Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October

02 May 02 - 12:14 PM (#702932)
Subject: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: JudeL

I recently heard a parody the chorus of which went something like
Hail, Hail, the 7th of October,
The very first day we're likely to be sober
We got drunk and stayed that way
Since following the hobby horse on the 1st of May

I know that's not quite right but hopefully someone will recognise it even from that. Jude

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18 Jul 02 - 11:00 AM (#750428)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: Sorcha

Never did find this.............

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18 Jul 02 - 12:31 PM (#750509)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: GUEST,Steve

Hmm.

How do you get new lines when you want 'em?

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18 Jul 02 - 12:35 PM (#750513)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: Sorcha

You need to use the html code for break--see the HTML section of the FAQ. It's the first thread listed.

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18 Jul 02 - 01:19 PM (#750541)
Subject: Lyr Add: OCTOBER SONG
From: GUEST,Steve

Like this?

OCTOBER SONG

New words by Steve Freedman
With profuse apologies to Dave Webber
who wrote the tune and the original words.

Summer time has gone at last-o
Some might say it was none too fast-o
The festival season is just over
At last we've reached the Seventh of October

Chorus:
Hail, Hail, the Seventh of October,
The very first day we're likely to be sober
We got drunk and stayed that way
Since following the 'Oss on the 1st of May

Padstow, Helston, are so handy
Cleethorpes, Middlewich, and Mersey Shanty
Four Fools, Beverley, Warwick and Cleckheaton
Towersey and Sidmouth they can't be beaten.

Never let it come to pass-o
We should fail to raise a glass-o
Sing and dance and drink and play
We finish in October what we start in May.

Autumn it has come around-o
Leaves are lying on the ground-o
We'll go home, our livers for to rest
And argue all winter as to which was best.

Thanks for the help

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06 Mar 06 - 12:00 PM (#1686463)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: GUEST,Saroise

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06 Mar 06 - 12:02 PM (#1686464)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: GUEST,Saroise

Original song you heard is by Jon Heslop. And yes, Dave has heard it!

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07 Mar 06 - 06:17 AM (#1687086)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: GUEST,Cats

Jon Heslop wrote 7th of October, with apologies to Dave Webber, who he did sing it to before he took it out.

Chorus
Hail, hail the 7th of October
The earliest date I'm likely to be sober,
We got in an awful way,
Following the 'Obby 'Oss to greet the May.


1. Winter time has gone and passed and
Most of Springtime we've been plastered,
Summers going the very same way,
I blame it on the 'Obby 'Oss and 1st of May.


2.

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07 Mar 06 - 06:20 AM (#1687088)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: GUEST,Cats

Sorry, pressed the wrong button.....

2.    My poor head has started to ring - o
A hair of the dog would be just the thing 'cos
Hangovers on any day
Are never quite as bad as on the 2nd of May.

3.    Never let it come to pass that
I should have an empty glass
All the beer I've put away
Should be enough to last until the 1st of May.

'Oss 'Oss

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31 Oct 06 - 10:51 PM (#1873564)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: GUEST,Erin

Here're some related lines I came up with sometime before the 2004 elections...

Hail, hail, the first Tuesday - o
For it is Election Day - o
Send the cowboy on his way
Drink to the old ass on Election Day

("ass" = Democrats' donkey)

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01 Mar 07 - 06:21 AM (#1982549)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: skipy

Minesweeping the ceilidh dancers shandies
following down with port & brandies
you will never rue of course
the day you bought a ticket to visit white horse

Skipy
(minesweeping:- military = picking up & drinking anything that is around)

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01 Mar 07 - 06:47 AM (#1982568)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: skipy

I'm going cross dressing at Miskin
It's a hobby, I can take the friskin'
But never let me hear you say
"A man in a dress, he must be gay"!
Skipy (again)

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01 Mar 07 - 10:58 AM (#1982787)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: Schantieman

I like John's version - inevitably as he's a wonderful writer. Not sure I've actually sung mine out at all actually. If I'd noticed this thread had been resurrected earlier I might have sung it to Dave last week when he came to the Bothy.

Steve

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01 Mar 07 - 05:29 PM (#1983248)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: skipy

Refresh (for a reason!)

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07 Oct 11 - 06:37 PM (#3235554)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: GUEST,mike gibson

RefrSssshhh

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08 Oct 11 - 11:09 AM (#3235806)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hail, Hail the 7th of October
From: McGrath of Harlow

Here's Dave Webber's song for comparison, and for anyone who's getting confused here - All hail, hail, the first of May-o

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