John W. Herbert

Field Recording - Jack Horntip Collection - See Notes.
- Digital Recording - John W. Herbert - 2006-04-15
  - A.25 Song [with 'Side, Side' Song Used To Introduce Song] Time: 2:12
  - Ain't It A Pitty She's Only One Titty To Feed The Baby On [Learned During WWII, Repeats Endlessly] Time: 0:11
  - Does Not Remember Seeing Any Songbooks Being Used During WWII Time: 0:46
  - Every Good Ship Has A Main Mast Time: 2:20
  - Fascinating Bitch Time: 0:14
  - I Don't Want To Join The Navy Time: 1:26
  - I've Sat In This Saddle Six Hours Time: 0:54
  - It Was On The Good Ship Venus [Doesn't Remember If There Was A Chorus Or Not] Time: 0:21
  - Life Presents A Dismal Picture [Tune - Deutland Uber Ales (the German National Anthem)] Time: 0:41
  - The Albacore(sp?) Song [aka The Firth Of Forth] Time: 1:54
  - The Boy Stood On The Burning Deck [recitation] Time: 0:07
  - The Portions Of A Woman - A.P. Herbert Time: 1:40
  - They're Moving Father's Grave To Build A Sewer [fragment, Learned During WWII] Time: 0:17
- Digital Recording - John W. Herbert - 2006-04-17
  - 'Hum Fuck A Duck(?)' As A Filler Between Songs Time: 0:13
  - A Life On The Ocean Wave [March Pass(?) Of The Royal Marines] Time: 0:17
  - A Sailor Told Me Before He Died [aka The Engineer's Song, Tune - Saint Bee's] Time: 1:13
  - After The War Is Over The British Leave [wwi Song In Broken French Learned From Father] Time: 0:51
  - Americans And English Shared Songs In The Pubs During WWII Time: 0:15
  - Assholes Are Cheap Today Time: 0:12
  - Balls To Mr. Banglestein Time: 0:19
  - Barnacle Bill The Sailor [fragment] Time: 0:10
  - Bawdy Songs Are The Drinking Songs Of Men Aboard Ship Time: 0:55
  - Beer, Beer Glorious Beer [pre-WWII Pub Song] Time: 0:19
  - Bell Bottom Trousers [fragment] Time: 0:14
  - Bless Them All [aka Fuck Them All] Time: 1:04
  - Bollocks Make A Damned Fine Stew [Believes That This Is Original Chorus For Cornel Bogey March] Time: 0:20
  - Bring Back My Bomber To Me Time: 0:49
  - Bums, Bellies And Tits Time: 0:06
  - Cats On The Rooftops Time: 0:28
  - Caviar Comes From The Virgin Sturgeon Time: 0:16
  - Do Your Balls Hang Low? Time: 0:07
  - Follow The Band [Current During WWII Remember A Version From His Father] Time: 0:40
  - Gathering Nuts In May [tune Is Used For 'I Have A Dog Whose Name Is Rover'] Time: 0:09
  - Here To Good Old Whiskey [tune - I've Got Six Pence (?), Sung Aboard Ship During Wwii] Time: 0:15
  - Here's To The Next Man To Die [Sung When Drinking After Someone Had Died] Time: 0:19
  - Hey Ho Says Rolly [fragment] Time: 0:19
  - Hitler Has Only Got One Ball Time: 0:13
  - I Had A Good Job By I Left [British Marching Cadence] Time: 0:12
  - I Put My Finger In The Woodpecker's Hole [Learned As A Scout In The Late 1920s] Time: 0:36
  - I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts Time: 0:29
  - I've Got Six Pence [Learned In The Scouts But Sung In The Navy] Time: 0:51
  - If I Had The Wings Of An Angel Time: 0:10
  - In Mobile Time: 1:00
  - Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam [Children's Hymn And Navy Parody] Time: 0:23
  - John Thomas [aka Red Plush Britches, Fragment] Time: 0:15
  - Keep The Home Fires Burning [Sentimental Song Sung In Pubs During WWI] Time: 0:25
  - King Farouk [fragment] Time: 0:12
  - Lydia Pink Time: 0:34
