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Posted by toryroger (U14116377) on Thursday, 27th August 2009
song sung I think by Joe Grundy?
Anyone know the composer / author / publisher please?
thanks, toryroger
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:39 GMT, in reply to toryroger in message 1
IIRC it was perpetrated by Tom Forest, can't help with the other stuff I'm afraid.
DH.
A spirited rendition and some info can be found here:
It's pretty ghastly...
, in reply to message 1.
Posted by rosietonthemove (U2260932) on Thursday, 27th August 2009
As sung by Tom Forrest:
"There's a pretty little village far away
Where they grows new potatoes, corn and hay,
There's a tricklin' little rill,
That works a little mill,
And the mill it keeps a-workin' all the day.
There's a lot of little 'ouses in the middle,
And two pubs, The Bull and Cat and Fiddle,
But you make no mistake,
The thing that takes the cake,
Is the pride of all the place, The Village Pump.
The Village Pump, The Village Pump,
The Village Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump.
The Village Pump, The Village Pump,
The Village Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump.
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Posted by rosietonthemove (U2260932) on Thursday, 27th August 2009
One night the rummest chap you've ever seen,
Gave a temperance lecture on the village green.
He said us fellows here
Was much too fond of beer,
And he spouted like a penny magazine.
He damned the Cat and Fiddle and the Bull,
Till Jethro aimed a clout across his skull,
He said, "Water - that's for me!"
So we shouted, "Right you be!"
And we took him out and ducked him in the pump.
The Village Pump, The Village Pump,
The Village Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump.
The Village Pump, The Village Pump,
The Village Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump.
, in reply to message 5.
Posted by rosietonthemove (U2260932) on Thursday, 27th August 2009
We had a new policeman t'other week
A sloppy looking fellow, so to speak,
One that thought he was all there,
But by gum I do declare,
He was what you'd sort of call a livin' freak.
Martha Woodford says as how he's off his chump,
'Cause one night he came across a biggish lump,
And said, "Move it, Joe, you're tight!"
But when he showed a light,
He found out he was talkin' to the Pump!
The Village Pump, The Village Pump,
The Village Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump.
The Village Pump, The Village Pump,
The Village Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump, Pump.
Bump, or should it be pump?
I suggest you email the English Folk Dance and Song Society as TVP is usually noted as 'trad'.
You can find their email address on their website here:
message 1
According to The Sheetmusic Warehouse, THE VILLAGE PUMP was written by Archie Naish and published in 1907.
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Village Pump
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 26 Apr 08 - 12:15 PM
Just found this:
THE VILLAGE PUMP by NAISH Archie.:
Description:
London ,Reynolds & Co. 1908. With a brown lettered cover with a monochrome photographic portrait of the composer/performer Naish who has written a comedy song about the uses of the village pump This writer/ performer was born in 1878 and has 10 songs listed in Kilgarriff mainly around the 1900's and again 1914-18. The music publisher Reynolds specialised in monologues and indeed they were the primary publisher in that field. They also published Albert Chevalier.Folio size with music. Condition VG .
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Posted by rosietonthemove (U2260932) on Sunday, 6th September 2009
Not any help, then?
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Posted by barwick_green (U2668006) on Friday, 11th September 2009
I prefer the more ribald version that used to be sung after hours at the Cat & Fiddle about Shulaaargh; the Village Hump.
I'll get me coat.....
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Posted by rosietonthemove (U2260932) on Saturday, 12th September 2009
Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:28 GMT, in reply to Barwick_Green
Did Roger really want this, or were we wasting our time replying to him/her?
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Posted by toryroger (U14116377) on Saturday, 19th September 2009
dear rosie -be cool!
huge thanks to you and all others - plan to use it at a harvest party themed to Archers
Delay is due to out of contact work commitments
Am now chasing up the sheet music; or I can transcribe it from that recording, or the efdss
thanks again!
, in reply to message 14.
Posted by Sciurus vulgaris (U2618654) on Sunday, 20th September 2009
Unspeakable, I may throw myself off the highest branch!
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