Songs by the Boys

[davidrmac]

Not having been a member for long there has been plenty of reading to do on the forum . What a great forum it is . So many names are being refreshed in my mind with so many memories . All I hasten to add , good ones . All this got me thinking , there have been many characters within the Regiment over the years and these characters to some extent , made the Regiment great .
I have fond memories of certain characters performing certain songs that will always belong to them . Examples that spring to mind are;
Skipper Wood - The Ugly Bug Ball
Nick Ravenhill - Gringo
Charlie Fenton - Its a Long Way to Tipperary
Richie Irvine - The Quartermasters Stores

There's a few to get you started , how many can you recall .

[MikeCarey]

Yoko - Barnacle Bill the Sailor

[ap1]

In the Dragon...Den Morris 18 " On Mother Kellys Doorstep" !!!

[jeffdj]

lofty Lloyd the worm song

[peelow]

Gabby and Nick we are warriors we are men.

Mev Harris 25 danny boy.

[davidrmac]

Gabby and Nick , should not of forgot that one . Thanks

[jeffdj]

Georgie Kemble Cardiff born cardiff bread

[MAT5377]

if anyone has the time and you want to put pen to paper and send these songs to me i will make up the song sheets and put them in wallet in both messes and try to revive some of the old and new favorites they can either be posted to me as CSM FSP Coy or just place onto here and i will copy them. we only get to really sing at Dai,s day Alma or Xmas day but we could try and revive this in the messes. PS have just spent a week revamping the Mess and found some really old presentation which are now repaired and back on the wall where they belong looking forward to the LOF meeting soon

[MikeCarey]

Georgie Kemble "Billy the Seal"

[Barry69]

Irv - Yellow Bird
Jinx 38 - Ghost Riders




Mike Gwillym had a voice

[davidrmac]

Jinx 38 Ghost Riders , brilliant , I remember it well . Also , of course , he was a master on the Yazoo thing he played .

[ap1]

Jinx also used to do " Down In The Brothels Of Cairo" complete with Fez!!!!!

[keith darlington]

Johnnie Hood - The lobster song

[jeffdj]

Mike Gwillym done Men of Harlech with a great voice

[Barry69]

Yer your right Al done that one with him on the stage in Ballykinler Pads bar in 86 there was three of us cant remember the other one?

[Clive Rees (08)]

Mogs 22 - Jerusalem, that was you Alun, wasn't it?

Bronco - Old Shep, I think?

Nick Ravenhill used to do a good 'We are Warriors'


Getting old, memory fading!! Or was it another time zone!!

[davidrmac]

That's right , I seem to remember Charlie Fenton and Garby doing "We are warriors" Quite a classic when everyone had had a few beers.
I'm sure that Joe Grant used to have a special one that he kept for a Sunday afternoon in the Red Dragon Club . He always used to get cut short by his missus coming in and saying "wer my joe , dinner reddy"

[stu reed]

What about "We are the Galloping 23rd etc etc" .............

[jeffdj]

That's right , I seem to remember Charlie Fenton and Garby doing "We are warriors" Quite a classic when everyone had had a few beers.
I'm sure that Joe Grant used to have a special one that he kept for a Sunday afternoon in the Red Dragon Club . He always used to get cut short by his missus coming in and saying "wer my joe , dinner reddy"mac i think he would sing we dont like you britsh soldier yankee pay five dollar more

[BennytheBall]

What about Alan Davies 46 " Roll asilver dollar" JC, sloop John B

[jefford0314]

I remember when we where in Balleykelly on St Davids day and then Nick Ravenhill used to do a good 'We are Warriors' and the Bn would join in good days

[Barry69]

I also Charlie Fenton sang "The Yanks they say got a tank" etc Sound Off

[davidrmac]

Charlie used to sing loads of songs . Did'nt he sing something like "That's my brother Sylvester , got a row of forty medals on his chest , big chest" ?

[Clive Rees (08)]

Don't they sing these songs anymore in the Battalion??

[davidrmac]

Not sure really Clive . According to Matt 5377 Post #8 , it seems they only sing on a few occasions . I remember that whenever there were more than about six of us we would always sing . eg On the backs of the 4 tonners going to the ranges , in the white coaches , in the messes and Naafi and in the town on a night out . Great days . No matter what Company you were in , you all joined in . We even had Company songs , same music with just a few words changed depending what Company you were in , eg
F$£%^k the alphas and the bravos and support company , there's only one company in the regiment and that is company C .
Good days

[jeffdj]

porky phillips Jerusalem

[mogs22]

Bwonco Jenjins The lobster

[mogs22]

Dennis Williams 27 (stumpy) If I were a rich man (from fiddler on the roof)

[mogs22]

Clive.
Those were the days.Remeber these classics
Scobie Page----Kilarney.
Selwyn (chalky) White------Tesien a mama
Alan Stillman---Old Shep
Myself---Gold mine in the sky
Jeff Thomas51--Citch yn fy c**k i Peggy
Capt Griffiths (Dad)---Sanctus
Fred Dargy----Eskimo Nell
Alfie (mt) Goosberry Tree

They bring back some fond memories.

[marshy yan]

I think it was dickie smith (sig`s) and kenny cas with there men in black:arghh:

[Barry69]

I also remember doing the song from Seven dwarfs with Denis Stumpy 27(All on our knees leaving the bar at the end of the night/morning) in a Bar in the Falklands

[davidrmac]

Seven dwarfs , what a classic .
Hi Hooooooooo
Hi Ho , Hi Ho it's off to work we go .............................
Great

[sox3044]

Don't they sing these songs anymore in the Battalion??

Clive as time rolls on things change, and the younger guys do need educating in the songs this is true, but you need the characters to do it,

the old max boyce songs are the same a lot of the youngsters of today dont know where they originated, my boy asked me when i was home, Dad where does Hymns and arias come from that they sing at the rugby,

I quickly downloaded max boyce live at treochy from amazon and sat back and watched his reaction to some great songs and poems, I THINK HES EDUCATED he now knows the full song not just the chorus

[mogs22]

Sox how right you are it was'nt the song but the charecters who sang them if you had a pint you had song. Ahhh wonderfull memories

[jeffdj]

mogs where you say about song and a pint Ballykinler Phil Rees company Commander Inter coy choir comp he got the whole company in the stores couple of beers each he said if they got a beer inside they will sing we did but i think Delta's won it with their Dean Martin little old wine drinker