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> Ill Wind - Flanders And Swann (french Horn)
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post Mar 6 2008, 11:58 PM
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And the song about the Bedstead Men?

did anyone see Flanders and Swann when they were at the Fortune Theatre -- At the Drop of..., and At the Drop of Another...

I believe Swann bought his pianos in Norwich.

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post Mar 7 2008, 01:09 AM
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"We're the society for putting broken bedsteads in the ponds" and "So watch the wall, my darling, as the Bedstead Men go by"!!! I've forgotten which folk song that's a take off of now, but I know we sang it at school - it was about smuggling and I remember there was baccy for the priest; anyone know the song I mean?

There was the one about the weather too - "Farmers fear unkindly May - frost by night and hail by day" and "In July the sun is hot. Is it shining - no it's not!" Sums up British weather perfectly!

Well, this thread seems to have struck a chord with a lot of us. What fun to remember all the songs again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 7 2008, 08:01 AM
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So watch the wall, my darling, as the Bedstead Men go by"

Yes - I think your reference to smugglers was spot on - wasn't it called the Smugglers' Song ?

I'll see if I can remember find a bit more (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

(yes - here we are ... there's more on google ! )

Five and twenty ponies
Trotting through the dark -
Brandy for the Parson.
'Baccy for the Clerk;
Laces for a lady, letters for a spy,
And watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!
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post Mar 7 2008, 02:41 PM
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There are one or 2 clips on youtube - I remember the gasman one from years back - wonderful! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 7 2008, 06:53 PM
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QUOTE(maggiemay @ Mar 7 2008, 08:01 AM) *

So watch the wall, my darling, as the Bedstead Men go by"

Yes - I think your reference to smugglers was spot on - wasn't it called the Smugglers' Song ?

I'll see if I can remember find a bit more (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

(yes - here we are ... there's more on google ! )

Five and twenty ponies
Trotting through the dark -
Brandy for the Parson.
'Baccy for the Clerk;
Laces for a lady, letters for a spy,
And watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!

Oh, well done, maggiemay! Yes, that's the one - I remember doing it with our school choir when I was 12 or 13. What a trip down memory lane this has been!
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post Mar 7 2008, 10:26 PM
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I've done that several times with my school choir - there's both a unison and a 2-part version.

I believe the words are Kipling's and the music is by Christopher le Fleming.

Great stuff!!

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QUOTE(SaxFan @ Mar 6 2008, 11:58 PM) *

. . . at the Fortune Theatre -- At the Drop of..., and At the Drop of Another...

Both of these recordings, made in 1957-60 and 1964, as well as the Bestiary album (1967), were produced by George Martin whose other famous (or infamous) productions include:

Right said Fred, and The Hole In The Ground (sung by Bernard Cribbins)
Goodness Gracious me (Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren)
My Boomerang Won't Come Back (Charlie Drake)
Nellie The Elephant (Mandy Miller)
Sun Arise (Rolf Harris)
Amarillo (Neil Sedaka)

Not to mention . . .

You'll Never Walk Alone (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
That Was The Week That Was (Miilcent Martin & David Frost)
My Kind of Girl (Matt Monro)

As well as most of the stuff recorded by Cilla Black, Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas, some stuff by Cleo Laine & John Dankworth, Shirley Bassey, A recording of Gershwin's "Somebody Loves Me" by Meatloaf, etc. etc. . . .

. . . and almost all the recordings of some band from the 60's called the Beatles!
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