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27 Nov 00 - 11:55 AM (#347036) Subject: Looking for a Song From: GUEST,craigrr@juno.com I was wondering if anyone knows of a song with the following lyrics:
" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Craig Line breaks added. --JoeClone |
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27 Nov 00 - 01:10 PM (#347090) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for a Song From: Noreen Don't know it myself, but somebody here will... |
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27 Nov 00 - 01:34 PM (#347108) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for a Song From: GUEST,Kernow Jon I heard a version of Spanish Lady the other day with the chorus: 18, 16, 14, 12, 10 8, 6, 4, 2, none, 19, 17, 15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, and 1 It were a bu**er to sing! But I don't suppose that helps your quest. KJ |
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27 Nov 00 - 02:09 PM (#347137) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for a Song From: Noreen LOL! |
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27 Nov 00 - 07:12 PM (#347348) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for a Song From: Snuffy One of our morris side sings it to the tune of Villikins and his Dinah (Sweet Betsy from Pike to our transatlantic cousins) and the chorus is:
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The first verse is similar to yours, and the second goes:
Down on the farm I was milking a cow
Those are the only two verses he does, and if it has a title I suppose it would be "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" Wassail! V |
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31 Jul 02 - 10:36 PM (#757868) Subject: Lyr Add: SOMEBODY THREW A TOMATO AT HIM From: Jim Dixon I used Google to search for "Somebody threw a tomato at him" and found several versions of the song. The title varies; sometimes it's "Brother Jim", "Uncle Jim", "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10", or "To Market, To Market." Sometimes the verses appeared as part of "Wild Rover" or a parody of same, and appeared with other parody verses, some of them obscene. Some clean versions were called "scouting songs." I didn't find any American versions; they would have to say "can" instead of "tin." Additional verses found at http://members.iinet.net.au/~oneilg/scouts/songs/tomarket.html:
She was having a bath and she couldn't come down, I said, "Slip on something, you'd better be quick." She slipped on the soap, and by gad she was quick [or "was down in a tick"].
I looked out my window too early one morn,
It's a mighty fine song so I'll sing it all day, With a 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, And a 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, It's a mighty fine song so I'll sing it again.
All there in the duck pond a-learnin' to swim He first tries the backstroke, he then tries the side But he's now underwater, aswim 'gainst the tide. CHO: Tooraloo, tooralee, O how would you, how would you like to be me?
Oh, the oul' barn door was the table we had
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01 Aug 02 - 09:09 AM (#758066) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for a Song From: Snuffy Jim, I remember a different tune for Oh, Jemima (it was a bit like Oh Mr Porter crossed with Gounod's Soldiers' Chorus). I think there's been a thread about Oh Jemima. WassaiL! V |
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02 Aug 02 - 07:30 AM (#758638) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Dave Bryant This and the other verses above are all just "floaters" fo a variety of comic songs sung to the tune of "Villikins and his Dinah". I use a couple of them for "The Thrashing Machine". My version of one of Jim's verses is rather more explicit: I called on my girlfriend - her name is Miss Brown. She was having a bath and she couldn't come down. I said, "Slip on something", she called "Half a tick." Then she slipped on the soap, and slid down on my ..... (I usually play the guitar break a bit early and just mouth the word) |
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02 Aug 02 - 10:30 PM (#759064) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Brien I heard someone sing this: I went to the market with my brother Tim When somebody lobbed a tomato at him Now, to throw a tomato is not such a sin But this little bugger was still in the tin The chorous went: I did her, I did her, I did her, I did I did her, I did her, I did her, I did I did her, I did her, I did her, I did I did her, I did her, I did her, I did Brien |
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03 Aug 02 - 03:11 AM (#759146) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Roughyed I think Fivepeny Piece recorded a version. I can remember a couple of verses.
As I was a-walking down Stamford Street
My cousin Jim one day for a stunt |
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03 Aug 02 - 07:35 AM (#759219) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST Sing high sing low where ever we go The boys of the Royal Navy never say no There's C/Os and P/Os and CPOs too They stand on the F'ocsle with fuck all to do For all they're worth they might as well be shovelling up shit on the isle of Capri
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03 Aug 02 - 08:06 AM (#759230) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Chris/Darwin Isn't it amazing what the folk process does. I learned this one from someone in Port Moresby about 30 years ago. I have made up verses to suit particular gigs. The original:
To market, to market, went my Uncle Jim
I went to my girl friends, her name is Miss Brown
I dreamed I did die, and to heaven did go
Chorus:
Regards
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03 Aug 02 - 09:01 AM (#759238) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Chris/Darwin I meant, of course, last two lines...
