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06 Nov 05 - 05:46 AM (#1598528) Subject: Lyr Req: what a mouth From: GUEST,rafflesbear maybe not folk but a strong regional song albeit the region is london! does anyone know the lyrics of tommy steele's 'what a mouth' ? |
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06 Nov 05 - 07:11 AM (#1598557) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: what a mouth From: GUEST Oh, Jimmy Bean was a funny looking fellow If he had a bigger mouth, you'd've took him for the cellar But his mouth-- Queered him- from winning a beauty show Oh, it was like a steam boat funnel, or a railway arch, or the Blackwell tunnel, And you can't- see Jim- when he opens his mouth, you know. And as old Jimmer goes a-walkin' about- You can 'ear the kids all 'ollerin' out- Chorus: What a mouth, What a mouth, What a North and South Blimey, what a mouth he's got. When he was a baby Low Cor Lummer His poor old mother used to feed 'im with a shovel What a gap-- poor chap-- He's never been known to laugh For if he did, it's a penny to a quid that his face would fall in 'alf! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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06 Nov 05 - 09:11 AM (#1598607) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: what a mouth From: GUEST,rafflesbear thanks for that very small point - it would be the blackwall tunnel cheers |
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06 Nov 05 - 10:49 AM (#1598646) Subject: Lyr Add: WHAT A MOUTH (R P Weston) From: GUEST This song goes back to 1906, written by R.P.Weston and sung by the great Harry Champion. The song was revived on record around 1950 by 'The Two Bills from Bermonsey', who I often heard singing in pubs around The Elephant and The Old Kent Road area in the fifties. Tommy Steele recorded a poor cover of the 'Two Bills' record and had a minor hit with it around 1957. Here's the first verse from the original song sheet- havn't got time to put down the other four verses but may do it later if no one else does. Jimmy Binks would a been an 'ansome fella If he had another face and a different smeller, But his mouth, queered him, from winning in a beauty show, It looks just like a steam boat funnel, or a railway arch, or the Blackwall tunnel, And you can't, see Jim, when he opens it wide, you know. And as our Jimmie goes a-walkin' about, You can 'ear the kids all 'ollerin' out, Chorus: What a mouth, What a mouth, What a North and South Blimey, what a mouth he's got, When he was a baby Oh Lord Lovell, Why is poor old mother used to feed 'im with a shovel, What a gap, poor chap, he's never been known to laugh For if he did, it's a penny to a quid that his face would fall in 'alf! |
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06 Nov 05 - 11:51 AM (#1598671) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: what a mouth From: Malcolm Douglas See also the earlier thread on the song, revived only a few days ago and still on the main page: Jimmy Bean (What a Mouth!) The original words would be good to have, as people do seem to have difficulty with parts of the song ("lummer"?!) |
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06 Nov 05 - 12:46 PM (#1598696) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: what a mouth From: GUEST,rafflesbear sorry to split the thread but I did check the db before I posted and it's not there - I also searched the forum but not knowing the words in the first place I did't recognise jimmy bean and by the time you've looked through a few postings like this 'By God, it's Murray Fowler from Iowa U, in DRAG!! Dang, Murray, how's the llama trade??? Sir Spaw, your complexity is deeper than your very bowel tonight; mayhap you are using a spoare, a sort of semiotic colon?' (returned by a search on 'what a mouth') you give up |
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06 Nov 05 - 09:06 PM (#1598988) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: what a mouth From: GUEST,Jim Ward Here are the other four verses as promised earlier 2- Now Jimmy Bink's mouth it ain't all honey He can whisper in his own ear ain't that funny But to lay, the dust, he has to drink a lot oh my He got so tight one foggy morning he laid in the road and started yawning and a poor, old man, was delivering coal near by He saw Jim's mouth out in the road and into it he shot his load Ch- What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south Blimey what a mouth he's got Now the coalman he was a short sighted fella When he saw Jim's mouth he thought it was a cellar And he shot, the lot, right into