19 May 05 - 05:18 PM (#1488490) Subject: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: John M. Hello everyone, If you are easily offended, please STOP READING. This thread is for mature audiences only. Please don't post "dreadful song" or "worst song written" as you are not helping. Below is a traditional bawdy song titled: "Vincent Van Gogh" (recording)
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19 May 05 - 08:21 PM (#1488654) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: GUEST,Lighter Tune is "Down in the Valley." The song may have been written in the wake of the popular 1956 movie about Van Gogh, "Lust for Life." Just a suggestion. |
19 May 05 - 09:18 PM (#1488716) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: Mr Happy VAN GOGH Oh my name it is Van Gogh, Lend an ear, lend an ear. Oh my name it is Van Gogh, Lend an ear. My name it is Van Gogh And all I did was cough and my ear it just fell off Lend an ear, lend an ear. Oh my right ear's pale and wan On the floor, on the floor My right ear's pale and wan on the floor. My right ear's pale and wan It was 'ere but now it gone And its just been trodden on And its sore, and its sore. But there's no need to shout Or for gloom or for gloom But there's no need to shout or for gloom. But there's no need to shout I'll take my ear 'ole out And I'll pass my ear about Round the room, round the room. Drinking Lurcher leads to tears I shall teach, I shall teach Drinking Lurcher leads to tears I shall teach. Drinking Lurcherleads to tears And the falling off of ears And the parts that other beers Cannot reach, cannot reach. |
20 May 05 - 04:36 AM (#1488937) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: Bob Bolton G'day John, I seem to have this one at the back of my mind ... but can't remember where or when I heard - from whom! I have never heard either John Meredith (who had an extensive, but unpublishable ... then ... collection) nor Rob Willis actually sing this song. I would have heard the song In Sydney, c. 1963/5 probably in a folk club. I presume The Bushwhackers' Practice Tape would be related to The Bushwhackers Band ... John's (~) 1952 - 1957 group which pioneered the Austrlian Folklore revival from the mid 1950s ... possibly John practicing for the 50 year reunion, which happened at the (Australian) National Folk Festival, Canberra, Easter 2002 ... without John, who died earlier in that year. At the reunion, Rob "filled in" for John's button accordion playing with the four surviving "Bushwhackers". This song did not appear in that reunion - and would not, unless it was clearly of Australian origins ... and somehow related to The Bushwhackers Band era. I'll see if I can catch Rob Willis on the long-distance blower and run it past him. Regards, Bob |
20 May 05 - 05:19 AM (#1488970) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: mindblaster Yanks pronounce Gough "GOW" welsh say"GOFF" The rhymes in the above songs won't always work |
20 May 05 - 05:45 AM (#1488984) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: Bob Bolton G'day mindblaster, I understand the closer we (variously)Anglophone types can get to a proper pronunciation of Vincent's surname is perilously like "fun cock" ... an unfortunate rendering in English, of which Vincent, who had worked in the family's London shop, would have been well aware ... This probably explains why he just signed his paintings "Vincent"! As I remember the song being sung, the name was always pronounced van "Goff" ... and so the rhymes worked. Regards, Bob |
20 May 05 - 06:48 AM (#1489017) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: Bob Bolton G'day again, I just realised that I had posted earlier to mention that Patricia reminded me that Australian radio broadcaster / singer / songwriter Bob Hudson also does a version of this song on his 1980 Larrikin Records LP Party Pieces (LRF-058). This record is a collection of the items considered not so presentable, polite of definable - from Bob's 2-hander concerts with Margret RoadKnight (now an occasional Maucatter!). The concert series was called The High and the Mitey - with reference to Margret's considerable height - compared with that of Bob ... roughly eye-to-eye with me! As is all too common with Larrikin records, neither the record sleeve, nor the record label gives any copyright information or provenance. Anyway, I just listened to this track ... and Bob's words are somewhate different, particularly in the first verse: Vincent Van Gogh Bob Hudson (Party Pieces LP) Feeling quite sexy, I don't know why, Feeling quite sexy, I don't know why,, Let's go a-whoring, Vincent, says I Let's go a-whoring, Vincent, says I. Oh! Up to the brothel, all sexy and gay, Turning to Vincent, I said: "It's your turn to pay. It's your turn to pay Vince, it's your turn to pay. Turning to Vincent, I said: "It's your turn to pay. Well, the girl at the brothel says, "What's for you, dears?" And turning to Vincent says, "Ooh! What funny ears." Oh! "What funny ears, Vince, Oh, what funny ears." Turning to Vincent, says "Ooh, What funny ears." Well, he ran all the way home and he cut his ear off. He ran all the way home and he cut his ear off. It fair put me off … mate. It fair put me off. And I'll no more go whoring, with Vincent Van Gogh. Regards, Bob |
20 May 05 - 09:55 AM (#1489125) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: Flash Company Mr Happy- I believe 'Oh my name it is Van Gogh' was written by Les Barker. FC |
07 Dec 17 - 08:56 PM (#3892716) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: GUEST It is a song written by Push regular (sorry I can't remember his name) who claimed to be a dependent of Bethoven (nobody ate tat one) and he did look bloody Irish, but no question he wrote it as well as other songs. I remember when it was just being sung. |
27 Sep 23 - 06:56 AM (#4182530) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: and e Bob Hudson's Party Pieces LP is available in full here:
The opening song is Vincent Van Gogh. |
27 Sep 23 - 06:56 AM (#4187399) Subject: RE: Origins: VINCENT VAN GOGH bawdy ballad From: and e Bob Hudson's Party Pieces LP is available in full here:
The opening song is Vincent Van Gogh. |