Regards |
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24 Sep 06 - 08:03 AM (#1841942) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST A Version found in an old school-book:
When someone throw a tomato at him Now, tomatos don`t hurt, when they come in their skin but this one hurt, it came in a tin. |
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24 Sep 06 - 11:32 AM (#1842067) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST Get Away To market, to market went my uncle Jim, When somebody threw a tomato at him, Now tomatoes are soft and they don't hurt the skin, But this one it did 'cos it was in a tin! The chorus: Get away, get away, It's a mighty fine song so I'll sing it all day, With a 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, And a 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, It's a mighty fine song so I'll sing it again. Now Mary the milkmaid was milking a cow, But poor little Mary she didn't know how, She went and she tried, but she pulled the wrong mit, And all of a sudden was covered in ****! Chorus I called on my girlfriend, her name is Miss Brown, She was having a bath so she couldn't come down, I said 'slip on something, be down in tick', She slipped on the soap and, by God she was quick! Chorus from www.djmorton.demon.co.uk/scouting/songs/getaway.htm |
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24 Sep 06 - 12:13 PM (#1842099) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at From: GUEST,SallyP This is an old 'traditional' Scout song, sung (yes) to the tune of 'Villikins & his Dinah' As i was out walking with my Uncle Jim, Somebody threw a tomato at him. "Tomatoes don't hurt you", he said with a grin "Only that one was 'specially wrapped in a tin". The song 1 2 3 4.....4 3 2 1 etc. encompasses the above verse very nicely, and there are DOZENS more 'floating' humorous verses that also fit very well. e.g. "Jonah the Prophet was caught by a Whale By whome he was swallowed or so goes the tale. But then after three days and nights Jonah found The truth that "You can't keep a good fellow down". and F A R too many more !! |
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24 Sep 06 - 01:44 PM (#1842182) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Mo the caller Was it the Yetis who sang a version of the verse that was in the first post "Mary the Milk Maid was milking her cow The trouble with Mary, she didn't know how The farmer came by & gave Mary the sack So she flipped the cow over & poured the milk back!" As I remember their verse ended The old cow turned round and it said with a frown You hang on tight love, I'll jump up and down. And to the same tune The Muck Spreader song (I can only remember the chorus) Fling it here, fling it there, If you're in the way you will all get your share. |
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24 Sep 06 - 03:57 PM (#1842259) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Snuffy The Yetties do that verse in Dorset is Beautiful Now Sarah went milking with Nellie the cow She pulled and she tugged, but she didn't quite know how So after a short while, Nellie turned with a frown Said "You hang on tight love, I'll jump up and down." |
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24 Sep 06 - 06:43 PM (#1842385) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Herga Kitty Snuffy Is that before or after the verse saying "Farmer Brown looked at Gwendolyn and he looked at young Ned"? Kitty |
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24 Sep 06 - 07:33 PM (#1842436) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Compton I'll put a vote in for "The Thrashing Machine"...it's where I heard that verse! |
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24 Sep 06 - 07:42 PM (#1842448) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Snuffy Kitty, I know the verse you mean, but it's missing from the (old) recording I have: perhaps they had to do a sanitised version for the BBC! |
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24 Sep 06 - 08:13 PM (#1842472) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at From: GUEST I seem to remember Mike Harding singing this one |
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25 Sep 06 - 04:27 AM (#1842659) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Scrump There must be an infinite number of versions of this song. One that springs to mind is by Fivepenny Piece on their live album "On Stage". On that the song was called 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10. Sung as others have said to the tune of Villikins and his Dinah. Many of the verses mentioned above are in their version. (Not sure if that's the version the above GUEST was thinking of? I think Mike Harding may have sung it with the band on one of their joint TV shows in the 1970s, on BBC TV) |
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25 Sep 06 - 08:01 AM (#1842751) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Scrump Re. the Threshing Machine (or Thrashing Machine as it's sometimes called) - some versions have a slightly different chorus from the one mentioned above: I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I ay I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I ay I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I ay An' I upped an' I showed 'er the way (Fred Wedlock sang that on his version; whereas Adge Cutler didn't, at least, not on his live recording of the song.) I would guess that Peter Sellers must have heard this version as he sang a chorus very similar to the above in his "Suddenly It's Folk Song" spoof of the folk revival, recorded in the laste 1950s. I think the Threshing Machine/Thrashing Machine usually tells a slightly bawdy tale about a bloke showing a girl his threshing machine and the consequences of this (ooerr missus!); whereas 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 or variations thereof are just a rag-bag of (usually slightly rude) funny verses thrown together for laughs. |
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25 Sep 06 - 08:09 AM (#1842759) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,HughM If I remember rightly it's on Mike Harding's L.P. "A Lancashire Lad". The chorus goes "toora loo, toora lay, the best of society lives down our way". |
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25 Sep 06 - 09:03 AM (#1842807) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Snuffy I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er away And I led that virginal creature astray. Adge Cutler's Threshing Machine has completely different verses to the Rugby Club version I learned. Perhaps he wrote/adapted it himself. |
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25 Sep 06 - 09:24 AM (#1842825) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Dr Price When I was but a lad in the Valley Folk Club, Pontardawe, I heard Jim Harper (of Neath, fabulous singer) singing: I went up to Cardiff to call on Miss Brown, She was up in the bath and she wouldn't come down. Says I: "Slip on something, and be very quick," So she slipped on some soap – she was down in a tick CHORUS: Tooraloo, tooralay, The cream of society lives down our way. To market, to market to buy me a hen, For I thought as I might like some eggs now and then; But when I got home I had a hell of a shock, Said the hen: "I can't lay eggs because I'm a cock". I was a-walking down our main street I saw a man with no shoes on his feet I took pity on him, and right and there Went into a fruit shop and brought him a pear. I was a-walking with our brother Jim, Somebody threw a tomato at him. That may be all right when they're still in their skin, But this bugger wasn't - it was inside a tin. I went and died and to heaven did go, Where did I come from, they wanted to know. "I comes from South Wales" – oh, how they did stare, They said: "Come right inside – you're the first one from there." CHORUS: Tooraloo, tooralay, The cream of society lives down our way. |
