Battalion/Army songs

I was singing in the shower the other day, well trying to anyway. I think my wife says its just a noise!!! I was singing one of the songs that we used to sing whilst as a boy soldier and whilst in the Battalion. However i could only remember a few verses.

The song Goes;
..............and the hairs on her dicky dido hang down to her knees. One black one one white one and one with a bit of ***** on, and the hairs etc etc.

This got me thinking about some of the other songs we used to sing eg, an engineer told me before he died, the warriors song, Quartermasters store etc etc.

I'm sure there are many more with various versions, but were they, have they ever been published anywhere?

I wonder if anyone out there in Royal Welch land knows any more songs, or if they were ever published.

And I really am a good singer, honest!!!!

Clive,
There are a few that come to mind. EG The Moon Shon On The village Green, Good Ship Venus,The Alphabet, Sloop John B, Cathusalem The Harlot Of Jerusalem, and not forgetting Fred Dargie's favorite Eskimo Nell and he knew all 64 verses. Yoko, with Barnacle Bill The Sailor. Dad's Sanctus they bring back fond memories.
Allan

Hey Guys what about 98's rendition of "Old Shep?"

Hingey

Nick Ravehills "Ringo"......He also did a cracking "Billy Goat Gruff".....Clip clop, clip clop over the rickety bridge :smile:

A good idea for someone to put pen to paper i agree there were some crackers.
Roll a silver dollar ( Alan 46 )
3 blind jellyfish (irv)
ugly bug ball (skipper woods )
king of the road (yoko)
galloping 23rd ( all royal welchmen)
and many more, they bring back good memories
keep singing
NED

Larry Burns had a favorite at Regimental Dinners. (The Wild Rover).

How about:-

"Dina, Dina show us a leg"

"It was on the bridge at midnight throwing snowballs at the moon."

"Mary from the mountain glen"

Anyone remember "Ting a Ling" sung by the D.R.O.? (Forgot his name)

Maybe I can make some money out of this for some worthy cause and publish it in a book?

It's nice to have all the titles, but can you remember the verses that went with it???

we are the galloping 23rd second to the navy and the sea

cHARLIE FENTON WITH MY UNCLE SYLVESTER

Gerr-um down you Zulu warrior
Gerr-um down you Zulu chief
Chief
Chief

Ale zoomba zoomba zoomba
Ale zoomba zoomba ay
Ale zoomba zoomba zoomba
Ale zoomba zoomba ay

(Then the flames reached my butt and that's all I remember)

Dina, Dina, show us a leg, show us a leg, show us a leg
Dina, Dina, show us a leg a yard above your knee,
A rich girl wears a ring of gold, a poor girl one of brass
the only ring that Dina has is the one around her ar-e

Dina, Dina, show us a leg, show us a leg, show us a leg
Dina, Dina, show us a leg a yard above your knee,
A rich girl uses Vaseline, a poor girl uses lard
Dina uses axle grease because her ****'s so hard

Dina, Dina, show us a leg, show us a leg, show us a leg
Dina, Dina, show us a leg a yard above your knee,
A rich girl rides in a limousine, a poor girl in a truck
the only ride that Dina has is when she gets a ****

Dina, Dina, show us a leg, show us a leg, show us a leg
Dina, Dina, show us a leg a yard above your knee.
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It was on the bridge at midnight
throwing snowballs at the moon
when she said "Ive never had it"
well she spoke to ******g soon.
etc,etc,etc.
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Mary from the mountain glen seduced herself with a fountain pen
the ink ran wild and she had a child ?????
they called the B*****d Stephen, they called the B*****d Stephen,
they called the B*****d Stephen cos that was the name of the ink.
etc, etc, etc.
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The above might not be accurate as my memory is slowly fading.

Anyone remember some of the songs old Jinx 38 would make up after a few swigs, the one i remember best is
WE ARE THE COLWYN BAY BOYS,
it was something to do with doing something to the C Os daughter in a little shack beside the square,
nice one Jinx.
NED

I started a thread on this a while back titled "Songs by the boys" Worth a look as there are some good old chestnuts in there with some lyrics .
I think that my all time favourites have to be ;
Nick Ravenhill with Ringo
Richie Irvine with the Quartermasters Stores
Charlie Fenton with That's my Brother Sylvester and We are Warriors
Skipper Wood with the Ugly Bug Ball
:biglaugh:

i,ll be there i,ll be there in that little wooden shack behind the square when the boys are drinking water i,ll be s*****g the C Os daughter in that little wooden shack behind the square.

during the 1960's we used to have a sing song in the naafi at least one a week and a lot of the boy's used to get up to give a tune here are a few i remember. 1. A Soldier boy came home one night. 2.Flash girls in the city. 3 Old fashioned push bike. 4. Down by the river side. 5. A lonely boy is standing.6. We havent seen old -------- for a hell of a time. I rember most of the words of some of them.Have a good time singing them. WALLY 15

Hi Wally,

Give us the words that you remember.

Thanks

Dennis Roy(pretty boy)27 still sings "Hang me please on a gooseberry tree". Brilliant.

38's famous sayings were "Muriel Manhole" and "Mad Mahoola"

DONT FORGET 38s DOWN IN A BROTHOL IN CAIRO

Hi,

I did place this thread on 2nd Apr but it appears that the system has had a malfunction.

During my early years in A coy, with Wally 15, and afterwards in the Cpls and Sgts Messes, I always enjoyed the late Butch Butler 29 giving us his rendition of "Jake The Peg!"