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29 Jan 01 - 06:53 PM (#385225) Subject: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: GUEST,Len Wallace Hello friends, Years ago I heard Bobby Watt recite the story of the Effin Bee. Based on a BBC interview. It begins, "There once was a man from Effin who was stung by a big Effin bee..." Does anyone have the whole story? Many thanks. Len Wallace lwallace@mnsi.net |
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29 Jan 01 - 07:44 PM (#385259) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: Sarah2 I hope so. What you've written sounds promising. Sarah |
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29 Jan 01 - 08:06 PM (#385279) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: Stewie I used to know it, but it is now long gone. All I can remember are the first two lines and the last line. The version I knew began:
He kept bees in the small town of Effin Stung to death by the big Effin bee! Try a personal message to Ted from Australia. I think he may know it or else he should be able to get hold of it from a mutual friend in Cairns. --Stewie. |
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29 Jan 01 - 11:00 PM (#385366) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: Bugsy As told to me by my mate, Johnny Mack from Darwin.
In the great town of Effin,
Now this big Effin Policeman, he done his nut
Now the Effin folk made him a hero
Cheers Bugsy |
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29 Jan 01 - 11:53 PM (#385387) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: Stewie Looking further, the version I knew has been posted to the forum previously. It's by Matt McGuinn: Bugsy, I would have thought Johnny Mack would have had the same source as Ted and I - Alex Green when he lived in Darwin - but he must have gotten it from elsewhere or else adapted it. Green omitted the last verse as posted by susanne. Cheers, Stewie.
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18 Jan 06 - 05:12 AM (#1650741) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BIG EFFEN BEE (Matt McGinn) From: GUEST,Mary I've not long left a msg asking for the words and then found the MP3!!! The words dont do justice to the story as Matt McGinn has lots of pauses and emphases that aren't apparent here. I didn't do the whiole explanatory bit as I didn't know what he was saying at the end of it! LOL Goad, jist checked the dates of previous posttings...5 years ago!!! Explanatory start.. There's a cute town called Effen .....jist outside Edinburgh, jist 800 miles outside Edinburgh….........it's in France! It's famous for it's honey so there's an awfie lot of bees The Big Effen Bee Matt McGinn "He kept bees in the old town of Effen, An Effen bee-keeper was he, And one day this wee Effen bee-keeper Was stung by a big Effen bee Now this big Effen bee-keeper's Wee effen wife for the big Effen polis she ran For there's nobody can sort out a big Effen bee Like a big Effen polisman can Now the big Effen polisman he did his nut And he ran down the main Effen street In his haun wis a big Effen bat He'd big Effen boots oan his feet Now the polis got hold of this big Effen bee And he twisted the Effen bee's wings But this Effen bee got his own back For this big Effen bee had 2 stings Now they're baith in the Effen museum And the Effen folk oaffen come see The remains of the big Effen polis Stung to death by the big Effen Bee |
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18 Jan 06 - 05:34 AM (#1650748) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: Dave Hanson It's in Matts book, McGinn of the Calton, along with most of his best songs. eric |
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18 Jan 06 - 10:37 AM (#1650901) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: Peace www.angelfire.com/music2/ linlithgowfolkfest/MattMcGinn.html Words of the poem by Matt McGinn at that site. |
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19 Jun 09 - 04:39 PM (#2660453) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: GUEST well the effin bee keepers, wee effin wife, For the big effin policemen ran Cause naebody can sort out a big effin bee Like a big effin policemen can. the bid effin policemen, took to his heels And ran down the main effin street with a big effin truncheon in his big effin hand and big effin boots on his feet sorry all i can recall, not quite right, been looking for this for mnths now |
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19 Jun 09 - 05:18 PM (#2660473) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: GUEST It's effin pathetic! |
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19 Jun 09 - 07:19 PM (#2660555) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: Don Firth Effin Bee. That rang a very large bell, but it didn't have anything to do with a song or an insect. It took a few moments for me to dredge it out of my memory. In the late 1930s, I was a little squirt. My older sister (by two years) was given a wonderful doll by a friend of the family. Mary was ecstatic! It was an Effanbee doll, about the size of a toddler, complete with real hair and a whole trunk full of clothes. Mary spent many an hour playing with this doll, dressing it in different outfits. Great gift for a little girl! It was called an "Effanbee doll," made by the F & B toy company, I believe. CLICKY. Just a little nostalgia trip. Now back to our regular broadcast. Don Firth |
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20 Jun 09 - 12:14 AM (#2660678) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: GUEST,leeneia You beat me to it, Don. I was thinking of Effanbee dolls too. |
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20 Jun 09 - 03:24 AM (#2660737) Subject: RE: Does anyone know the Effin Bee story? From: Jim Carroll Not a version, but there's a song (can't remember the author) about veteran east Clare piper and fiddle player, the late Martin Rocheford, who was a keen bee-keeper. He drove across-country to acquire a queen bee for is hive and, having carefully selected one, started on the drive home. It being a warm day, he stopped for a pint and and a bite to eat and, returning to the car he decided to have a nap before resuming his journey. He let the bee loose in the car "to give her some exercise", and fell asleep. After a short while he was awoken by a tickling on his nose and, taking of his cap, he swatted his 'investment' flat. Jim Carroll |