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25 Sep 06 - 11:36 AM (#1842919) Subject: RE: Looking for a Song: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Scrump Adge Cutler's Threshing Machine has completely different verses to the Rugby Club version I learned. Perhaps he wrote/adapted it himself I think Adge was forced by EMI to keep it clean in those days. It was originally issued on a single and would probably have been played in jukeboxes in pubs, etc., so would have to be cleaner than the rubgy version (assuming the version you know is as filthy as the rest!) |
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25 Sep 06 - 07:35 PM (#1843273) Subject: Lyr Add: Threshing Machine From: Snuffy They are different enough to count as two different songs: same basic theme and same tune, but completely different words and emphasis. Threshing Machine (RUGBY VERSION) I worked for a farmer, you know him quite well, And he had a daughter, her name were Sweet Nell And though she were only the age of 16 I showed her the works of my thrashing machine I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er away I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er away I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er away And I led that virginal creature astray. We went to a barn where it was quite dry Some hay in the corner we there did espy She worked the throttle and I worked the steam When I showed her the works of my thrashing machine Six months have passed and all is not well There's something the matter with our little Nell For under her apron can plainly be seen The works of my naughty old thrashing machine A year has gone by and all is now well A son has been born to our little Nell And under his nappy can plainly be seen A brand-new 2-cylinder thrashing machine My Threshing Machine (ADGE CUTLER) Now I farmed in Carlsbury when I were a boy A courting of Rose, she were my pride and joy Now Rosie was pretty and just 17 When I showed her the works of my threshing machine Threshing machine, threshing machine, I showed her the works of my threshing machine She told me that she were a much-travelled girl Seen faces, been places all over the world But there was one sight that her eyes never seen A vertical piston-drive threshing machine Threshing machine, threshing machine, A vertical piston-drive threshing machine We went to the barn and I took her inside And said "If you're good I might give 'ee a ride" It stood there all sparkling and shiny and clean She said "That's what I call a threshing machine" Threshing machine, threshing machine, "That's what I call a threshing machine" She asked me to demonstrate how the thing worked So I let out the clutch: the machine went berserk You couldn't see nought for the smoke and the steam When I started revving my threshing machine Threshing machine, threshing machine, When I started revving my threshing machine When I said Rose could drive it, for better or worse, The whole damned contraption went into reverse The camshaft seized up - well, you know what I mean And that was the end of my threshing machine Threshing machine, threshing machine, Now that was the end of my threshing machine |
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06 Jan 08 - 03:44 AM (#2229572) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Bry When I was a kid, this was the verse that I knew I went to the circus with my uncle Jim Somebody threw a tomato at him Tomatos are usually soft to the skin But this one half killed him, and it came in a tin |
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12 Jan 08 - 06:10 PM (#2234995) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Harmonium Hero I remember my parents singing bits of this song, back in the '50s. My recollections are a bit sketchy, but it wasn't the same as the Mike Harding version. It had refrain lines, thus: I called on my sweetheart, her name was miss brown With a heigh, ho, come to the fair. She was having a bath, and she couldn't come down With a heigh, ho, come to the fair. I said "slip on something and come down a tick"; She slipped on the soap and came down pretty quick With a heigh, ho, (la la la la la la la la la la) in the morning. Sorry, but that line escapes me; the first four las might have been 'come to the fair' again, but the others are lost in the mists of time J.K. |
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12 Jan 08 - 06:17 PM (#2234998) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: John MacKenzie See Delivering the Morning Milk on this page. I have also heard those lyrics somewhere else but can't remember where! Giok |
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13 Jan 08 - 09:52 AM (#2235342) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: LeTenebreux These lyrics fit in "So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh". Is this a coincidence? |
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14 Jan 08 - 09:55 AM (#2236069) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle I went to my girlfriend and this I did say: 'What would you like since today's your birthday?' She said 'I'd like diamonds' - so right there and then I gave her the ace jack queen king nine and ten. I went for a trip on the old underground But I slipped on the step and I fell to the ground. The vicar rushed up -'Did you miss a step, son?' I said 'No you daft *******, I hit every one' |
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14 Jan 08 - 04:25 PM (#2236375) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Andy I remember The Fivepenny Piece doing a version of this Titled 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. I have heard many versions since from a variety of people, most of the verses I rcall have been have been written above. |
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15 Jan 08 - 05:34 PM (#2237286) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: LeTenebreux Not to go off on a tangent, but perhaps a second order Taylor polynomial, at least one version "So Long It's Been Good to Know You" has the following lines: I went down to the barn, as has been my rule; Went down to milk, had a pail and a stool. The cow tossed her head and she swished 'round her tail And planted her left hind foot smack in the pail. I said, "Listen here, Bossy, stop pawin' the ground. I had a hard night, I was slippin' around." She looked at me with her eyes big and brown And said "You just hang on, boy, I'll jump up and down. This looks eerily similar. The verses have the same meter as "Somebody Threw A Tomato At Him" even if the tune isn't quite the same (I found a Johnny Cash recording of "Sweet Betsy from Pike". I'm inclined to think that there's some sort of connection between these songs, even if it's just that other people besides me have felt compelled to mix and match verses. |
