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24 Mar 21 - 08:44 AM (#4099036) Subject: Lyr Add: Our Favourite Things From: SPB-Cooperator As promised on Monday, lyrics to Our Favourite Things. This was written collectively by members of the Shanty Crew to pass spare time back at the accommodation at the Lancaster Maritime Festival before an evening session. I can't remember which year, but the last verse is a indication of who was in the group at the time. Among the song's influences were: Rogers and Hammerstein, Moody Blues and Monty Pythons Flying Circus. The reference 'Books In The White Van' refers to when we travelled to gigs in the back of a Transit, and a member of the group finding some insalubrious literature tucked in a corner left behind by the van's previous owner. The penultimate verse refers to the back room of the pub which backed on to Guys Hospital nurses home where we rehearsed every Tuesday after the local freemason had finished their weekly meeting. The rest is a figment of our collective imagination. |
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24 Mar 21 - 08:58 AM (#4099037) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Our Favourite Things From: SPB-Cooperator OUR FAVOURITE THINGS (Steve Belsey, Tony Goodenough, Phil Jarrett) Sheep in galoshes and nuns in black leather Up on the chandelier, swinging together Nubile young housemaids, all tied up with string Those are a few of our favourite things. High heels and short skirts, suspenders and stockings Rubberwear catalogue, really quite shocking Gymnast in gymslips, the though of it brings A temperature rise, and a few other things... When the Crew sings, and your ears ring And it drives you mad Just try to remember our favourite things And then it won't seem so bad. Nudge, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, wink Nudge, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, wink. Ladies in G-strings and tarts in white satin Whips, chains and handcuffs, stilettoes quite Latin Nice lady wrestlers in t-shirts that cling Those are a few of our favourite things. Small furry animals, wild and exciting Books in the white van so strangely inviting To which all the singers so avidly cling Far too int'resting to put in the bin. When the Crew sings, and your ears ring And it drives you mad Just try to remember our favourite things And then it won't seem so bad. Nudge, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, wink Nudge, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, wink. each Tuesday night, midst the masons and nurses In a small pokey back room, the group it rehearses Over and over familiar ground Tryin' to achieve a spontaneous sound. Belsey and Money and Spindlow and Jarrett Chris Roche and Rita and Tony and parrot Dominic Magog and other strange things That's what you get when the Shanty Crew sings. hen the crew sings, and your ears ring And it drives you mad Just try to remember our favourite things And then it won't seem so bad. |
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24 Mar 21 - 08:59 AM (#4099038) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Our Favourite Things From: SPB-Cooperator For the record - the parrot was inflatable. |
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06 Jun 22 - 07:44 PM (#4143549) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Our Favourite Things From: Joe Offer Refresh....just for the hell of it. Steve sang this today, and it was fun. |
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09 Jun 22 - 01:14 PM (#4143826) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Our Favourite Things From: Tattie Bogle Good one! I have only heard another parody of “Favourite Things” about growing old and all the tribulations it brings. I believe that Julie Andrew’s herself was known to have sung it. |
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09 Jun 22 - 06:30 PM (#4143873) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Our Favourite Things From: GerryM Maree Robertson sang "Fave Swings" to the tune of My Favorite Things at the Mudcat Singaround earlier this week. I think she wrote it. It seems to be about the onset of dementia. Here's the 1st stanza: Wilting the roses and Starving the kitten Washing the dishes My hands in wool mittens Taking a shower When already clean These are the moments When sanity swings... |
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09 Jun 22 - 07:51 PM (#4143883) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Our Favourite Things From: Tattie Bogle Just cringing at that unnecessary apostrophe in Julie Andrews: I swear I did NOT write that! Apple did it! |