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17 Jan 05 - 03:33 PM (#1380817) Subject: Lyr Req: Obi Wan Kenobi shanty From: vindelis Has anyone else heard the Obi Wan Kenobi Shanty? last heard by me at a West Country Carols weekend, in Weymouth, last November. I think it's another Les Barker parody, but it isn't in any of his books that I have at present. |
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17 Jan 05 - 03:34 PM (#1380818) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Obi Wan Kenobi shanty From: WFDU - Ron Olesko It is by Les and he recorded it on one of his CD's. |
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19 Jan 05 - 09:32 AM (#1382250) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Obi Wan Kenobi shanty From: Jim Dixon I'm not sure this is the song you want, but Les Barker's website says that BEN KENOBI NOBI appears in the book "The Green Eye of the Little Yellow Dog," and was recorded by The Mrs Ackroyd Band on the CD "Yelp!" DOG 017, 2003. |
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19 Jan 05 - 07:03 PM (#1382689) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Obi Wan Kenobi shanty From: vindelis Thanks Chaps, that's the one. Vindelis |
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30 May 07 - 10:44 AM (#2064022) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Obi Wan Kenobi shanty (Ben Kenobi Nobi) From: Mr Happy Heard this hilarious gem sung at Chester Folk Festival late Monday night. Anyone have the words, please? |
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18 Jan 14 - 02:07 PM (#3593343) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: Ross Campbell Roy Bailey, The Spooky Men's Chorale, Martin Simpson, Marc Block and Andy Cutting perform Les Barker's "Ben Kenobi Nobi" at Towersey Festival, 2013 |
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19 Jan 14 - 04:11 AM (#3593463) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: Long Firm Freddie Here you go: Ben Kenobi (Les Barker) I heard the R2D2 say Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Millenium Falcon's on its way Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Toorayay, oh, toorayay Ben Kenobi nobi toorayay Who taught Luke about the Force Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Who's the Fountain, who's the Source? Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Toorayay, oh, toorayay Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Who does Alec Guinness play? Ben Kenobi nobi toorayay Who's not in The Darling Buds of May? Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Toorayay, oh, toorayay Ben Kenobi nobi toorayay Who stands next to Harrison Ford? Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Carrying a bloody great white sword? Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Toorayay, oh, toorayay Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay What comes after Jedi day? Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Jedi Night, so the old men say Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Toorayay, oh, toorayay Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay Toorayay, oh, toorayay Ben Kenobi-nobi toorayay LFF |
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19 Jan 14 - 06:23 AM (#3593489) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: Leadfingers That looks well worth stealing !! |
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20 Jan 14 - 01:58 AM (#3593725) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: Long Firm Freddie Forgot to say, the tune is, of course, John Kanaka and the track is available performed by Wheeler Street featuring Roy Bailey on Cat Nav, one of a series of CDs of Les Barker's works performed by Les and a range of celebs and illustrious musicians in aid of The British Computer Association of the Blind. LFF |
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23 Dec 22 - 10:53 AM (#4160011) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: GUEST,Ur Mom We learned John Canuckanucka in Music Class in Grade 2. This was Canada. But I don’t think it was Kanaka. I never saw it written out. I told my Mom about the song after school and she told me that it was a woods camp song or something like that about a Canadian named John (Canuck). I watched a fishing movie where they sang John Kanaka (the captions read Kanaka) and searched up the song and yeah. |
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24 Dec 22 - 09:32 PM (#4160185) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: Joe Offer And here's a recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uod931XKeQ |
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24 Dec 22 - 09:52 PM (#4160186) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: GUEST,Kristoffer Ross Craic'ing parody it is. I personally prefer to parse the refrain thus-ly: Ob-ie-Wan-Ken-ob-ie-no-bi Too-ri-ay, but to each their own :) |
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25 Dec 22 - 05:55 PM (#4160245) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: leeneia Thanks, everybody. This piece was fun. |
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26 Dec 22 - 05:46 AM (#4160288) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: Ernest Funny stuff! I agree with Kristopher Ross about the chorus. Also I`d have him carry a big light-sword, not a white one. Does anyone know if Les Barker made the changes for copyright reasons or was it just misunderstandings? |
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26 Dec 22 - 06:30 AM (#4160291) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: Mysha Hi, Something seems to be missing in my version of the thread? What changes? What different versions exist? Etc... Mysha |
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26 Dec 22 - 06:48 AM (#4160292) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: Tattie Bogle In answer to Ernest, I’ve just listened to the Mrs Ackroyd Band singing the song on YouTube, and it does sound like “white Sword”, so maybe Les intended that. The lyrics are in slightly different order from those shown above by LFF. |
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26 Dec 22 - 10:25 AM (#4160309) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ben Kenobi Nobi (Les Barker parody) From: MoorleyMan I also wondered about that, but Les's printed version has "white". There's a version on YouTube by Pyrates! which has two extra verses of their own making, can't quite make out the first one, it's at https://youtu.be/5uod931XKeQ |