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22 Jan 08 - 02:27 PM (#2242179) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Hannah DC The 3 verses I grew up with were: "To market, to market went my cousin Jim, When somebody threw a tomato at him, Tomatoes are soft and they don't break the skin, But this one killed Jim - it was wrapped in a tin!" "Mary the milkmaid was milking a cow, The trouble with Mary she didn't know how! The farmer came round and he gave her the sack, So she tipped the cow over and poured the milk back!" "Roger was taking his time in the shower, Sue called from downstairs - 'You've been in for an hour!' Roger called back - 'I'll be down in a tick!' But he slipped on the soap and by Gee! He was quick!" With a chorus of only 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To the same tune as the verse. |
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27 Jul 08 - 04:56 PM (#2398933) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Joyce I went down to the market to by a fat hen an egg for me breakfast I'd have now and then but when I got home, ew I had such a shock the hen that I bought turned out to be a cock. singing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10...... |
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10 Oct 08 - 04:48 AM (#2461832) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,kjmaybury This is what my dad used to sing to me when I was younger Two big black eyes has my brother jim cuz somebody threw some tomatoes at him Tomatoes don't hurt said poor jim with a grin But those darn tomatoes They were in a tin The salvation army once called at our door said they were saving mens soles by the score I said what about your woman they said they are alright I said Save me a big fat one for next saturday night |
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10 Oct 08 - 08:34 AM (#2462015) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: clueless don In the sixties a local radio station (WHFS, in the Washington DC area) played a number of "hip recitations" or "beat recitations". I don't remember the name of the performer, or when the recordings were made (though I got the impression that it was before the sixties.) One of them tells the story of Galileo taking "two unequally weighted balls of dough" and dropping them from a tower [presumably in reference to the famous demonstration that items of different weight fall at the same speed.] An observer says something like "Big deal - two dough balls" and "threw a tomato at the doctor" ("the doctor" being Galileo.) The recitation goes on - I don't remember anymore of the words until the very end - and at some point I think some cheese gets involved, so that finally they decide to call the tower "The Leaning Tower of Pizza". There was another recitation, by the same performer I believe, about Albert Einstein. I would love to know more about these recitations! Don |
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11 Oct 08 - 05:15 AM (#2462814) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Pete Mary the milkmaid was milking the cow, and poor little Mary she didn't know how. With only one udder to take hold and pull Mary the milkmaid was milking the bull! |
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11 Oct 08 - 04:58 PM (#2463211) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,mayomick Cockneys I used to know used to sing for the chorus : hold yer row ,hear what i say and we kill every copper that gets down our way |
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11 Oct 08 - 06:19 PM (#2463269) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST My dad used to sing a version of this that he learned from his dad. We used to sing it in the car when I was small. Same tune as Sweet Betsy From Pike. We knew it as Are You Mister Reilly? Are You Mister Reilly that owns this hotel, Are you Mister Reilly they speak of so well, "Cause of you're Mister Reilly, then blimey o'reilly If you're Mister Reilly you ain't half looking well (Chorus) Hold your row, hold your row What d'you say, what d'you say For the queen of society lives down our way For the queen of society lives down our way I called on my sweetheart, her name was Miss Brown, She was having a bath and she couldn't come down, She said she'd slip on something and be down in a tick, She slipped on the soap and she did come down quick (Chorus) One day I met a poor boy in the street He was ever so hungry, no shoes to his feet So as I had money and plenty to spare I went to the fruiterer's and bought him a pair (Chorus) There was a young man and his name was Lord Jim He complained that his wife threw tomatoes at him Now tomatoes are soft and don't injure the skin But this one it did, it was inside a tin (chorus) One day I died and to Heaven did go And where did I come from, they wanted to know, When I told them from *(insert birthplace here, in my dad's case it was Catford so that's how I learnt it)* it made them all stare Come in, said St Peter, you're the first one from there (Chorus) The way I learnt it, it was a one of those sort of trad cockney songs, music hall I suppose, like My Old Man's A Dustman and Your Baby Has Gone Down The Plughole and Knocked 'Em In The Old Kent Road, that kind of thing. Gosh, that's brought back memories. |
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11 Oct 08 - 06:36 PM (#2463279) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Bill S from Adelaide Kitty from memory Farmer looked at Young Gwendoline and he looked at Young Ned What an andsome young couple they ought to be wed But farmer sighed softly, its impossible of course Cos Gwendoline's my daughter and Ned is my orse. As I said on another thread, it is a pity we didn't collect all the verses the locals gave us in the Smiths Arms in 75. On Song for Every Season there is a song All young men who go a courtin, mind which way you choose a wife If you marry my wife's daughter, you'll be a beggar for the rest of your life 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 none 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 and 1 Wassail Bill S once from Perth now Melbourne |
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10 Mar 09 - 01:08 AM (#2585301) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST Truly sorry for intruding, but would you know where I can find the song "Oh Jemima (look at your Uncle Jim)? It is my old gran's fave, but I can't find it anywhere - not even on Amazon. Could you please email me if you happen to know where I can find it? Thank you!!! markfernandez4@hotmail.com |
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11 Mar 09 - 10:10 AM (#2586347) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Jim Dixon Mark Fernandez: See the thread Lyr Add: Oh Jemima |
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07 Jun 09 - 12:27 AM (#2650367) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,beefcake this part of a colin buchanan song. he is an australian singer and his songs are great. this song is from one of his kids cds but i cant remember which one |
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20 Aug 09 - 12:24 PM (#2704718) Subject: 2nd verse of "Knocked 'em in The Old Kent Road" From: GUEST,Xrias It starts "Your Uncle Bill in Clerkenwell" |
