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30 Apr 14 - 07:02 AM (#3623081) Subject: Lyr Add: The M & B Downer -Don Perrygrove From: Leadfingers Inspired by a strike of Draymen at Mitchells and Butlers brewery in 1966 - Tune is Maggie May The M & B Downer - Don Perrygrove In the year of sixty six , poor old Brum was in a fix For the Draymen out at Cape Hill all stopped work In a week it hit the town , not a half pint could be found And the lushes of the city went berserk Chorus They were drinking Pepsi Cola , after shave and Ice Cream Soda And Grannie's parsnip wine went down a treat Our Chief Constable complained of an empty Steelhouse Lane Not a drunk was seen in all the city streets Dick the Dypso's wife was bragging that her Richard's on the wagon And has sworn to touch John Barleycorn no more Then the kitchen she went in , found twelve empty brass tins And poor old Richard paralytic on the floor The barmaid she was cheering , 'cos since there'd been no beer in She hadn't had to wash nor wipe a glass Not a beer stain could be seen , 'cos they'd licked the tables clean She was being paid for sitting on her -- Own On the twelfth day of the famine , they called the custom man in He declared "This ale's unfit and it must go!" So they poured the precious stuff down the bleeding brewery suff Now we know why Sidney Carter's down below In the taverns and the pubs , and in the folk song clubs To sing without their beer the new not how Then The Campbell's had a hunch , and drained The Jug Of Punch And had the bloody cheek to sing The Barley Mow Brum's boozing intermission was far worse than prohibition But I'm pleased to say once more they've got their beer And one last thing I will say , If you draymen want more pay Please don't strike , we'll have a whip round for you here |
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30 Apr 14 - 01:52 PM (#3623184) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The M & B Downer -Don Perrygrove From: GUEST Our Sidney behind the tube strike? Never.. When you're working in the dark, down below, Underneath St James' Park, down below. The Underground bosses you can hear 'em when they tosses Off the RMT strikers, down below.... |