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Boy Friday
02:49
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In Tumble Workingmen’s Club
In the rumble and hubbub
Drinking my Strongbow and black
Laying low, watching my back
I skipped my last year in comp
Went on a bit of a romp, in
The Workies, snooker and pool
It was much better than school
Chorus:
Boy Friday
Some rum characters, I met
Got hustled, lost my bet
The Magpie’s Nest for a tattoo
What is a Tumble boy to do?
Although I was just sixteen
I didn’t get asked for ID, for
Saturday I couldn’t pay
So, I just went, went for Friday
(Chorus)
Boy Friday, Boy Friday, Boy Friday
Drinking my Strongbow and black
Boy Friday, Boy Friday, Boy Friday
Laying low, watching my back
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Dandruff
03:25
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Sitting upstairs on
The One-One-Two
It’s better on the top deck
You get a clearer view
Going to treat myself (going to Swansea on a daytrip)
Going to treat myself (going to Swansea on a daytrip)
To the latest Swell Maps
And some Pere Ubu
When my friends are on a spree
They prefer to go to HMV
Because they leave the records in the sleeve
It makes them easier to thieve
Heading out of town
Past The Avenue
There’s Jefferson Chemicals
And Bowden’s too
Across Loughor Bridge (going to Swansea on a daytrip)
We’ll be in Swansea soon (going to Swansea on a daytrip)
Going to get some Subway Sect
Maybe some Buzzcocks, too
It’s empty upstairs on the bus
There are only three of us
It’s just me and two old men
They are deep in conversation
One of the old men said
‘This place was never quite the same
After the English
After the English came’.
His companion shook his head
‘Explain yourself’, he gruffly said.
‘Okay, allow me to
Allow me to elucidate’.
‘If colonization
Were not enough
Outlawing the language
And all that other stuff
If colonization (going to Swansea on a daytrip)
Were not enough (going to Swansea on a daytrip)
Before the English came here,
There was no dandruff’.
‘Tell me, have you lost your mind?’
‘Not at all. I’ll think you’ll find
There’s no word for it in the Welsh tongue,
Therefore, the whole concept is alien’.
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In The Sun
02:31
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Sneaking in the Classic
02:41
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Don’t know what we were thinking
Sneaking in the Classic
No money to go drinking
We were both borassic
We sneaked in through the exit
Didn’t care that we were spotted
By some future Brexiteer
We told him to get knotted
Chorus:
We sat down to savour our ill-gotten gains
Passing round the smokes, feet up on the seats
Here come the opening strains
Of the theme to ‘The Elephant Man’
A smoke and a can, in our element man
There’s nothing like a bit of Lynch
When you’re feeling the pinch
It wasn’t much of a plan
It stopped us going round the bend
The evening sun was sinking
In the death throes of the weekend
No money to go drinking
All we had was time to spend
(Chorus)
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Grandad's Ghost
03:31
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When I was a schoolboy, I had a vivid dream
I slipped into warm darkness, like into a coal seam
Illicit drinking session in the Princess Head
On to the Curry Gardens then back home to bed
Chorus:
This is a childhood story about a house fire
Put out posthumously by the ex-head of the choir
While his errant grandson dreamt of lager top
And how grandad made sure he didn’t touch a drop
Grandad was a miner, a literary man
He also loved his music, the miner’s choir he ran
While he embraced the arts, a drink he would refuse
He even went on TV to decry the demon booze
(Chorus)
I must have left the fire on, igniting my school uniform
My polyester trousers up in smoke (grandad’s ghost,
grandad’s ghost)
A dream of drinking was enough for a somnambulistic cuff
A pantomime puff and the patriarch spoke:
(grandad’s ghost, grandad’s ghost)
‘Wayward child, you’d better stop, turn your back
on the lager top
Or in the fiery furnace you will roast!’ (grandad’s ghost,
grandad’s ghost)
So, here’s to grandad’s ghost, if not for him I would
be toast
Let’s raise a glass to grandad’s ghost (grandad’s ghost,
grandad’s ghost)
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Hay Fever
02:05
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Hay fever – ever since I was a kid
Hay fever – I wish I could be rid
When the sun shines, when the birds sing
When the bees buzz, when the flowers are in bloom
Chorus:
From the grass and trees
Carried on the summer breeze
Hay fever – when the news came that
we had to stay indoors