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24 Sep 09 - 11:59 AM (#2730470) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Dave Webb. Dorset is Beautiful. To market to market to market with Jim When somebody threw a tomato at him Tomatoes are soft when they're still in the skin But this bugger weren't it was still in the tin. |
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25 Sep 09 - 06:49 AM (#2730996) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Tug the Cox I learned the 'Mr Reilly' versionas a kid in London, different third line though Are you Mister Reilly who owns the Hotel? Are you Mister Reilly they speak of so well? Well if you're Mister Reilly they speak of so highly Well blimey O'Reilly you are looking well. |
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25 Sep 09 - 07:29 AM (#2731006) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Fantum Gathered of Mudcat over the years As I was a-walking one morning with a lass, Two Guisbro farmers I chanced for to pass. And one said to the other as we went strolling by, "There be more birds in the long grass than there be in the sky." Oh! Nellie is my girlfriend and I loves her so. She's as big as an haystack and 40 years old. Farmer says hers ginormous and loud do he scoff For you has to leave a chalk mark to show where you left off. Farmer looks at young Gwendolyn and he looks at young Ned. "What a handsome young couple! They ought to be wed." Farmer says sadly, "It's impossible, of course, For Gwendolyn is my daughter and Ned he is my horse." One day as her went milking with Nellie the cow, Her pulled and her tugged but her didn't know how. So after a short while, Nellie turned with a frown, Saying, "You hang on tight, love, and I'll jump up and down." There's a public convenience along North Gate Street, And some silly beggar went and painted the seat. Now bottoms are plentiful, and the all look the same, But my arse is different, for it comes in a frame. As I was a-walking down Allison Street, I saw a poor bloke with no shoes to his feet. Now I having plenty of brass for to spare, I nipped into a fruit shop and I bought him a pear. My cousin Jim one day for a stunt Went out one day with his coat back to front. A bloody big bus come and knocked our Jim down. He would have been saved but they turned his head round. Now Mary, the milkmaid, was milking the cow. She was trying so hard but she didn't know how. Along came the farmer and gave her the sack, So she turned the cow over and poured the milk back! I dreamt that I died, and to heaven did go, But, "Where do you come from?" they wanted to know. When I said from Guisbro they said, "Come right in. You're the first one we've had from that cesspool of sin." |
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22 Jan 10 - 09:29 AM (#2818458) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST Just thought I'd throw this wording in as its the one I remember from childhood: (Chorus) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1. Mary the milkmaid was milking a cow, The trouble with Mary, she didn't know how, Out came the farmer and gave her the sack, So she tipped the cow over and poured the milk back. (chorus) To market, to market with my brother Jim, When someone threw a tomato at him, Tomatoes are soft but this one killed him, For this tomato was wrapped in a tin. (chorus) I called on my girlfriend, her name is Miss Brown, She was having a shower and couldn't come down, I said, "Slip on something, you'd better be quick." So she slipped on the soap, and by god she was slick. |
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10 May 10 - 03:38 PM (#2903942) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Maria Peck these are the lyrics that my dad used to sing "I went to market with my brother Jim Somebody threw a tomato at him, A tomato's alright when it wrapped in its skin But this blooming tomato was wrapped in a tin" and the other verse "I was a courting a young girl named Brown She was a bathing when l called around I said slip on something, come down for a trip And she slipped on the soap and she did come down quick" |
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10 May 10 - 04:16 PM (#2903988) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Little Hawk There's not much use throwing tomatoes at anyone anymore if you live in North America. The corporate Agri-businesses here have genetically modified all the damn tomatoes so that they are about as hard as tennis balls (and they don't taste much better either). They did this over a period of years with an eye toward protecting the tomatoes from rough handling by harvesting machines and in shipment, and to keep them from getting bruises so they will look nice and pristine at your grocery. They now have thick, tough skins and very little flavour at all. What flavour they have is mostly sour. Tomatoes used to be delicious, and they were picked mostly by Mexican workers who were treated like slaves and paid starvation wages. This guaranteed big profits for the growers. The Mexicans and other migrant workers organized and fought for decent wages and working conditions....and finally got some of that after decades of struggle. The growers were not pleased. Since they now had to pay a half-decent wage to the pickers, they decided they might be better off with no pickers at all, and they hired people to find a solution. The solution was to replace the pickers with automated harvesting machines, but the machines turned out to be too rough and the tomatoes were getting damaged a lot by them. This caused loss of stock and hurt profits. The Agri-business people hired more scientists and specialists to figure out how to make the tomatoes more durable. Their efforts culminated in an "improved" tomato that is picked green, ripened in a room by immersion in a toxic gas that will kill you if you stay in that room very long, and shipped by the billions to all the chain stores in North America. It is, like I said, almost as tough as a tennis ball, looks nice and bright red and flawless after it's been artificially "ripened" off the vine, and tastes like a wretchedly pale shadow of the delicious tomatoes people used to grow on 100,000 small independent farms all over the place. The small, independent farms are virtually all gone now, because they can't afford the hugely expensive harvesting machines and can't compete with the Big Boys. And we all get to eat lousy, hard, not very good tasting tomatoes that are very much lacking in the vitamins and minerals that natural tomatoes once had...so you could say that you're eating denatured celluloid that looks like a tomato. This is the triumph of modern mass marketing! Oh yeah...and about 50,000 migrant workers lost their jobs to the harvesting machines...all because they wanted to be paid a living wage and not treated like animals. If you want to throw a tomato at someone, throw it at the CEO of the corporation that ships tomatoes to your local supermarket. And use an Italian-grown garden tomato from Italy...a REAL tomato that will be soft and thin skinned like a tomato should be. It'll make a real mess out of his $3000 suit. |
