11 Dec 20 - 11:59 AM (#4082941) Subject: Lyr Req: 'Boil On The Bum' From: GUEST,carterbrandon I’m trying to find the lyrics to a comic song I remember being done by a floor singer at The Old Crown club in Birmingham in the 80s, who I am pretty sure was called Chris Somerville. A hugely scatalogical piece of medical autobiography somewhat in the manner of Jake Thackray, to the tune of 'The Ash Grove / The Mayor of Bayswater’s Daughter', and titled (and chorused) ‘Boil On The Bum (titty titty...)’ it dealt with the experience of said ailment, and even included a hummed verse allowing the ‘fainthearts’ to vacate the room before going into detail. It was a masterpiece! |
11 Dec 20 - 10:40 PM (#4083033) Subject: ADD: Bessie's Boil (Robert W. Service) From: GUEST https://lyrics.lol/artist/43283-robert-william-service/lyrics/137629-bessie-s-boil Bessie's BoilRobert William ServiceSays I to my Missis: "Ba goom, lass! you've something I see, on your mind." |
12 Dec 20 - 07:19 PM (#4083173) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Boil On The Bum' From: GUEST,carterbrandon Who would have thought there'd be two of them! |
12 Dec 20 - 10:51 PM (#4083190) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Boil On The Bum' From: Seamus Kennedy And from the writer of The Cremation of Sam McGee, and The Shooting Of Dangerous Dan McGrew, no less. |
13 Dec 20 - 01:25 AM (#4083196) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Boil On The Bum' From: Joe Offer I hadn't seen that Robert W. Service poem before, but it's great....but I don't think that's the song that was requested. The search must go on!!! |
14 Dec 20 - 09:06 AM (#4083376) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Boil On The Bum' From: GUEST,carterbrandon No, it doesn't have: 1. The 'Boil on the bum titty-titty / Boil on the bum squitty-squitty / Boil on the bum titty-titty bum / titty-titty bum' chorus. 2. Verses ending with 2a. The announcement of a hummed time-out for the benefit of 'the fainthearts and fairies / Including my wife'. 2b. Detail about how 'this anal eruption' meant he 'Couldn't sit, couldn't sleep and he / Couldn't make love'. Again, you should be able to fit this into The Ash Grove tune. |
14 Dec 20 - 10:46 AM (#4083388) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Boil On The Bum' From: cnd I'm finding little of use for the specific song you're looking for. You mentioned the name Chris Sommerville earlier upthread. Does this Chris sound/look like the correct Chris? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9O_myn94bU Depending on how confident you are that that's his name you could try looking for Chrises that meet the criteria. Or perhaps the pub itself could aid you in your search: http://www.theoldcrown.com/ |
16 Dec 20 - 11:31 AM (#4083747) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Boil On The Bum' From: GUEST,Tom Patterson Re cnd's post, the Old Crown Club is now the Black Diamond Folk Club - held in a different venue now but it is the same club and several of the residents from the 80s are still involved. |
18 Dec 20 - 03:57 PM (#4084057) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Boil On The Bum' From: McGrath of Harlow Now this isn't the song you're after, but this thread brought it to mind "My Name is David Trimble, I'm nifty neat and nimble, On my backside there is a pimple and it festers in July I try so hard to please it, with ointment I do grease it, But the only way to ease it is to go marching with the boys. Chorus It's a little orange pimple, so soft and cute and simple. As harmless as a dimple till the marching season comes Then it swells with indignation, it causes irritation, How can I sit in negotiation with a pimple on my bum? There are lots more verses, and they are in the Frank Harte trubute book "A Living Voice" (the song is by Sean Mone) |