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13 Oct 00 - 05:45 AM (#317935) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: GUEST,nick Who sang a song called "My Faithfull friend the tortoise" I heard it in a folk club years ago and I can only remember the chorus. "He's a faithfull friend the tortoise, who'll love you 'till the end, 'cos you don't need a person with a tortoise as a friend" The words or the title might not be quite right. |
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13 Oct 00 - 05:50 AM (#317937) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: GUEST,nick Who sang a song called "My Faithfull friend the tortoise" I heard it in a folk club years ago and I can only remember the chorus. "He's a faithfull friend the tortoise, who'll love you 'till the end, 'cos you don't need a person with a tortoise as a friend" The words or the title might not be quite right. |
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13 Oct 00 - 07:16 AM (#317949) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: GUEST,Dita Tortoise song used to be sung by Bobby Eaglesham, (Five Hand Reel). He recorded it on an "Xtra" albom in the 70's. love, john. |
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13 Oct 00 - 10:47 AM (#318040) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: Barbara "My Name is Morgan, But it Ain't JP", was recorded many years ago by the Chad Mitchell Trio, and within the last five by Anne Hills and Cindy Magnesen (I think with Tom Paxton) on the CD Precious Memories. Guests Seth and Dita/john, in general is a good idea to start a new thread when you are looking for a different song and put a key phrase in the thread title. A lot of people tend to skip ones like this with generic names. Blessings, Barbara |
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13 Oct 00 - 06:06 PM (#318345) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: poet Lanfranc Hi If you're in email contact with Del boy please send him my highest regards and my email "grahamhyett@yahoo.com" He's one the good ones. thank you Graham (Guernsey) |
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21 Oct 00 - 11:25 AM (#323957) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: Hollowfox Well, Guest, if you're at kent.edu, then you know that all of the place names in your version are in the Cleveland, Ohio area, but that's something only us locals would pick up on. Sounds to me like a local parody of the song the other folks are discussing. I'd try asking Jim Bloom, the folk DJ at WKSU (when they've recovered from their fund drive), some old-timer regulars at Brady's Caf (you never know), going to the Arabica coffeehouse in Cleveland (if it's still there; after all, they're mentioned in the song)(I think it;s in the University Circle area), or putting the question to Dr. Demento's website. |
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21 Oct 00 - 12:42 PM (#323999) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: GUEST,claudini@aol.com My Name is Morgan (but it ain't J.P.) |
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21 Oct 00 - 01:19 PM (#324026) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: John Hardly Nygil Sade, The artist was Dermot Somerville The cassette was "For A Laugh" 1992 Skylark Records SRT-1002 Playlist; Phil the Fluther's Ball, Sister Josephine, Neil Flaherty's Drake, The Bantam Cock, The Bonny Black Hare, The Train To Morrow, The Portugee's Murder, Drink The Old Jug Dry/General Guiness, The Devil & The Farmer's Wife, A Stitch In Time, The Limerick Rake, The Calabar. I did a show with him about 8 years ago and bought the tape directly from him. I noticed however, you have a Kent State email name--I met him in Medina Ohio (Just south of Cleveland). Good Luck. John |
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31 Jul 01 - 02:12 PM (#518479) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: GUEST The Killdares, a celtic-rock band from Dallas, TX used to perform this song. They also recorded it on their first album called "Killer Keltic". |
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31 Jul 01 - 02:17 PM (#518483) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: GUEST The Killdares used to perform "Limerick Rake" and can be found on their first album called "Killer Keltic" |
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31 Jul 01 - 02:38 PM (#518506) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: John MacKenzie Diz Disley used to do "My name is Morgan, but it aint JP", may even still do so . Jock |
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01 Aug 01 - 09:45 AM (#519010) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: yirdy Reference MY FAITHFULL FRIEND THE TORTOISE. I remember this song being sung by a friend Brian Whitmee from Catterick in North Yorkshire while I was stationed at RAF Leeming (73-77). I have a vague recolection that it was written by Johnny Handle of The High Level Ranters. |
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15 Apr 11 - 09:11 AM (#3135701) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: GUEST,George The tortoise song was written and sung by Ed Pickford from Sunderland |
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15 Apr 11 - 09:57 AM (#3135720) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: Tattie Bogle Of course, there's also Les Barker's wonderful parody about Myrtle the Turtle, "Will the Turtle be unbroken" to the tune of "Will the circle be unbroken". I think it may be in the DT or lurking in a thread somewhere. |
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16 Apr 11 - 03:39 PM (#3136490) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: Jim Dixon The correct title of the song requested at the beginning of this thread is THE TORTOISE. It was recorded by The Corries and appears on 2 of their albums: "Comedy Collection" (2003) and "Barrett's Privateers" (2007). Lyrics have been posted at least 3 times at Mudcat: One, Two, Three. |
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16 Apr 11 - 04:05 PM (#3136503) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who sings this song? From: GUEST,John MacKenzie There was a young lady called Myrtle Who had an affair with a turtle The result of her sins, Was triplets, not twins. Which proved that the turtle was fertile {And Myrtle!) |