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10 May 10 - 04:34 PM (#2904010) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Paul Reade One verse (I think Mike Harding may have sung it) that no-one seems to have mentioned:- "One day me granny, she made a rice pud And when she had finished, by gum it were good But she made it in't kettle, and we couldn't get t' bugger out So we had to take turns sucking it out through the spout" |
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11 May 10 - 05:47 AM (#2904344) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: banjoman My Auntie Bertha in Hospital lay The doctor who saw her was heard to say This womans a miracle this womans a dream Cos we've found drops of blood in her alcohol stream The only verse I can add to all those who have already contributed. |
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11 May 10 - 06:31 AM (#2904361) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Rob Naylor This song, with innumerable verses, changing according to location about the country, is one I remember as being one that we always sang on Boy Scout trips. The "heaven and hell" verses changed according to the domicile of the Scout troop doign the singing, and every troop seemed to have its own "pet" verses relating to incidents peculiar to that troop. The only constant thing was the "tomato in a tin" verse, AND the chorus: Too-ra-lye-oo-ra-lye-oo-ra-lye-ay The chorus is good I could sing it all day Too-ra-lye-oo-ra-lye-oo-ra-lye-ay And now we will have the next verse |
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11 May 10 - 08:20 PM (#2904864) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,James Like Rob above, I also used to sing this song on Scout camping trips, usually around the camp fire, now about 25 years ago. The only verses I remember are these which are kind of covered above but I thought I'd add them as they have slightly different wording: ------- I went a-walking with my brother, Jim Somebody threw a tomato at him Now, tomatoes are soft and they don't break the skin But this blighter did, it was still in the tin To market, to market to buy me a cow To milk it, to milk it, I did not know how I pulled on the tail instead of the tit And instead of milk, I was covered in sh... ------- I also remember singing the verse a couple of people list above about someone going out with their coat on backwards, getting hit by a bus and would have survived were it not for having their head turned round. There were other verses that we sang but I don't remember them at all, even seeing all the variations above. It's a very silly song but I have really fond memories of singing it... :-) |
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12 May 10 - 02:15 AM (#2904977) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST Chorus 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 To market, to market with my brother Jim, When somebody threw a tomato at him, Tomatoes are soft and they don't bruise the skin, But this one killed Jim it was wrapped in a tin! Chorus Now Mary the milkmaid was milking a cow, The trouble with Mary she didn't know how, Along came the farmer, and gave her the sack, So she turned the cow over and poured the milk back! Chorus (Alternative ending to Mary She went and she tried, but she pulled the wrong tit, And all of a sudden was covered in ****!) Chorus I called on my girlfriend, her name was Miss Brown, She was having a bath so she couldn't come down, I said 'slip on something, and you'd better be quick', So she slipped on the soap and, by Gosh she was quick! Chorus |
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25 Jun 10 - 10:07 PM (#2934940) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,GUEST I remember one of these from childhood... Old Father Brown's hair was all falling out So he went to the barber and started to shout: "Oh please is there something to keep my hair in?" "Of course," said the barber, "why not use a tin?" There was also one about a person who worked at a butchers, but I can't remember the lyrics, sorry. |
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28 Aug 10 - 06:19 PM (#2974822) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST Way down on the farm we are right up to date, Farm mechanization's the byword of late. For every task, there's a gadget to match, But our new muck-spreader's the best of the batch. Fling it here, Fling it there, If you're standing by then you'll all get your share. Now young Walter Hodgkins, he brought back a load Of liquid manure from the farm up the road. He hummed to himself as he drove up the street, And his load also hummmmmmmmmmmed in the afternoon heat. The muck-spreader had a mechanical fault, And a bump in the road turned in on with a jolt. An odorous spray of manure it let fly Without fear or favor on all who passed by. The cats and the dogs stank to high kingdom come, And the kiddies, browned off, ran home screaming to Mum. The trail of sheer havoc were terrible grim, One open car were filled up to the brim. The vicarage windows were all open wide, When a generous helping descended inside. The vicar, at table, intoned "Let us pray" When manure from heaven came flying his way. In garden, Miss Pringle was quite scandalized. "Good gracious!" she cried, "I've been fertilized." While the Methodist minister's teetotal wife Were plastered for the very first time in her life. And all of this time Walter trundled along, He was quite unaware there was anything wrong, Till a vision of woe flagged him down - what a sight! A policeman all covered in . . . you've got it right. |
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02 Dec 10 - 04:06 PM (#3045175) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST this hasnt half made me chuckle! Used to go to army cadets and couldnt remember 4 the life of me the rest of the versions but i do have 1 more verse to add!
I told the attendant my money was spent, i asked him politely to open the door, he said not very likely so i Shat on the floor. |
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02 Dec 10 - 04:16 PM (#3045184) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Rosie Jones This is from a song sung by the Fivepenny Piece. Look on their first album. Can't remember which song it's from, but definitely on this album. |
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23 Apr 11 - 05:02 AM (#3140923) Subject: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Huw Williams These are the full lyrics; When I was out walking with my cousin Jim, Somebody threw a tomato at him. Now tomatoes are soft and they don't hurt the skin, But this bugger did 'cos is came in a tin. Toodlay, toodlay, the best of society lives round our way. I called on my girlfriend; her name is Miss Brown. She was up in the bath and she couldn't come down. I said, "Come on down here; slip on something quick." She slipped on the soap and fell right on my D*ck. Toodlay, toodlay, the best of society lives round our way. Now old Mr Casey was milking his cow, But how to milk it, he did not know how. He pulled on its tail instead of its tit And old Mr Casey was covered in sh*t. Toodlay, toodlay, the best of society lives round our way. As I was out walking down Abercarn High Street I saw a bloke they call 'Scruff' with no shoes on his feet. Saw pity in his eyes and I started to care, I went in the fruit shop and bought him a pear. Toodlay, toodlay, the best of society lives round our way. I looked out the front window early one morn. There was a tramp, eating grass, chompin' down on the lawn. I said, "Oi! buddy, if you fancy a snack, The grass is much longer if you try round the back." Toodlay, toodlay, the best of society lives round our way. I went to the market to buy me a hen, Because I enjoy my eggs every now and again, But when I got home I had hell of a shock. Hen says, "I don't lay eggs, son; they've sold you a cock." Toodlay, toodlay, the best of society lives round our way. I went for a trip on the old underground, But I slipped on a step and I fell on the ground. A vicar rushed up. "Did you miss a step, son?" I said, "No, you daft twat, I hit every one." Toodlay, toodlay, the best of society lives round our way. Now I dreamt that I died and to Heaven I did go. "Where do you come from?" they wanted to know. "I come from Abercarn," and boy did they stare. "Come on right in; you boys are alright from there." Toodlay, toodlay, the best of society lives round our way. REPEAT |
