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The Royal Charter

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Look Back In 'Anley by Dave Boulton

Words by Dave Boulton, music by Jeff Parton

Fifty-nine days from Australia’s shore
THE NIGHT THE ROYAL CHARTER WENT DOWN
Heading for Liverpool City once more
THE NIGHT THE ROYAL CHARTER WENT DOWN
There was well-to-do merchants and mariners bold
Miners and prospectors laden with gold
The log showed five hundred and forty all told
THE NIGHT THE ROYAL CHARTER WENT DOWN

Each man had thanked God to be sailing away, THE NIGHT…
From the mud of the Murray, the silt of the Grey, THE NIGHT
Some had struck rich and came home in great store
Others had only the clothes that … Continue reading →

Rough Justice

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Bringing Home The Bacon by Dave Boulton

Words by Dave Boulton, music by Jeff Parton

Now the young ‘uns today are all vandals and the buggers are muggers an’ all
When they’re not out ram-raiding they’re all out parading the stuff they nicked in the last haul
Well hard discipline never did me any harm and conscription would do ‘em all good
And if I had my way I’d go back to the days when a criminal knew where he stood

Chorus:
I’d flog ‘em and flay ‘em and hang ‘em
I’d bring back the birch and the cat
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Quasimodo’s Farewell

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By Dave Boulton January 1983

In Notre Dame belfry ‘twas peaceful and still
In fact ‘twere as dead as a Dodo
And there wasn’t a peep cause the bats was asleep
Upside down and so was Quasimodo
Now He’d been employed 40 years man and boy
On retiring he’d set all his hopes
And they’d said he could go once he’d found a new bloke
For the job and just showed him the ropes

In his dream he’s retired and he’s being served wine
Spragged out on a floral divan
By … Continue reading →

The Potters’ Alphabet

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Look Back In 'Anley by Dave Boulton

A is for ARKKID’ he’s your flesh and blood
B is for BOSTIN when summat’s dead good
C Is for CHONOCKS young turnips so sweet
and D is for DEWT’NZ makin’ potts down Nile Street

Chorus:
Potters lads Mums and Dads Daughters and Sons
they’re first among equals and second to none
They talk a bit funny they sound a bit strange
but they’d give their last Shilling and not ask for change

E is for ‘EARS that’s the passing of time
F is for FUNT it’s the past tense of find
G is for GIZEET like … Continue reading →

Peaches And Squid

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There’s no use me trying to hide it, no use me trying to be nice
The chance of relationships turning out well
Is like throwing a seven with only one dice
For love is a momentary fancy and lust is a temporary flight
And before you’ve gone on for too far or too long
You’re into the fisticuffs, fall-outs and fights

Chorus:
It can’t be denied and it can’t be hid
The sexes don’t get on and they never did
‘Cause they go together like peaches and squid
Together like peaches … Continue reading →

The Song Of The Oyster Catcher

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Laugh Or Cry Same Price by Dave Boulton

Words by Dave Boulton, Music by Jeff Parton

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I watched the oyster catcher’s swooping flight
Sweeping low across the waves towards the setting sun
As it sank down to the blazing sea to leave behind another dismal night
Her piping cry by wind and wave came crystal clear to me
Calling for the sun to stay or take her where a new day’s just begun

I saw her turning to the land once more
A lonely silhouette against a cloudless evening sky
Sweeping in a graceful arc towards … Continue reading →

‘Orace ‘Oskins

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Look Back In 'Anley by Dave Boulton

I’d have been three or four but not a lot more just a kid playing out in the sun
When out of the blue the sky clouded over and flash bang I thought that my last day had come
I shot straight indoors like a whippet with the demons of hell on my heels
I was caught by me Mum and swung up in her arms, she said son you’ve got nothing to fear

Chorus:
It’s just ‘Orace ‘Oskins tipping his bricks Just ‘Orace ‘Oskins up to his tricks
And the flashes are only the … Continue reading →

You’re Only As Old

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Men’s Verses

Look Back In 'Anley by Dave Boulton

Now if you’re knocking fifty I’ll bet you a quid
That your bodily functions don’t work like they did
And to see yourself naked’s a little depressing
Though your skin fits OK it looks like it needs pressing

Chorus:
So don’t think that fifty’s the end of the line
That you’ve run out of track and you’ve run out of time
Cos as long as you’ve got both your ardour and zeal
You’re only as old as the woman you feel

Well round about fifty you … Continue reading →

One of Those Days

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When you find you’ve slept through your alarm clock and you can’t find clean knickers or socks
When number one daughter’s used all the hot water and there’s no teabags left in the box
The orange juice carton is empty and the coffee pot’s furry and green
The only bread’s frozen, the toaster is broken and you struggle to stifle a scream

CHORUS:
 It’s going to be one of those days
It’s going to be one of those days
But don’t think these things only happen … Continue reading →

Michael Hestletine

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So you’re closing Trentham deep Mr. Heseltine
I wonder how you sleep Mr. Heseltine
do you count the poor souls that your putting on the dole
what will be the final toll Mr. Heseltine

Market forces must prevail Mr. Heseltine
or the economy will fail Mr. Heseltine
So you buy Colombian coal cut by miners nine years old
and put our own lads on the dole Mr. Heseltine.

.Now we may not be too bright Mr Heseltine
but we can see that things aren’t right Mr.Heseltine
we don’t have degrees like you, cant talk clever like you do
but we know we’re being screwed Mr.Hesletine

Count the pits … Continue reading →