Peter W Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Hi. I am trying to seek out either a funny song or poem (other than the welly song) by Billy Connolly that we can play at my Dad's funeral, as he was such a huge fan! Does anyone have any ideas please? Thank you, Peter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Hi. I am trying to seek out either a funny song or poem (other than the welly song) by Billy Connolly that we can play at my Dad's funeral, as he was such a huge fan! Does anyone have any ideas please? Thank you, PeterEvil Scotsman? It does have its fair share of expletives mind you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 How about "That Old Seaside Town Far Away"? Lyrics here: http://secretukuleleband.co.uk/storage/anoldseasidetownfaraway.pdf From Big Bill Connolly, the man who put the C*** into Country Music. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Half stoned cowboy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Starts properly around 1 min 20 Three men from Carntyne and a bottle of wine and four woodbine and a big black greyhound dug called Bob… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordecai Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Evil Scotsman? It does have its fair share of expletives mind you. It's not a Billy Connolly song. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I liked his version of Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool - Short-Arsed Police Cadet fae Maryhill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Tell laura i love her. I couldnt find the bit of Laura i was looking for! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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19QOS19 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 It's not a Billy Connolly song.My mistake. I assumed it was Billy Connolly because it's Billy Connolly singing. How foolish of me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordecai Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 My mistake. I assumed it was Billy Connolly because it's Billy Connolly singing. How foolish of me. It's not him singing it, it does sound like him though. It's some guy called the Rockin' Jock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 It's not really Connolly's style of comedy either TBH. Think there was a thread about this ages ago; songs that aren't by the people everyone thinks they are. Apparently the internet decided years ago that Don't Worry, Be Happy was by Bob Marley, presumably by people who'd never heard a Bob Marley song. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, BFTD said: I liked his version of Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool - Short-Arsed Police Cadet fae Maryhill. Short Haired police cadet far Maryhill. The second verse is "short arsed shuggy fae shettleston" The song I had in mind was his version of "ten guitars" by Engelbert Humperdinck. Or obviously his famous parody of D.I.V.O.R.C.E which topped the charts and kept Tammy Wynette's original off the top . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 minute ago, velo army said: Short Haired police cadet far Maryhill. The second verse is "short arsed shuggy fae shettleston" The song I had in mind was his version of "ten guitars" by Engelbert Humperdinck. Or obviously his famous parody of D.I.V.O.R.C.E which topped the charts and kept Tammy Wynette's original off the top . Forgot about Ten Guitars. Billy's Freebird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I wonder if there's a Billy Connolly tribute act out there somewhere, like Fake That and the Faux Fighters. Probably some good money to be made if someone could do a decent job of his songs, although a bit trickier than your standard musician! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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