{"id":15679,"date":"2022-04-06T06:33:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T06:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=15679"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T10:04:35","slug":"ive-got-something-to-be-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/ive-got-something-to-be-thankful-for\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ve got something to be thankful for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First Published<\/td>1901<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>June W. Barnes \/ Harry Leighton <\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN21941<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Dan Crawley<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Bromley, Albert; England : Suffolk; 1964\/65 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From monologues.co.uk<\/strong>\n\nOut of evil cometh good, is a saying old and true\nTo lose all yer lovely curly hair is an evil thing to do\nWhen I got married, a fine head of hair like mine could not be found\nThrough getting water on the brain it all fell in and drowned\n\nBut I don't care, for don't you see\nMy old 'gooseberry' can't hurt me\nI've got no hair to pull out, Oh Lor!\nSo I've got something to be thankful for.<\/em>\n\nOnce I bought a bicycle, and the darned thing nearly killed me\nI used to practise in our back yard, till I rode it properly\nThe first time I rode in the street, I tried to dodge a tyke\nRan into some old woman's back and smashed my lovely bike.\n\nBut I don't care, for don't you see\nMy wife's mother was in front of me\nShe fell down and broke her jaw\nSo I've got something to be thankful for.<\/em>\n\nMy old woman, s'elp me bob, is a most neglectful spouse\nShe won't do a thing for me since we've had a lodger in the house\nThere are my socks without any feet, and at home I have to stay\nWhile she goes out with Mr Plugs, our lodger, every day.\n\nBut I don't care, for don't you see\nWhen she's out I go in for tea\nAnd have such a lark with the girl next door\nSo I've got something to be thankful for.<\/em>\n\nYears ago, when I was mad, I went fairly off my chump\nIn love with a girl, and ev'ry time I met her, my heart went bump\nAfter the banns were up, and I'd bought a 'tanner' wedding ring\nShe did a 'guy' with my best man, the false deceitful thing.\n\nBut I don't care, for don't you see\nThere's six twins now in the family\nAnd every year there's a couple more\nSo I've got something to be thankful for.<\/em>\n <\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Another early 20th century song from the Halls (reflecting attitudes commonplace at the time)  remembered by traditional singers in the late 20th century, originally performed by Dan Crawley<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 1960s it was collected by Neil Lanham from the singing of Albert Bromley, one of a generation of great pub singers active in and around Suffolk in the 1950s and 60s. You can hear it on the Helions Bumpstead CD, (NLCD8 \u2018Comic Songs of the Stour Valley<\/a>\u2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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