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Lyr Add: Yob in hood (parody)

05 Jun 05 - 02:07 PM (#1500608)
Subject: Lyr Add: Yob in hood (parody)
From: Lanfranc

Whilst driving home this afternoon, the following popped into my mind, inspired by recent headlines in the UK. Tune "The Ballad of Robin Hood" (from the 50s TV series)

"Yob in hood, yob in hood, mooching down the street
Yob in hood, yob in hood, Reeboks on his feet
Bound to be bad, up to no good
Yob in hood, yob in hood, yob in hood

Inciting paranoia, they're anonymous and mean
In market square or in the shopping mall
Causing endless trouble on the English urban scene
The authorities want to ban them all

Yob in hood, yob in hood etc

In what might be their school uniform, or just their fashion clothes
Their faces shielded from the wind and rain
They represent quite everything the adults round them loathe
And so they have to be restrained

Yob in hood, yob in hood etc"

Could do with more work, but then ....

Alan


05 Jun 05 - 02:24 PM (#1500615)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Yob in hood (parody)
From: Nigel Parsons

Alan, as you say, it needs work (preferably at least 2 more verses!)
V2 looks as if it would scan better without "Their" before "school uniform", but there again there's always room for a couple of extra grace notes, else what is the appegiatura (sp?) for?

CHEERS
Nigel


06 Jun 05 - 09:10 AM (#1501096)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Yob in hood (parody)
From: breezy

could work in the street.

made me smile .


'Gob' 'Sod'


06 Jun 05 - 09:24 AM (#1501108)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Yob in hood (parody)
From: Flash Company

I'll go away and think about this one, definite potential.
Incidentally, in my early days this item of clothing was referred to as 'A Pixie Hood'. If we start to use that name again, no self respecting yob will be seen dead in one!

FC


06 Jun 05 - 09:33 AM (#1501113)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Yob in hood (parody)
From: breezy

will it be ready for 17th July at the Spotlight Alan?


06 Jun 05 - 09:57 AM (#1501134)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Yob in hood (parody)
From: GUEST,sandra in sydney

I loved it. Keep adding to it, folks.

I can just picture the Yobs in pixie hoods -

sandra


06 Jun 05 - 01:10 PM (#1501199)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Yob in hood (parody)
From: Nigel Parsons

He'll stand beside the Cashpoint, watch the numbers that you've typed
His mate's there too, a blackguard with a cosh.
And if you're not too wary, you'll not see your card's been 'swiped'
And clones are withdrawing all your dosh.