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Description: | Recording of 'Wassfink Of 'Ee, Den (The Bristol Song)'. Sung and played on the ukelele by Len 'Uke' Thomas. Unique version, made especially for his friend Frank Bidwell, a former army colleague. Bird song audible throughout.
Attempt at a transcript:
'Hello Frank! This is your old pal Len Uke Thomas speaking from Bristol to you down there in the ass end of creation, Australia.... Here's what you asked for, the famous, my famous, Bristol Song, right...
Now Bristol is a famous town/ The gateway to the West/ Although beer is weaker here/ We still say beer is best/ We're known here for our beauty spots/ But what makes us unique/ Is not our beauty nor our beer/ But the funny way we speak..../
[Chorus] Wot's fink of 'ee then, wot's fink of 'ee/ Wot's fink of 'ee then the price of 'ee/ How bist?/ If thee casn't speak as well as thee coust/ Then try this song with me/ Wot's fink of 'ee then, wot's fink of 'ee nah nah nah/
Alright Frank? Second verse....
We've got a lot of beauty spots/ Around this ancient town/ But don't go near the Feeder/ twill only get me down/ When the locks are open/ And the [....]/[...?] cos ere the people shout/
[Chorus]
Got a light? Third verse..../
At Temple Back we've got a church/ whose tower isn't straight/ It leans just like a drunken man/ towards the temple gate/ It ought to have a clock up there/ so we can hear the time/ [....?]
[Chorus]
Tramway centre now.../
Now Father Nepture's [?] fork/ points right up towards the sky/ He hears the crows and magpies talk/ And here's the reason why.../ The things that happen after dark/ In that blue [...?] sea/ [.....?]/ Father Nepture turned his back upon the sea/
[Chorus]
Another famous beauty spot/ is Bristol's Durdham Down/ Where you can spend a holiday/ for less than half a crown/ If you go near the Clifton end/ the noises from the zoo.../
will make you think the monkey's trying to do the kangaroo.../
[Chorus]/
There's only 2 more Frank so don't worry... only 2 more. Right, here we go..../
When John the Baptist/ sailed away from Bristol Port / for the Bristolians it was just a [...?]/ They thought that he was crazy/ And was talking them to hell/ But when they saw New Foundland John Cabot heard them yell.../
[Chorus].
Here you are Frank, thank you very much Frank. Signing off now. Be happy, down there in Australia, you [...?]. Cheerio!' | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.emuserver-digitalmediabasedobject.ec | Go to resource |
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