  - Mademoiselle From Armentieres [Learned From Father Who Was A WWI Veteran] Time: 0:22
  - My Grandfather's Clock [Original Pop Song] Time: 0:22
  - My Grandfather's Cock Time: 0:10
  - Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be [Children's Song] Time: 0:19
  - One Eyed Reilly [Fragment Of Chorus Only] Time: 0:14
  - Passengers Will Please Refrain Time: 0:32
  - Please Don't Burn The Shithouse Down [Current During WWII] Time: 0:06
  - Poor Little Angeline [fragment] Time: 0:13
  - Queen Of All The Fairies Time: 0:09
  - Remember Hearing 'Lloyd George Knew My Father' Time: 0:15
  - Remembers Hear 'The Red Flag' Time: 0:11
  - Remembers Hearing 'Asshole Rules The Navy' Chorus During WWII Time: 0:08
  - Remembers Hearing 'Bang Bang Lulu' During WWII Time: 0:06
  - Remembers Hearing 'Red Flannel Drawers' Doesn't Remember Lyrics Or Tune Time: 0:11
  - Remembers Hearing The Doggies Meeting But No Text Or Tune Time: 0:15
  - Ring-a-rang-a-roo [aka Ring Dang Do] Time: 0:10
  - Roll Me Over In The Clover [fragment] Time: 0:11
  - Rule Britannia [Learned From Father In The 1920s] Time: 0:13
  - Seduced Herself With A Fountain Pen Time: 0:45
  - See Her On The Bridge At Midnight [aka She Was Poor But Honest] Time: 0:22
  - Shit Without Wit [An Old Yorkshire Expression] Time: 0:05
  - Sister Anna Will Carry The Banner [recitation, Skit Parody Of Salvation Army] Time: 0:57
  - Sung These Songs To His Wife At Bed Time Time: 0:31
  - Sweet Violets [This Was Used As A Tag Line To Avoid Singing A 'Rude' Word] Time: 0:22
  - Ten Green Bottles Hanging On The Wall Time: 0:18
  - The Ball Of Kerrimuir Time: 0:37
  - The Mayor Of Bayswater [Remembers Hearing More Verses] Time: 0:35
  - The Quartermaster's Store [Learned As A Scout In The 1920s] Time: 0:26
  - The Sailor's Wife [fragment] Time: 0:21
  - There Once Was A Farmer Who Sat On A Rock [fragment] Time: 0:12
  - There's A Balls Up(?) On The Flight Deck And They Don't Know Who To Blame Time: 0:44
  - They're Changing The Guard At Buckingham Palace [Recited Poem] Time: 0:21
  - Three Old Ladies Locked In The Lavatory Time: 0:18
  - Under The Chesnutt Tree [Boy Scout Song That Has Ribald Gestures] Time: 0:10
  - Used To Sing A Parody Of Silver Hair Amongst The Gold Time: 0:25
  - Vulgar Songs Were Sung In The Ward Room Time: 0:25
  - We Had A Merry Party [Learned During WWII] Time: 1:25
  - When I Was Young And In My Prime [Rhymed Recitation] Time: 0:10
  - When I Was Young And Seventeen I Had A Pretty Quim Time: 0:15
  - When This Bloody War Is Over [Tune - What A Friend We Have In Jesus, Learned From Father, A WWI Vet, In Early 1920s Time: 0:30
  - Who Killed Cock Robin [Music Hall Song] Time: 0:27
  - Why Was I Born So Beautiful [aka Why Was He Born So Beautiful] Time: 0:17
  - Wild West Show [as Sung During WWII] Time: 0:43
  - Will You Mary, Mary, Mary Me Time: 0:24
  - You Can't Put Your Muck In Our Dustbin Time: 0:12
  - Your Baby Has Gone Down The Plug Hole Time: 0:51
  - Zulu Warrior [fragment] Time: 0:14
  - [Discussion Of Hearing 'the Frenchman Went To The Lavatory' Time: 1:30
  - [fragment Of 'King Of The God Damned Isles'] Time: 0:20

John W. Herbert was kind enough to send us some photos. He says, "Note the big change between photo 236 and 430 - you grew old quickly in war."

#125 1925

#236 1942

#366 1942

#228 1943

#181 1944

#271 1944

#430 1945