10 Jun 01 - 07:15 PM (#480489) Subject: Bold rogue From: GUEST,eddie@pre-emptive-shhh.freeserve.co.uk I recently went to see the Sharper than the thorn tour - and was tickled by a song performed by Kevin Mitchell - called the Bold Rogue - or something - "He was a bold rogue, a bad rogue, a rogue of low degree.. and I'll tel you in a minute what that rogue he did ot me..." I wonder if anyone out there know the rest of the lyrics.. this is all I can remember. Do i even have the title correct? PLEASE HELP!! |
10 Jun 01 - 07:35 PM (#480499) Subject: Lyr Add: THE ROGUE From: Sorcha This it?
THE ROGUE |
10 Jun 01 - 07:39 PM (#480501) Subject: RE: Bold rogue From: Sorcha Seems like there should be more, but I couldn't find it. |
11 Jun 01 - 07:39 AM (#480676) Subject: RE: Bold rogue From: RoyH (Burl) The wonderful Scottish singer Lizzie Higgins, daughter of Jeannie Robertson, used to sing this song. She called it 'Aul Roguie Gray'. She sings it on her Topic album 12TS260, 'Up and awa' wi'the Laverock', where it is credited to Charles Lesly, of Aberdeen, who died in 1782 at the reputed age of 105. Amazingly the song entered the pop world in the 1950s when Doris Day and Johnny Ray recorded a duet version they called 'A Girl is a Girl'. This is from memory, so it could have been 'A guy is a Guy'. The chorus ended 'Listen and I'll tell you what this fellow did to me'. I'd love to hear Kevin Mitchell sing it. he is one of the greatest around these days. BTW 'Laverock', pronounced 'Layverock', is a dialect name for the Lark. Lovely word isn't it? |
11 Jun 01 - 10:48 AM (#480781) Subject: RE: Bold rogue From: GUEST,Charmion This sounds like the more traditional form of a song I remember from an old Oscar Brand album of risque songs, which started something like this: I went upstairs, just like a good girl should, And he followed right after, like I knew he would. Because a gob is a swab, wherever he may be, Just listen while I tell you what this sailor did to me. |
11 Jun 01 - 12:07 PM (#480843) Subject: RE: Bold rogue From: RoyH (Burl) seems like the same song to me. These old rogues certainly get around. |
11 Jun 01 - 03:41 PM (#481025) Subject: Lyr Add: A GUY IS A GUY (Oscar Brand) From: Robby "A Guy Is A Guy" was written by Oscar Brand. The lyrics to which are: A GUY IS A GUY (Oscar Brand) I walked down the street Like a good girl should He followed me down the street Like I knew he would Because a guy is a guy Wherever he may be So listen and I'll tell you What this fella did to me I walked to my house Like a good girl should He followed me to my house Like I knew he would Because a guy is a guy Wherever he may be So listen while I tell you What this fella did to me I never saw the boy before So nothing could be sillier At closer range his face was strange But his manner was familiar So I walked up the stairs Like a good girl should He followed me up the stairs Like I knew he would Because a guy is a guy Wherever he may be So listen and I'll tell you What this fella did to me I stepped to my door Like a good girl should He stopped at my door Like I knew he would Because a guy is a guy Wherever he may be So listen while I tell you What this fella did to me He asked me for a good-night kiss I said, "It's still good day" I would have told him more except His lips got in the way So I talked to my ma Like a good girl should And Ma talked to Pa Like I knew she would And they all agreed On a married life for me The guy is my guy Wherever he may be So I walked down the aisle Like a good girl should He followed me down the aisle Like I knew he would Because a guy is a guy Wherever he may be And now you've heard the story Of what someone did to me That's what he did to me. Robby
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05 Jul 14 - 10:56 PM (#3639455) Subject: RE: Bold rogue From: GUEST,tom miller Here in Portland OR some guys sing it just as "guest Eddie at pre-preemptive" remembered, and I,m looking for those lyrics also. Can anyone get closer? Tom |
07 Jul 14 - 09:27 AM (#3639774) Subject: RE: ADD: Bold Rogue / A Guy Is a Guy From: Herga Kitty I've been singing a version of this since I heard Maddy Prior sing it in the late 1960s, so am glad to have found this thread on Mudcat! I've not heard Kevin sing it though - hope I bump into him again somewhere so I can ask him about it! Kitty |
07 Jul 14 - 10:03 AM (#3639784) Subject: RE: ADD: Bold Rogue / A Guy Is a Guy From: Lighter Maddy seems not to have recorded this. What are your lyrics, HK? |
07 Jul 14 - 11:45 AM (#3639803) Subject: RE: ADD: Bold Rogue / A Guy Is a Guy From: Herga Kitty I'm sure I've modified it over the decades since I first heard it - and I also, for a Herga birthday party in the 1980s, performed a parody in which I, as a member of the Flowers of May clog morris team, was followed by the then Herga Morris bagman (some 20 years my senior). I sang it at Herga earlier this year for the first time in years, along the lines of the following: As I came home one evening like a decent woman should The rogue he followed after me, as I knew the rogue he would Chorus: He was an old rogue, a bold rogue, a rogue of low degree Come listen and I'll tell you what the rogue he done to me As I went into my house like a decent woman should The rogue he slipped in after me, as I knew the rogue he would As I was climbing up the stairs like a decent woman should The rogue he climbed up after me, as I knew the rogue he would As I went into my room like a decent woman should The rogue he came in after me, as I knew the rogue he would As I was taking off my clothes like a decent woman should The rogue he stood there watching me, as I knew the rogue he would As I jumped into my bed like a decent woman should The rogue he jumped in after me, as I knew the rogue he would He was an old rogue, a bold rogue, a rogue of low degree But the devil if I'll tell you what the rogue he done to me. Kitty |
07 Jul 14 - 09:59 PM (#3639984) Subject: RE: ADD: Bold Rogue / A Guy Is a Guy From: Joe_F It appears on Oscar Brand's _Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads_, Vol. II, with the title "A Gob is a Slob". The jacket note says "Oscar Brand's pop version of this song was once number one on the Hit Parade". |
08 Jul 14 - 07:17 AM (#3640080) Subject: RE: ADD: Bold Rogue / A Guy Is a Guy From: Lighter Thanks, Kitty! Any way of indicating the tune? Is it a whole like another one? Brand appears to be the first and only person to have heard a traditional version with the phrase, "A gob is a slob." Not impossible, mind you. American sailors became "gobs" early in the 20th century. "Slob" is older. |
08 Jul 14 - 10:18 AM (#3640142) Subject: RE: ADD: Bold Rogue / A Guy Is a Guy From: Herga Kitty I haven't got the hang of the usual notation, but on a scale from the G below middle C to the g and a above middle C, and in a polka rhythm starting on the upbeat it would be something like this: As I came home one eve ning G C C E G C C like a de cent wo man should E G C G C E g The rogue he foll owed af ter me, g a a F a g g e as I knew the rogue he would g g F E D C B He was an old rogue, a bold rogue, D G B C E G C E a rogue of low de gree G C G C E g Come lis ten and I'll tell you g a a F a g E what the rogue he done to me E g F D B G C |
08 Jul 14 - 10:20 AM (#3640144) Subject: RE: ADD: Bold Rogue / A Guy Is a Guy From: Herga Kitty It was tabulated so the note indicators corresponded to the words before I hit submit.... Kitty |