{"id":15630,"date":"2022-04-04T13:10:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T13:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=15630"},"modified":"2022-04-04T13:10:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T13:10:52","slug":"i-must-have-a-day-off-for-that","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/i-must-have-a-day-off-for-that\/","title":{"rendered":"I must have a day off for that"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>We’ll have a day off for that<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1900<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>TW Connor<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN29966<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>JW Rowley<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Russell, Dave; England: Gloucestershire; 1976<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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As sung by Dave Russell (Glostrad<\/a>)<\/strong>\n\nNow if every one was as fond of work as I am, you can bet\nThere\u2019d be no lazy loafers, and there\u2019d be no jobs to let.\nBut the circumstances will arise when one must stay a way,\nFor instance now my wife tells me tomorrow\u2019s washing day.\n\rSo we\u2019ll have a day off for that, we will have a day off for that,\r\nI\u2019m not the chap for losing work, I was never known to shirk,\r\nBut I\u2019ll give it you plainly that \u2019tis the only shirt I\u2019ve got\r\nIt got to be done, it must be done, we\u2019ll have a day off for that.\r\n\nNow close to where we live there\u2019s going to be a beauty show,\r\nThere\u2019ll be some lovely girlies there - I fancies I will go.\r\nThere\u2019ll be a sight to gaze upon, but the attraction\u2019s this -\r\nThe girl that wins the first prize gives every man a kiss!\r\nSo we\u2019ll have a day off for that, we will have a day off for that,\r\nI\u2019m not the chap for losing work, I was never known to shirk,\r\nBut I haven\u2019t been kissed for years and it\u2019s not to be wondered at.\r\nFor fancy kissing a face like mine! - I\u2019ll have a day off for that!\n\r\nNow me mother-in-law\u2019s been living with us for eighteen months or more,\r\nAnd since that time I\u2019ve put up with her insults and her jaw.\r\nShe clouts me wife and spends me money and orders me around,\r\nAnd I\u2019ve promised meself a hundred times if ever she do peg out\r\nI will have a day off for that, I will have a day off for that.\r\nI\u2019m not the chap for losing work, I was never known to shirk,\r\nBut I\u2019ll follow me mother-in-law with a face as long as a rat.\r\nBut won\u2019t I smile when they\u2019re pushing her in! - I\u2019ll have a day off for that!<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A hit from 1900 remembered by one traditional singer later in the 20th century. Hopefully such mother-in-law humour would be considered lazy and unfunny today. Originally written by the prolific part-time songwriter TW Connor<\/a>\u00a0 and sung by my old favourite \u00a0JW \u201cOver\u201d Rowley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Era\u00a0–\u00a0Saturday 04 August 1900<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I have been unable to access the original sheet music at the moment, the lyrics presented above are those remembered by Dave Russell, you can hear him sing his version at Glostrad<\/a> …<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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