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17 Aug 15 - 04:59 PM (#3730972) Subject: Lyr Add: SOUTHERN VECTIS BUS SONG (Lauri Say) From: cnd Set to a tune (if not the tune) of Wabash Cannonball. Several videos of it are available on Youtube for your viewing pleasure. SOUTHERN VECTIS BUS SONG (Lauri Say) From the grubby sands of Shanklin, if ever you should stray From Yarmouth down to Ventnor, from Wight to Totland Bay From Bembridge to The Needles, from Yaverland to Brook You'll find a Southern Vectis bus wherever you may look If you're lucky CHORUS Listen to the rumble, the racket and the din And listen to the jingle of the money rollin' in Well it's a public company, and it's owned by all of us So make yourself a provident ride on a Southern Vectis bus It doesn't really matter if you're off the beaten track A Vectis bus will pick you up and swiftly bring you back And if you chance to miss it, well, you mustn't scream or swoon You know there'll be another one tomorrow afternoon CHORUS Get a 19 out to Newtown, for Niton catch a 10 A 24 to Alverston, gets you there and back again It doesn't really matter if you live out in the sticks You can always get to Atherfield no number 36 Three times a day CHORUS If you're marooned at Merstone, our service will not fail From Whitwell or from Wellow, from Chillerton or Chale From all point of the island we will get you home alright Provided you don't travel after half-past-nine at night CHORUS Now here's to our conductors, they do a worthy job You'll always find them smiling when they charge you a couple of bob And if you feel like quibbling, they'll never wear a frown They know that in the summer it will cost you half-a-crown CHORUS |
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17 Aug 15 - 05:01 PM (#3730973) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Southern Vectis Bus Song From: cnd Oops, I forgot to mention that this song was written by Lauri Say |
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17 Aug 15 - 09:02 PM (#3731009) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Southern Vectis Bus Song From: nager Lauri was a wonderful man and wrote some great songs.. have many of them downloaded. Saw him and his friends perform "live" at the Isle of Wight where we all lived. |
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17 Aug 15 - 09:52 PM (#3731022) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Southern Vectis Bus Song From: cnd Thanks nager. Would you happen to have his song The Advertising Man? |
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18 Aug 15 - 01:40 AM (#3731047) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Southern Vectis Bus Song From: nager I have just looked through my list of songs on my computer and half of them seem to have disappeared including many of Lauri Say's. I don't have the one you asked for but will check the computer again to see what has happened and if I find it I will post again. PS: My wife shares the computer with me.. enough said!!! |
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18 Aug 15 - 09:18 AM (#3731135) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Southern Vectis Bus Song From: cnd Well that stinks! Thanks for looking though. And I understand the struggle of sharing a computer! |
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18 Aug 15 - 10:24 PM (#3731305) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Southern Vectis Bus Song From: vectis I asked for the lyrics of 'the advertising man' about 10 years ago but no-one seems to have them. Here are the only snippets I can remember. Ch: Oh the advertising man pours his message in your ear His slogans are pounding in your brain. Oh a man will look a real dream if he smears his hair with Brylcream And in his Raelbrook shirt he can't be beat. But if he gives them all a thrill with his Black & Decker drill He'll have the girls all rolling at his feet. UDI for the IoW |
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23 Aug 15 - 12:31 AM (#3732486) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Southern Vectis Bus Song From: GUEST,vectis sans cookie and another verse about processed food ended Now you're feeling all bloated and your stomach's sugar coated And you find your weight's gone up by thirty pounds. Sorry about the multiple posts above. Wi fi hung I think. Tidied up! ---mudelf |
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23 Aug 15 - 11:32 PM (#3732778) Subject: RE: ADD: The Southern Vectis Bus Song (Lauri Say) From: GUEST,vectis sana cookie Thank you mudelf |