Round The Horn Song

[norwaytips]

I sang this song before it hit the air with 'Rambling Sid Rumpo'
Written in 'The Hammers' pub, in East Ham by Marty Feldman. It goes to the tune of the Lincolnshire poacher.

Come list' while I tell of a highwayman bold
His feats were remarkable, so I am told
He'd scrope all the ladies and wurdle the men
Then he'd jump on his nadger and ride off again

tooraloo, tooraloo etc.

They caught him and hung him from old tyburn tree
and as the noose scroobled his ghurka quothe he
'If I had my time to live over again
I would wurdle the ladies and scrope all the men.

toora.....

(spoken)
' Now for many years the ghost of the 'ighwayman could be seen around old tyburn, but they took it away and built a Tesco supermarket on the site. However I do hear say, that on half day closing and Christmas eve his wraith can be seen gallopping across the bacon counter, while the 'ighwayman manifests himself behind the cornflakes.......and softly sings.....

My tale it is ended, my song it is sung
For me an' my 'orse, we are both now well hung
And as I'm a phantom, my only recourse
Is to scrope by myself and to wurdle my horse.......

Sang it at the Hampstead folk club and Sudbury folk club. People were crying with laughter. Try it on a gig Stomps. He he.

[TheMobyDick]

Come now,is that the genuine article.It seemed to make too much sense for a Sid rumpole song.No mention of Cordwanglers.
Of course scrope was very popular.

[TheMobyDick]

While we are on the subject of obscure song lyrics,do you remember Lance Percival who sang :Maharajah of Brum"

[norwaytips]

Yes I remember him well. TW3. That was the week that was. It was a cult thing when it began...on BBC2, I think. Monty Python started the same way. I must say that I prefered Jake Thackery for lyrics, though that may be because I got to know him quite well.
I must have been a bit weird as a youngster. University student, part time actor, singer, hippy and a West Ham fanatic. Travelling all over the country on a scooter to watch away games, or partying on a Chelsea houseboat and smoking illegal substances. The swinging 60's. lol. Wouldn't have missed it for the world though. :rolleyes: :D

[Footstomper]

Yes I remember him well. TW3. That was the week that was. It was a cult thing when it began...on BBC2, I think. Monty Python started the same way. I must say that I prefered Jake Thackery for lyrics, though that may be because I got to know him quite well.
I must have been a bit weird as a youngster. University student, part time actor, singer, hippy and a West Ham fanatic. Travelling all over the country on a scooter to watch away games, or partying on a Chelsea houseboat and smoking illegal substances. The swinging 60's. lol. Wouldn't have missed it for the world though. :rolleyes: :D
Greatest opening line ever....


Ilove a good bum on a woman it makes my day
To me it is palpable proof of gods existence

I'm also very fond of...

The hind legs of a donkey is mothing to her
She could bore the balls off a Buffalo!

[norwaytips]

Greatest opening line ever....


Ilove a good bum on a woman it makes my day
To me it is palpable proof of gods existence

I'm also very fond of...

The hind legs of a donkey is mothing to her
She could bore the balls off a Buffalo!

He he. How about the marriage bit.... She went on again on again on until the entire,
congregation passed out, the vicar passed on and the choir,
boys passed through puberty.......He wrote it whilst he was living in south Wales. His wife never spoke to him for a week. :rolleyes:

[Footstomper]

He he. How about the marriage bit.... She went on again on again on until the entire,
congregation passed out, the vicar passed on and the choir,
boys passed through puberty.......He wrote it whilst he was living in south Wales. His wife never spoke to him for a week. :rolleyes:
Presumably that was the idea :)

[norwaytips]

Come now,is that the genuine article.It seemed to make too much sense for a Sid rumpole song.No mention of Cordwanglers.
Of course scrope was very popular.

Promise you it was. Myself and a couple of mates used to meet Marty each Sunday lunchtime in the 'Hammers' pub. He was a bit of a 'weirdo' to say the least.......,but one of the funniest lunatics that ever lived. I 'nicked' the song from him, with his permission, because it did make some sense. To get away with it on the BBC at that time was remarkable. He also did most of the 'Bono' gay sketches. Kenneth Williams was in the pub a few times too. Never quite knew how to take him.
Ramblin Sids 'Waltzing Matilda' introduction was amazing. He began by saying 'Well my dearios, here's a little something that I just picked up down under. Tells the tale of a jolly swagman who gets caught having a jumbuck in his tucker bag, so they nail his cordwangler to a gooly bar tree.' :D

[Footstomper]

Promise you it was. Myself and a couple of mates used to meet Marty each Sunday lunchtime in the 'Hammers' pub. He was a bit of a 'weirdo' to say the least.......,but one of the funniest lunatics that ever lived. I 'nicked' the song from him, with his permission, because it did make some sense. To get away with it on the BBC at that time was remarkable. He also did most of the 'Bono' gay sketches. Kenneth Williams was in the pub a few times too. Never quite knew how to take him.
Ramblin Sids 'Waltzing Matilda' introduction was amazing. He began by saying 'Well my dearios, here's a little something that I just picked up down under. Tells the tale of a jolly swagman who gets caught having a jumbuck in his tucker bag, so they nail his cordwangler to a gooly bar tree.' :D
A right bloody nun you seem to be!

[norwaytips]

Never knew you were a fan of Jake, Stomps. Bloody hell, Sister Josephine....You must go back a few years mate. Are we all ancients on this site. Apart from Woody that is.
Someone told me they would sing it in a folk club once. ' Great, what do you play it in?' I asked. I was keen to see the chord sequence. ' C' he replied: and he did....all the bloody way through. Never changed the chord once. Sounded awful, but he got more laughs than me, and I was trying to be funny. :D

[Footstomper]

Never knew you were a fan of Jake, Stomps. Bloody hell, Sister Josephine....You must go back a few years mate. Are we all ancients on this site. Apart from Woody that is.
Someone told me they would sing it in a folk club once. ' Great, what do you play it in?' I asked. I was keen to see the chord sequence. ' C' he replied: and he did....all the bloody way through. Never changed the chord once. Sounded awful, but he got more laughs than me, and I was trying to be funny. :D
I'm not that old, 44. But I do likeold music. Your story reminds me of one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Spike Milligan Q6
The worlds least intelligent scout troop.
Singing 'Riding along on the crest of a wave' in the note of G
1 piano, 1 key ( the other 87 had been removed)
Funny as sh1t. And bloody difficult to do

[blainehammer]

I still like Alan Breeze's The Laughing Policeman meself.

The program was originally called Beyond Our Ken.

[TheMobyDick]

Kenneth Williams was in the pub a few times too. Never quite knew how to take him. :D

Please re-phrase.

[TheMobyDick]

I still like Alan Breeze's The Laughing Policeman meself.

The program was originally called Beyond Our Ken.

I wonder whatever happened to Bearded Betty Marsden.

[blainehammer]

You are older than dirt!!!!