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Boney was a Warrior
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This is a beautiful song that brings a tear to my eye:
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Yes that's a lovely song. I remember when I was a kid someone sang that on Bonanza, in the saloon. The local loudmouths were saying "We don't want no sissy songs here" but Hoss shut them up and sat there listening to the song like a baby.
When very young, kids used to have battery-operated record players that played tiny Kiddietunes records at 78 rpm. I had one. The records were quite cheap and were mostly folk songs like Polly Wally Doodle, Early One Morning, Turkey in the Straw, Jimmy Crack Corn, Charlie Is My Darling etc.
There used to be music on shows like Small Time with Wally Whyton and ***** Cat Willum, too.Comment
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I see that the name of P*ssy Cat Willum has been censored!Comment
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What would Aunty Mu say to that then?
All the best
Dave
PS - just between ourselves even at that early age I had a thing about "Aunty" Mu !Comment
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Wally Whyton! I remember him on the radio inviting us to sing along. I remember learning One Man Went to Mow.
I also remember those record players Robert. One friend had one and if i remember correctly, the records were bright colours?
Dave - Would Aunty Mu be Aunty Muriel? What was her surname? Did she have two little friends called Fred and Olleybeak? (a dog and an owl) I have a few vague memories of seeing them on TV when I was very small. We didn't have TV at home but I spent some time away from home with relatives/neighbours/others when my mother was ill.
Also, a few years later, when staying with my Aunty in Enfield, I remember a programme called Do Not Adjust Your Set which was a kind of mixture of Monty Python and TWTWTW but for kids. There was a singer on there who did folky stuff, kind of satire, but I cannot remember his name!
Hey Dave and Robert - we must all be about the same age?Comment
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Hi Limehouse
Yes it sounds like we're all contemporaries.
The Kiddietunes records had yellow labels and were smaller than 45s, but there was another kind which were the same size as a 45 and yes, I seem to remember they were coloured. They didn't have the flexibility of a conventional 45 because they were made of a different material and if you tried bending them, they'd crack. And they were played at 78 rpm I think. I remember having Over the Rainbow and Off to see the Wizard. Oh, and Tubby the Tuba.
The folk singer on Do Not Adjust may have been Neil Innes, as I think the Bonzo Dog Band were regulars on that show. The only bits of the show I can remember now are the David Jason/Denise Coffey bits - Captain Fantastic versus evil Mrs Black who is trying to control the world from her handbag.Comment
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Another one of the same generation.......I can still remember the words to "High Germany","A good sword and a trusty hand" and "Polly Oliver" from School....Quite good for round the campfire........Comment
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My father used to play Bellafonte all the time. This is one I thought was really gorgeous:Originally posted by Limehouse View Post
Robert, yes, I do remember being a child and playing those 78's. My mother went to the Salvation army store in Bayshore, LI, and picked up an old Victrola for five dollars. The scent from the wood of a Victrola is in my memory and stirs something in me whenever I come into contact with it, (on rare occasions) again.
My brother played Doggie in the window so many times my mother was ready to scream
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Victrola reminds me of this. I know it isn't a folk song, but it is good. Besides, Eric's in it :
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Hi Limehouse
Muriel Young used to be a radio DJ I believe, then became a TV presenter and director. Ollie Beak and Fred Barker survived into the early 70s - they were on Lift Off With Ayshea.
I remember Muriel Young on one of the kids' shows saying "next week we'll have a new group called the Beatles."Comment
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Hi JuliaDave - Would Aunty Mu be Aunty Muriel? What was her surname? Did she have two little friends called Fred and Olleybeak? (a dog and an owl) I have a few vague memories of seeing them on TV when I was very small. We didn't have TV at home but I spent some time away from home with relatives/neighbours/others when my mother was ill.
Also, a few years later, when staying with my Aunty in Enfield, I remember a programme called Do Not Adjust Your Set which was a kind of mixture of Monty Python and TWTWTW but for kids. There was a singer on there who did folky stuff, kind of satire, but I cannot remember his name!
Hey Dave and Robert - we must all be about the same age?
It was Muriel Young...Fred and Ollybeak...blimey, hadn't thought about them for years! We didn't have TV until about 1962 but my (paternal) Grandparents had one...
I listened to a lot of radio on the Radiogram my father and uncle built (father did the carpentry, uncle the electrics - it was nearly all valves then!)...It was about then I got as a birthday present my very first transistor radio with earphone...the first in my family...it was a white (plastic) Binatone which would fit into the average pocket...and the very latest thing...very briefly I was the envy of the kids at school...I even got Luxemburg on it!
I still had it a couple of years later when the pirates started up - I can remember Caroline (on 199) and London...but there were loads more (wastn't there a good one on 391?)...
TW3? I wasn't supposed to watch it, but used to sneak back into the sitting room and hide behind the sofa...I can clearly recall Lance Percival's calypsos (very funny indeed) but can't recall any folk singer...though there was a guy who occasionally did stuff on the piano I think?
I guess we are roughly the same vintage...I'm 59 in a few days time...but won't ask a lady to confirm her age!
All the best
DaveComment
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You beat me to it again Robert...serves me right for being so verbose!
All the best
DaveComment
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Hi Dave - lovely memories!Originally posted by Cogidubnus View Post
We were a radio household as my mother didn't approve of Tv. In reality, I think they probably couldn't have afforded one - even to rent. I did see TV now and then, at the home of relatives, neighbours and whoever I was 'staying' with at the time (my mother had a long-term illness).
My first (and only) transistor radio was bought for me by my brother in 1969. It was a 'Stag' radio and had an earphone. For me, although by then they were a bit 'passe' it was complete liberation. My own radio! My own choice of music station!
Also in 1969, I moved to live with relatives and for the first time had long-term access to TV. Because I'd been used to the radio, and listening while doing, it was difficult for me to focus on viweing something for a long period so I never watched a lot of it until I had my own children. My relatives had two small boys and i remember the household grinding to a standstill because 'Startreck' was on.
Also, going back to Robert's mention of Bonanza, my uncle watched every western show on Tv at the time. One that vividly stays in my memory is 'Branded' with Chuck Connors.
Have a good birthday Dave - you are the same age as my husband. Me? I'm 55 tomorrow!Comment
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