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27 Dec 01 - 06:29 AM (#616932) Subject: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: cetmst Who wrote/recorded this song about the truth of Mr. Dumpty's demise and was brainwashed by Authority into accepting the nursery rhyme version ? Where can I find the lyrics ? |
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27 Dec 01 - 07:43 AM (#616948) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: mooman This song was written and recorded by Tommy Sands and first appeared on his 1985 album "Singing of the Times". If someone doesn't beat me to it I have the album and could transcribe the lyrics but I'm sure they are listed somewhere. Best regards, mooman |
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27 Dec 01 - 07:47 AM (#616950) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: mooman There is a reference to a Tommy Sands songbook containing these lyrics on this old thread if that's any help. Best regards, mooman |
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27 Dec 01 - 12:02 PM (#617033) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: Hasek There is also a song recorded by a tremendous folk duo from the United States known as Aztec Two-Step. Records on Electra , RCA , Flying Fish. Their version called Humpty Dumpty was recorded in 1975 and the last line was Humty Dumpty jumped instead of fell. This duo is still performing and recording today and have been together over 31 years. |
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27 Dec 01 - 02:34 PM (#617130) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: Ditchdweller But in reality, Humpty Dumpty (a half culvern) was blown off the walls of St. Mary's Tower during the siege of Colchester by the Fairfax's artillery during the Civil War. (The original, not the American re-run!!) |
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27 Dec 01 - 02:38 PM (#617131) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: Hasek Hey Sapper , What is a culvern or half of a culvern and why was the culvern named Humpty Dumty ? |
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28 Dec 01 - 06:31 AM (#617533) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: Snuffy My dictionary gives a culverin as 'originally a kind of hand gun; later a large cannon, very long in proportion to its bore.' And a demi-culverin as 'a cannon formerly in use of about 4.5 inches bore.' I'm not sure if a half-culverin is the same as a demi-culverin, though. Humpty is a childish version of the name Humphrey, so it was probably named after some royalist notable. Hopefully someone will come along with chapter and verse. WassaiL! V |
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28 Dec 01 - 04:36 PM (#617758) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: Dead Horse Culverin & Half culverin will soon be replaced by the Euro, as will the British pound. So no more will our guns pound the ramparts......... |
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28 Dec 01 - 06:28 PM (#617800) Subject: Lyr Add: HUMPTY DUMPTY (Tommy Sands) From: jacko@nz HUMPTY DUMPTY (Tommy Sands) Humpity Dumpty was pushed, head over heels all over the wall Humpity Dumpty was pushed, nobody knew it at all All the king's horses and all the king's men Gathered around and kicked him again Then they sent for the press and a couple of friends And knelt on the ground and they chanted amen Humpity Dumpty was pushed, head over heels all over the wall Humpity Dumpty was pushed nobody knew it at all The following morning the headlines would tell Really it was inevitable Mr Dumpty was drunk, and he fell from the wall And perhaps a bit cracked and shell-shocked and all Humpity Dumpty was pushed , head over heels all over the wall Humpity Dumpty was pushed nobody knew it at all They wrote in the papers, they wrote in the news They wrote it in all of the history books They wrote it in blood and they knew it would stick And I swallowed it all and I nearly got sick They took me to hospital, put me in bed They took off my clothes and examined my head You're poisoned, you're poisoned, with needles they said My system rejected the things I was fed Humpity Dumpty was pushed, head over heels all over the wall Humpity Dumpty was pushed, nobody knew it at all They took me from there and they called me insane The walls they were padded the door it was chained Then they took me from there and they put me in jail For electing that life I suffered in shame I cried every night and I slept every day And I waited for someone to take me away Nothing was right and nothing was wrong Until I was forced for to learn this knew song Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king's horses and all the king's men ……You know the rest…………… Enjoy, Jack
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29 Dec 01 - 10:45 AM (#618062) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: Ditchdweller To Hasek and Snuffy, Humpty Dumpty was indeed the nick name of a cannon. Placed on St. Mary's tower by the Kings Master Gunner, it caused severe casualties amongst the Roundhead besiegers until Fairfax's artilery blew out the wall from beneath it. |
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11 Nov 03 - 03:52 AM (#1051499) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: okthen Humpty Dumpty was indeed originally a cannon, sited on the tower of St.-Mary-at-the-Walls church in Colchester and was dislodged during the English Civil War. This church has now been deconsecrated and is home to Colchester Folk Club, every Monday night. |
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06 Jan 07 - 05:42 AM (#1928054) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed From: Cluin From the liner notes of my copy of Tommy Sands' Singing of the Times: Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall... was the first "fact" that I learned as a child. If all the "truths" that I was inoculated with since, through education, press and media are anything to go by, then Mr. Dumpty probably was pushed off the wall. This was first performed "live" as part of a play with the same name at Queen's University Festival in Belfast. |