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19 Jun 11 - 12:14 AM (#3172686) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST To the best of my knowledge, this is the song in its entirety. We used to sing this song all the time in Scouts and Guides for campfires and such, and it was always a favourite with youth members and leaders alike. As little kids we often missed some of the funnier implications, but we can appreciate them now as adults ;) "To market, to market went my brother Jim, When somebody threw a tomato at him. Tomatoes are soft and they don't bruise the skin, But this one killed Jim; it was wrapped in a tin. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Mary the milkmaid was milking the cow. The trouble with Mary, she didn't know how. Along came the farmer and gave her the sack So she turned the cow over and poured the milk back. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 I called on my girlfriend; her name was Miss Brown. She was having a shower and couldn't come down. I said, "Slip on something; be down in a tick." So she slipped on the soap and by gum she was quick. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 I looked out my window early one morn And there was a tramp; he was eating the lawn. I said, "If you're hungry you're on the wrong track. The grass is much longer around at the back." 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 One day in a rest'rant my soup was quite thin. I noticed a cockroach was swimming therein. I cried to the waiter, "What's this I can see?" And he said, "It looks like the backstroke to me." 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A lady of beauty went down to the beach. In a topless bikini she looked quite a peach. Her ego it suffered a terrible stroke When a man passing by said, "Hey, Mac! Got a smoke?" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Now Grandfather Brown's hair was all falling out. He went to the barber and started to shout, "Oh, please, is there something to keep my hair in?" "Of course," said the barber. "Why not use a tin?" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 My old friend Big Jim had a watch made of gold. One day he swallowed it, so I am told. Now he takes Epsom salts three times a day And he just sits while time passes away. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The butcher was cleaning the back of his shop. He paused for a moment to lean on his mop. He sat on the slicing machine with a jerk And then found he got all behind in his work. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A fellow I know ate a packet of seeds And in a few weeks he was covered in weeds, But sadder to say, as the time came to pass, He found that he couldn't sit down on his grass. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A fellow named Humphrey went down to the sea. He was changing his swimmers behind a big tree. A dog chased him out and the people did stare And the kids all yelled, "Look Mum, there's Humphrey B Bear!" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 |
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10 Jul 11 - 06:56 AM (#3184774) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,James Hi, My version of lyrics can be found in a widely used Scout songbook titled the IT book published by 10th Malvern scout group in December 1983. It goes like this: Get away, get away, It's a jolly fine song and we'll sing it all day. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To market, to market went my brother Jim, When somebody threw a tomato at him. Tomatoes are soft and they don't bruise the skin, But this one killed Jim; it was wrapped in a tin. Mary the milkmaid was milking the cow. The trouble with Mary, she didn't know how. Along came the farmer and gave her the sack, So she turned the cow over and poured the milk back. I called on my girlfriend whose name was Miss Brown. She was having a bath and she couldn't come down. She said, "Slip on something; be down in a jiff." She slipped on the soap and my gosh she was quick. I looked out my window one bright sunny morn And there was a tramp; he was chewing the lawn. I said, "My good man, if you're wanting a snack, The grass is much longer around at the back." |
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10 Jul 11 - 07:14 AM (#3184781) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: MGM·Lion The great James Thurber, in his recollection of his old English teacher, 'Here Lies Miss Groby', mdntions the tomato-in-a-tin gag as an old vaudeville routine, in connection with a misunderstanding between his teacher him as to whether the figure-of-speech about container-for-thing-contained could be reversed as thing-contained-for-container. There was once a thread on all the many different songs sung to the Villikins/SweetBetsy tune which contained some variants of all these IIRC. ~Michael~ |
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11 Jul 11 - 01:11 AM (#3185234) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Brian I've even heard it (as a filler verse) on an old recording of 'In Me Liverpool Home'. Useful bugger, innit? |
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03 Jun 13 - 01:46 AM (#3522118) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Craig I know it we used to sing it at school....those days |
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03 Jun 13 - 03:23 AM (#3522138) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Uke In NZ, this song is known as "How would you like to be me?" Sung to 'Villikins and his Dinah', with similar verses to those above and the chorus going: Too-roo-loo, too-ra-lee, How would you, how would you like to be me? There is also a version transcribed in Ginette Dunn's "Fellowship of Song" (1980), called 'Joe Moggins'. |
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29 Oct 13 - 04:30 AM (#3570977) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,cassi-0 my grandfather used to sing a version to us kids. have you ever heard of my poor brother jim somebody threw a tomato at him tomatoes cant hurt me said jim with a grin but these ones did cos they were in a tin then the miss brown verse the tramp verse and the chorus: Dinky di, Dinki di I hope you don't think I would tell you a lie |
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16 Apr 14 - 06:52 PM (#3619583) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Anthony My favourite verse: One day, whilst out walking with my girlfriend, Moe When all of a sudden she wanted to go So off she went, behind a bush And some poor old tramp got it right in the mush! |
