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30 Mar 20 - 03:08 AM (#4043033) Subject: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: GUEST,Peter Tatter Anyone know the lyrics to the Van Bough song , looking to sing it at the internet folk club. |
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30 Mar 20 - 03:17 AM (#4043036) Subject: Lyr Add: VAN GOGH (Les Barker) From: Joe Offer Yup. It was added to our Digital Tradition Folk Song Database before the database moved to Mudcat in 1996. It was submitted by the legendary Dennis Cook, but probably written by somebody else. VAN GOGH Oh my name it is Van Gogh, Lend an ear, lend an ear. Oh my name it is Van Gogh, Lend an ear. My name it is Van Gogh And all I did was cough and my ear it just fell off Lend an ear, lend an ear. Oh my right ear's pale and wan On the floor, on the floor My right ear's pale and wan on the floor. My right ear's pale and wan It was 'ere but now it gone And it's just been trodden on And it's sore, and it's sore. But there's no need to shout or for gloom or for gloom But there's no need to shout or for gloom. But there's no need to shout I'll take my ear 'ole out And I'll pass my ear about Round the room, round the room. Drinking Watneys leads to tears I shall teach, I shall teach Drinking Watneys leads to tears I shall teach. Drinking Watneys leads to tears And the falling off of ears And the parts that other beers Cannot reach, cannot reach. @drink @parody filename[ VANGOGH TUNE FILE: CAPNKIDD CLICK TO PLAY DC |
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30 Mar 20 - 03:33 AM (#4043040) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh Damn his ears! |
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30 Mar 20 - 04:03 AM (#4043045) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler I always thought it was by Les Barker, was it not in one of his early books? Robin |
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30 Mar 20 - 04:14 AM (#4043046) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Joe Offer I can't find evidence of authorship, BBCW, but it sure seems like a Les Barker song. -Joe- |
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30 Mar 20 - 04:30 AM (#4043048) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: GUEST,Ray Les did write a similar song but I don’t think it’s this one. |
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30 Mar 20 - 05:24 AM (#4043064) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Reinhard Tom Bliss sings "Van Gogh" on Herding Cats: Songs and Poems of Les Barker (Guide Cats for the Blind Volume 5). The words are very near to those shown above. |
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30 Mar 20 - 05:48 AM (#4043071) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: GUEST,jugmws It is a Les Barker song; I have the recording Vin did for the album. |
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30 Mar 20 - 10:04 AM (#4043117) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: GUEST,Starship Here is Tom Bliss singing Van Gogh on YouYube, where the lyrics are attributed to Les Barker and the melody as traditional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKIiPSVJOPs |
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30 Mar 20 - 03:19 PM (#4043207) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Long Firm Freddie It's on page 17 of Mrs Ackroyd's Diary, the second of Les Barker's many little books. The title is simply "Vincent". Cough and off are spelt cogh and ogh (as Tom Bliss sings it) and the beer to fear is indeed Greenall's, as Tom sings, rather than Watney's LFF |
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01 Apr 20 - 07:03 AM (#4043536) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh my name it is van gough From: Jack Campin I think the first verse is old - I heard it before Les Barker started his career. There is a picture going round the web of a Van Gogh self portrait where he's trying to put an anti-virus mask on, hanging uselessly off one ear - caption "oh bugger". |