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05 Dec 11 - 08:12 PM (#3269029) Subject: Lyr Req: Bill Copland From: GUEST,bigdaviedoc I was at a party at the weekend and we could only remember the chorus to a fantastic parody I think was written by Bill Copland, "You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne". Does anyone hnow it? |
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08 Dec 11 - 01:15 PM (#3270562) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bill Copland From: Jim Dixon This blog says it was sung by Joe MacAtamany at an open mic night in Glasgow on 18 February 2009. That's all I can find. |
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08 Dec 11 - 01:29 PM (#3270571) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: John MacKenzie I did hear a parody entitled, You Picked a Fine Time to Leave me Loose Wheel. |
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08 Dec 11 - 03:57 PM (#3270635) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: Tangledwood There's a skydivers' version: You picked a fine time to fail me reserve, five hundred feet and I'm loosing my nerve..... |
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08 Dec 11 - 06:28 PM (#3270719) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: Joe Offer Please, somebody post this song! |
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09 Dec 11 - 06:51 AM (#3270957) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: Leadfingers Shep Woolley has an excellent rewrite , 'A Fine Time' on his CD 'Life in a Blue Suit' |
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09 Dec 11 - 07:23 AM (#3270971) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: GUEST,Black belt caterpillar wrestler I seem to remember another parody based on truck driving "You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel". |
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09 Dec 11 - 09:37 AM (#3271008) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: peregrina There's a 'Fine time to leave me loose wheel' up on youtube somewhere, written and sung by Ed Pickford at a miner's strike benefit during the early 1980s |
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09 Dec 11 - 09:42 AM (#3271010) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: peregrina here -- a 'country and western song from morpeth' |
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09 Dec 11 - 12:12 PM (#3271065) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks, peregrina. |
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09 Dec 11 - 12:26 PM (#3271068) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: banjoman The one I know begins: I was riding quite freely in a flash jensen healey that I'd got on loan from a friend All my feelings were hazy coz I'd just met this lady and together were off for a (dirty) weekend. The engine was hummin' my brain it was numbin' and thats when I dropped a clanger @cos without knowing when she asked where are we goin' I told her I was going to Bangor (in Wales) you picked the wrong time to try for a feel there's a Panda behind me and he's hot on my heels His blue light is flasihn'my mind it is crashin' you picked the wrong time to try for a feel Crossing the Severn well that where I first saw him Commin'up fast from behind Bleu lights all flashin' my mind started crahin and seven pints came to my mind. You picked the wrong time to try for a feel etc Sorry can't recall the last verse but will try |
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09 Dec 11 - 01:03 PM (#3271081) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: Mick Pearce (MCP) That last is I think You Picked A Fine Time To Try For A Feel. Joe Stead used to sing it at one time. I don't think he wrote it, but I could be wrong. There are several recordings of it on youtube. Mick |
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25 Jan 12 - 10:01 PM (#3296365) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: GUEST I've found all the other "You Picked a Fine Time to Leave me Lucille" parody except the one I am looking for. The first couple of lines are, "At a bar in the Gorbals, Just doon frae the orange halls, At a bar room he lay on the flair." and the chorus goes, "You picked a fine time to leave me Yvonne, With the rent over drew and the bank over drawn. I filled you with Buckfast, How long would our love last..." and now i cant even remember the chorus!! If anyone can help me please post ASAP!! |
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26 Jan 12 - 05:54 AM (#3296485) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: Leadfingers Try For a Feel is Shep Wolleys song that I referred to 9th December |
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26 Jan 12 - 08:06 AM (#3296538) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: Charley Noble There's also a silkie parody, i. e., "You picked a fine time to leave me, you seal!" Here's my notes from 2004: To the tune of "Lucille" by H. Bynum and R. Bowling, parody lyrics by Elizabeth Scarborough ©2004 Adaptation by Muriel Doris 2004 You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me, You Seal Chorus: You picked a fine time to leave me, you seal The babe that I bore you just makes my head reel, He'll only eat kippers, has four lovely flippers, Likes to dive down to the well for his meal, You picked a fine time to leave me, you seal Oh, you are a silkie, or that's what you told me Though I'd sworn you were a man; A right comely boy, oh, you gave me much joy, oh, But I never did understand; I'd have cause to regret, once you got your feet wet For a silkie as I've come to know On hitting the water can swim like an otter And balance a ball on his nose. Though we parted friendly, I think you should send me Some child support, that is my wish; Since I moved to Ohio, it's so hard, don't you know, Just to keep that poor kid in fish; And if I should remarry it must be to some faery Of silkie descent, or at least To some understanding and most undemanding Boy in the employ of Greenpeace. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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26 Jan 12 - 12:26 PM (#3296669) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: JohnInKansas So far as I can recall, Charley has them right, but I also think I remember that the lyrics for "You Seal" were published in Sing Out!, probably some time near the © date (2004) cited. The lyric submittal may have been by the author of the lyric, or it may have been from an "as sung by" version. I'm quite sure I've got a note on it somewhere, if I could just remember where I was keeping my notes of that kind back then. ... John |
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26 Jul 15 - 02:00 AM (#3726158) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: GUEST,CoriSCapnSkip Once I found a website with about 25 different parodies of the Lucille song including one about a "loose heel" on a bride's wedding shoes! I still can't find lyrics for the version I would like to hear--about a realistic fancy dress cow costume and stopping to bend down while taking a short cut across a field with a bull in it. It seems to have been done by the Barron Knights but they did a number of medleys of parodies of popular songs. Anyone know where this might be found? Thanks. |
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29 Apr 21 - 10:53 AM (#4103964) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Yvonne From: GUEST The Barron Knights Lucille lyrics go thus At the fancy dress dinner, Lucille was a winner. She took first prize with a bow I went as the farmer, But she was the charmer, Dressed as a cute jersey cow. As we walked home together, Through fields and the heather, We had a good time and were full but we had been drinking, And passed without thinking, The notice that read... beware of the Bull! You picked a fine time to bend down Lucille! Your fancy costume, it looked much too real! There was a cool hush, And then I saw that Bull rush To him you had animal appeal And that’s the last time that we saw Lucille |