Jim's mouth no joke Now Jim poor soul's got a belly full of coal And he's coughing up lumps of coke 3- In the tap room of the Rose and Thistle Jimmy went one night for to whet his whistle And to do, it well, he has to drink a dozen pots First a dozen pots of beer he'll swallow And then as his teeth at the back are hollow He has still, got room, for twelve or more rum tots A new barmaid came there one night She saw Jim's mouth and yelled with fright Ch- What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south Blimey what a mouth he's got It made Jim jump when the barmaid hollered And his pewter pot he accidently swallowed It was hot, that pot, it melted and now he sits Down by the fire wiv a little bit o' wire 'Hooking up two-bob bits 4- Now Jimmy Binks wife had such a luv'ly baby Wiv a mouth as big as Jim's or larger maybe An I shan't, forget, the day he's cut one tooth Now when his mum heard baby blubber for a Nice hard teat that was made of rubber She at once, took him, down the chemist and that's the truth They could not get inside the door Till they shut that baby's mouth- Oh lor Ch- What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south Blimey what a mouth he's got As baby's teething said his mummmy Oh please sir give me a penny rubber dummy Said the cove, by jove, as he sucked on a big ju-jube Thre's no rubber tit for a penny that'll fit He wants the tuppeny tube 5- Now one night Jimmy Binks lay snoring All the neighbours round about thought a lion was roaring And the old, Dutch clock, that was hanging on the bedroom wall Fell into Jim's mouth with a crash bang wallop Jimmy woke up, cried out, call Doctor Jollop But his wife, said no, it's only the clock that's all And now the neighbours, ain't it prime Looks down Jim's throat to tell the time Ch- What a mouth what a mouth what a north and south Blimey what a mouth he's got Now the works of the old Dutch clock keep whizzin Round his rum-tum-tummy like a lot of sherbet fizzin' An his wife, what strife, can't sleep at night you know 'Cos the pen-du-lum keeps banging on his tum As it's swinging to and fro |
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08 Nov 05 - 05:13 PM (#1600220) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What a Mouth (R P Weston) From: GUEST,rafflesbear brilliant !! thanks for this - very much appreciated |
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09 Nov 05 - 07:24 AM (#1600565) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What a Mouth (R P Weston) From: GUEST,Hootenanny "Cor Lummer" it seems to me should be "Cor lummee" (God Love Me) as in "Cor Blimey" = God Blind me (pronounced Gawd Blind me). Both common expressions at the time around the East End. Hoot. |
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09 Nov 05 - 07:23 PM (#1601024) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What a Mouth (R P Weston) From: Malcolm Douglas Yes, that was hinted at in the earlier thread (see link above). The fact remains that neither "lummer" which, so far as I know, isn't a real word at all, and "lumme" (which is) fit the rhyme scheme. Jim Ward has already told us what the original song said; this isn't a traditional song as such, so I don't see any need to speculate further. Probably the confusion arose via Tommy Steele's slightly garbled arrangement of 'The Two Bills' shortened take on it. I'm just old enough to remember the earlier record from "Children's Favourites" before it was replaced in the playlist by the Steele arrangement; and (given the time lapse) am fairly sure that they sang the original "Lord Lovell", which would have made perfect sense to Harry Champion's early 20th century music hall audience, but was probably quite lost on Tommy in the late 1950s. |
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26 Jan 11 - 06:45 AM (#3082604) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What a Mouth (R P Weston) From: Mr Happy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMF2paM-aCw |
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26 Jan 11 - 07:10 AM (#3082616) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What a Mouth (R P Weston) From: GUEST,Eliza According to Tommy Steele on Youtube, it seems to be "When 'e woz a baby, Gawd, Lord luvver, 'iz pore old muvver used ter feed 'im wiv a shovel" Lord luvver meaning 'Lord love her' (ie his mother) Also, 'luvver' and 'muvver' rhyme. |
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26 Jan 11 - 08:07 AM (#3082642) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: What a Mouth (R P Weston) From: Mr Happy .............hmmnnn.........the folk process! |