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21 Jul 17 - 06:56 PM (#3867608) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,dencarnes I called on my girlfriend her name was miss brown she was having a bath and she couldn't come down I said slip on something and be down in a tick she slipped on the soap and by jove she was quick get away get away it's a might fine song and I'll sing it all day |
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11 Jan 18 - 03:04 AM (#3898693) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Anthony My dads CRICKET team from a London boys club in Wapping, St Peters Old Boys , always used to have a sing-song wherever they played. This was one of the favourites. But the theme was a housing estate in Wapping where they all grew up in the 1910's, 20's and 30's! Some of the teams they played in the 40's, 50's and 60's were Thames Police at Hayes in Kent and Metropolitan Police at Chigwell Essex who all loved the song especially the chorus. At number one lives old Bill Sykes He goes to work whenever he likes One day a policeman came round our court. Now the police force is one copper short. Hold yer row Wot did I say We kill all the coppers that come down our way At number two lives Carroty Jane She just stays out late again and again Nobody knows just where she has gone But where does she get all those nice dresses from? Hold yer row...... At number three lives my brother Jim Somebody threw a tomato at him Tomatoes are soft when they come in their skin But this one it wasn't it came in a tin. Hold yer row.... And so on ! |
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11 Jan 18 - 06:21 AM (#3898758) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,jim bainbridge I first heard this song in the Fighting Cocks pub in Co Carlow in 1964 on my first visit to Ireland. I understood its local popularity came from a 78 recorded by a Kilkenny singer, whose name I forget- not saying that was the origin- just one of those songs which always livens a dreich singing session... have been singing my version of it ever since... yy Otilie Paterson (singer with the Chris Barber Jazz Band) recorded a version of it on an LP many years ago -a verse I still use towards the end of the song is- ' Dear friends I am sorry to keep you so long For the singing is rotten and so is the song But don't you forget as you through your life That you're far better here than being nagged by the wife' a verse I claim ownership of is.... in an appropriate situation 'I went to the session one Saturday night The jigs and the reels they were flying all right When the bold Seamus Ennis he came back to life Said Would you play that old bodhran with this here Stanleyknife |
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11 Jan 18 - 10:51 AM (#3898846) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Ian Now let me tell you of my brother Jack while riding his bike wore his coat front to back. It was not the crash that killed brother Jack. but when some silly sod turned his head front to back. |
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14 Jan 18 - 10:41 AM (#3899580) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST refresh |
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19 Jan 20 - 03:18 PM (#4029087) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST,Ruth Here are some verses of my own I'd like to share: We went to the tavern with my cousin Fred. Somebody hit the poor man in the head! We found him next morning, we thought he was dead, But then he woke up and cried "put me to bed." A day of antiquing with my Auntie Fran, She wanted to find her a randy good man. We spotted a fine one she called Handsome Bob. He took her home and he showed her his knob. We threw a party for our sister Sue. For her sixteenth birthday we gave her a shoe. With only one shoe she knew not what to do. We gave her the other at age 32. |
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19 Jan 20 - 03:31 PM (#4029095) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Murpholly Oh Jemima look at your unlce Jim He is so fat he is trying to get thin First he eats only bread Then its bread and ale Now he's eating monkey nuts and growing a curly tail |
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20 Jan 20 - 08:11 PM (#4029317) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: Steve Shaw To market, to market with my brother Jim Somebody threw a tomato at him Tomatoes are soft and they don't hurt the skin But this bugger did, it was wrapped in a tin (1960s Bolton version) |
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21 Jan 20 - 05:04 AM (#4029366) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: GUEST Liz & Maggie Cruickshank RIP, former stalwarts of the Edinburgh folk sacene had some good verses to this it was on a posthumous double CD which came out a few years ago- good listening to unselfconscious 'folk' as it used to be. |
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11 Nov 21 - 10:20 AM (#4125875) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Somebody threw a tomato at him From: The Man from UNCOOL Shep Woolley recorded this on his first LP Pipe Down, under the title "The Best of Society" [as per chorus posted earlier], and may be influenced by / borrowed from Mike Harding's. Some verses not yet listed, this first making a sensible 'intro' to the other, less connected, ones: Now, our part of town is a proper disgrace. People flock in to see it from all over the place. For miles, on a Sunday, you should see them all come: [I'd edit that to 'From miles away, on Sundays… '] they're pulling it down next week and building a slum. Me mum sent me to the butcher's to buy a sheep's head and when I got there, I told him what she'd said. I said: "Have you got a sheep's head?" and he gave me a stare; he said: "No, mate, I bloody haven't: it's the way I part me hair." Also [which, being topical then, SW may have written]: I went to the airport, and there was Barb'ra Castle*. What, with reporters and photographers, it was a bit of a hassle. She said: "I'm off to Bangkok"; I thought "What a to-do. [I reckon 'I said: "Bully for you!… ' makes better sense] You've banned ev'rything else, now you're banning that, too." [these last don't scan as well, but can be rendered correctly] * a high-profile politician at the time The song then continues with a different, widely-used, tune, with at least this verse, and prob. others I've forgotten: The black cat piddled in the white cat's eye. The white cat said: "Cor, blimey!" So the black cat said: "It's yer own bloody fault: you shouldn've stood behind me." I can't recall if his version contains the 'tomato' one: I think it does. He def. sings the Miss Brown & the soap [surprisingly, given the context: a live recording to a largely Navy-based audience, with some pretty un-PC racist material – SW was a Naval gunnery tutor – it's a "came down mighty quick" clean variant!], and the Mary the milkmaid & the cow jumping up and down variants. There may be others, as I've subsequently heard it sung by others, in most of its variety [incl. the "Hold your row" chorus, which I think is northern English, poss, Geordie], and they've got conflated in my mind. |