Breakspears they'd have done me on their own Then I got on the vodka , scotch , and drinks of every nation And then I was transported on my ear through the pub door Tune is the Trad Song My Names Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon transported to St Helena's shore) Dave died in 1991 , and a collection of his songs was published for Charity in 1994 . I understandthat several people have learned the song as from Australia , and would like to know who has popularised it over there - NO problem , Dave was always pleased to give his songs away , just like to get credit where its due . |
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07 Jul 11 - 11:25 PM (#3183536) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: Sandra in Sydney One of my friends got a copy of Dave's book when she was in England & lent it to another singer (who still has it!) Neither of them sing it as they both traditional singers & neither would claim the song as an Australian production. the search continues ... |
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08 Jul 11 - 08:26 AM (#3183687) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: Leadfingers Thanks Sandra - Would that be Margaret Walters ? I know she had a copy . The Back Page is a facsimile of a flier that Dave himself gave out to a number of people I believe . |
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08 Jul 11 - 10:43 AM (#3183749) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: Sandra in Sydney definitely Margaret who is almost on her way to the UK - we had a farewell singing session at her place tonight! I also asked 2 other singers with gi-normous repertoires, one has never heard of it, the other hasn't answered yet. sandra |
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08 Jul 11 - 11:22 AM (#3183763) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: GUEST,999 thread.cfm?threadid=41942 Thread on the song there. |
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08 Jul 11 - 02:28 PM (#3183867) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: McGrath of Harlow I thought this might be a reference to the detective stories by Arthur Upfield about Native Australian Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. |
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08 Jul 11 - 06:38 PM (#3183989) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: trayton I am with the pedants and love to pin these things down but I will take the liberty and say that Dave will raise a pint of celestial Brakspear, with a smile, when his songs are performed and the fact that people who have no idea who he was are singing them is a tribute to him. Trayton PS In fact "Hyperbole" is now almost traditional in Staffordshire. |
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08 Jul 11 - 06:48 PM (#3183996) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: Q (Frank Staplin) McGrath, I'm with you on that (I have them all). There was a film about Boney, the part-aboriginal detective, that I wish I had, but I guess it would be politically incorrect to re-issue it in this day. |
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09 Jul 11 - 02:39 PM (#3184494) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: Leadfingers No more news from Oz about this then ? |
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10 Jul 11 - 05:55 AM (#3184750) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: Sandra in Sydney no. 3 singer has not answered but sings in the same places we do. I'll ask a few interstate friends. sandra |
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12 Jul 11 - 08:49 AM (#3186005) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: Leadfingers Refresh |
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12 Jul 11 - 06:51 PM (#3186315) Subject: RE: Folklore: Boney Goes Boozing ! NOT Australian From: Herga Kitty When I posted to the 2001 thread, I (probably because posting from memory and not the book put together by Trayton) omitted the second verse... I dropped into the Rose & Crown And very soon I settled down I met up with some friends in there And we started dominoes Then I went up to the bar To buy a round, the fifth so far I stumbled on a bar stool And I trod on someone's toes... Kitty |