Hay fever – it was greeted by a round
of applause
When the sun shines, when the birds sing
When the bees buzz, when the clouds of pollen loom
(Chorus)
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Richie's Meats
02:43
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Walking by the riverside
When I say walk, I mean glide
Taking it all in our stride
Walking the deserted streets
Hey look, there’s Richie’s Meats
With no customers inside
Chorus:
It’s funny seeing all the empty shops
The cherry blossom litters the abandoned bus stops
We were gulping in the oxygen
Tainted with the stench of death and hops
The past was never that much fun
Remember that cross country run
Backs against the wall, nowhere to hide
Running through the busy streets
Hey look, there’s Richie’s Meats,
The slaughterhouse and brewery nearby
(Chorus)
Chorus:
The sparrows were enjoying a dust bath
Running past the chippy and the osteopath
We were gulping in the oxygen
Tainted with the stench of death and hops
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A Sunday in Hell
04:28
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Coming your way, Paris-Roubaix
The camera lies like a snake in the grass
Spectators waiting for the peloton to pass
The whirr of wheels then a sulphurous smell
Heralds the pell-mell of A Sunday in Hell
Coming your way, Paris-Roubaix
The pace is furious, the bravery raw
Some upon their bikes and some upon the floor
There’s Moser, De Vlaeminck, Merckx as well
Who will win? It’s hard to tell on A Sunday in Hell
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Hey, Mrs O'Shea
02:31
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‘Hey, Mrs O’Shea, I’m popping into town today,
Is there anything I can get for you while I’m down that way?’
‘If you’re going near Falcon Music, get me the latest Alvin Stardust.
Wait, I’ll get my purse, hang on, I won’t be a jiffy’.
‘What a waste of money’, barked her overbearing husband.
‘Well, it’s my pay’, cried Mrs O’Shea.
Her other half was not impressed, he didn’t like the way that Alvin dressed:
‘I’m telling you, I’d give that waster “Coo Ca Choo”’.
Hey, Mrs O’Shea was resolute.
She said: ‘I’d like to see him in his birthday suit.
Why don’t you back off, “Back off Bogaloo”?
It’s a shame those leather trousers are not see through’.
So, he said: ‘What about The Sweet? And those weirdos who did Tiger Feet?
Men dressing up as women, it’s just not right’.
She said: ‘Where’s the fun in you? Here boy, that’s for Coo Ca Choo
And get yourself something for going, a comic or an ice cream if you like’.
She often walked up to Rehoboth
Past the ruins of the toll booth
And imagined taking Alvin by the leather-encased hand
She often walked up to Rehoboth
Past the ruins of the toll booth
To where men dressed up as women once made a courageous stand
Hey, Mrs O’Shea
Everything will be okay
The dinosaurs have had their day,
Hey, Mrs O’Shea.
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15. |
Easy Meats
02:08
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Floating
02:32
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Floating is a brilliant invention
It's like flying without the intention
It's a form of suspension
Floating is a brilliant invention
Floating is a brilliant invention
It's like the Fosbury Flop, and then some
It's a form of suspension
Floating is a brilliant invention
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We finished the gig, put the gear in the van
Then went back to the bar for a drink
On the way back inside, we were stopped by a couple
Who said to us ‘What do you think?’
Chorus:
‘Weren’t they amazing, yeah, weren’t they just great?
The musicianship was quite outstanding
You should have seen, you should have seen the band’.
We were a little bit taken aback:
How didn’t they know it was us?
Why didn’t they realise that we were the reason
For all this kerfuffle and fuss?
(Chorus)
A little crestfallen though we may have been,
On reflection we saw it was true
We should have seen them, yeah
But then again so should have you
Chorus:
‘Weren’t they amazing, yeah, weren’t they just great?
The ovation they just got was standing
You should have seen, you should have seen the band’.
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THE HEPBURNS Wales, UK
The Hepburns are a Welsh indie band from Llanelli, South-West Wales. They have recorded thirteen albums, two EPs, one single and three BBC sessions. 'Electric Lliedi Land' was released in September 2020, followed by a cover version of Vic Godard's 'I'll Find Out Over Time'. They also contributed to three Corona Underground Projects. A new album feat. Estella Rosa is due for release in Oct. 2021. ... more
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