Thankyou Mister Hubble by Loudon Wainwright unrecordedAm................................Dm..............Dm7Thankyou Mister Hubble, for your telescopeE............................................................Am.....................We learned there's more than double now , the amount of rope Am...................................................F....................................We have with which to hang ourselves, things are so much worseE..........................................................Am..........................EThere's so much more that's out there,I'm talking universes.Thankyou Mister Hubble, for your telescopeWhy go to the trouble now to push the envelope?We're just so insignificant what the hells the point?We're not handfuls but specks of dust in this gigantic jointC..............................G.................C...................G......We used to thing that jupiter and mars were pretty largeE............................Am...................E...........................Am......and though our little world was small somehow we were in chargeThe milky way so miniscule despite what we pretendIt's hardly worth looking at through your giant lensesThankyou Mister Hubble, for your telescopeI hate to burst the bubble but god there's not much hopeor faith that such a thing exists what is religion worth?What in god's name would waste six days to make this puny earth?
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Thankyou Mister Hubble - Loudon Wainwright
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October 20 2009, 6:23am | Comments »
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Drinking Song by Loudon Wainwright
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Drunk men stagger, drunk men fall,Drunk men swear and that's not all,Quite often they will urinate outdoors.Like widowed women, drunk men weep,Like children curled up, drunk men sleep,Like a dog, a drunk will crawl around on all fours.Be he broke bum or rich rake, his dinner be it bread or cakeHis beverage be the worse of whiskey, finest wine.Puke it stinks and so it seems that drunkards go to great extremesBut there has yet to be a perfectly straight lineDrunks talk strong when drunks are weak,It's easy for a drunk to speak -- straight from the heartYeah, drunks will fight they're not afraidTo kiss the mistress, make the maidIt's a manly art.Oh but the drink a toll will take, blood vessels in the nose will breakBags beneath the eyes another signDrunks get ugly, so it seems that drunkards go to great extremesBut there has yet to be a perfectly straight line.Drunks are friendly when they're drunk andDrunks are hostile when they're drunkWhich drunk it is, it all depends upon.When drunks aren't drunk, they thirst for drink,Elephants are grey not pinkWhen the drink evaporates the man is gone, gone , gone, goneBack to the yachts and the subway carsThe hip-flasks and fruit jarsFlat on the face and flat on the behindOh, drunks get drunk and so it seems that drunkards go to great extremesThere has yet to be a perfectly straight line.
October 11 2009, 8:05am | Comments »
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Samson and the Warden - Loudon Wainwright cover by Andy Roberts
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October 6 2009, 5:53pm | Comments »
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Motel Blues - Andy Roberts
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August 11 2009, 6:09pm | Comments »
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Whatever Happened To Us - Havering Folk Club
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July 24 2009, 11:04am | Comments »
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Busy again at Havering Folk Club
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After a quieter period recently, Havering Folk Club was back to its usual lively self again last night with the return of some regulars who hadn't been seen for a while for one reason or another. Steve O'Kane and Fiona paid a visit for example, and will be doing a members guest spot in February next year. I played Mondura Dam, not for the first time but it's a song I've found myself returning to in recent days. Jojo aked me where Mondura Dam is - it's actually Monduran Dam in Queensland Australia. Then I did Whatever Happened to Us by Loudon Wainwright. I've been meaning to sing that one for some time but this is the first time I got around to it.
July 23 2009, 2:53am | Comments »
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Andy Roberts Dead Skunk Havering Folk Club
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February 26 2009, 8:02am | Comments »
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Chinese Lute at Havering Folk Club
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I took my Chinese Lute or Ruan along to Havering Folk club this week for a change, as you may have guessed from yesterday's post about it. I had some trouble fitting it into the guitar bag, but managed to improvise with the zip. I thought it as a particularly good night last night. There were some new performers to me, and I also noticed that several of the regulars had noticeably come on in and demonstrated considerable improvement. It must be the accumulated effect of weekly providing an attentive audience for each other. All levels are appreciated, but I think the overall level had gone up a notch or two. Well that's how it seemed to me anyway. I played a tune that I always play on the chinese lute and now it has a name "Yangtse Gorges". There's a video of me playing it in the back garden a few years ago somewhere, I'll have to root around on various old computers.Then I did Dead Skunk by Loudon Wainwright, an old singalong favourite recently mentioned by Karen. Linda was sitting near the front so we have an instant video take: Andy Roberts plays Dead Skunk at Havering Folk Club
February 26 2009, 6:17am | Comments »
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Last Night at Havering Folk Club
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It was my last night at Havering Folk Club of 2008 since I'll be missing the xmas party next week. I started the first half with Not John from Loudon Wainwright since it was Remember John Lennon day on Monday, then Steeleye Span's version of Captain Coulston - well my version really. In the second half I got the chance to do Sitting on the Bank, one of my own songs from very long ago.
December 10 2008, 6:15pm | Comments »
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8/12/1980 RIP John Lennon
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It was 28 years ago today John Lennon got shot.This tribute song is by Loudon Wainwright IIINOT JOHN The limousine was waiting outside the studioIn stepped poor John Lennon and his wife YokoOh no, not JohnOn up 44th Street, left at 8th AvenueUp to the Dakota; a man waits there for youOh no, yes JohnThe man's name it is Chapman, come from HonoluluHe really loved your music, John, got a Japanese wife, tooOh no, poor SeanFive bullets in your body, that's what the experts sayThey say you signed an autograph for him on that very dayOh no, not JohnThere was a vigil at the Roosevelt, at the Dakota tooSilence in Central Park, they had a riot in LiverpoolNow Chapman's in the jailhouse - what's he doing there?He went and he shot John Lennon. All you heroes best bewareOh no, not JohnThe limousine was waiting outside the studioIn stepped poor John Lennon and his wife YokoOh no, not John
December 8 2008, 12:03pm | Comments »
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Four songs
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Back from my Dad's funeral in Cornwall.With a few regulars absent at Havering Folk Club this week, we still had a fun evening. John had heard me practicing "Hesitation Blues" so I started with that as a sort of request, then decided to sing "Samson and the Warden", a Loudon Wainwright song.Samson And The WardenIn the second half I did an unusual thing for me, I decided irt was time for a traditional singalong and introduced the Essex audience to "Going up Camborne Hill coming down" accompanied by a pint of beer. Then I picked up the guitar and played "See Emily Play" the Pink Floyd classic.So no Andy Roberts songs this week then.
October 25 2008, 3:13am | Comments »
