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Lyr Req: Sixteen Stone (parody of Sixteen Tons)
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Subject: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: Fidjit Date: 14 Sep 06 - 08:36 AM Heard at "The Bell", Grove nr Wantage. Part of the White Horse Festival. Don't know if that's the title. but certainly a line in the song. I know it's one of you lot. The lady that sang it certainly had no square edges. Well the're the best sort aren't they. Chas |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: GUEST,Brian Date: 14 Sep 06 - 08:48 AM This is one for Cats, she sings the song you are after. I'll give her a ring tonight, and point her to the thread. cheers Brian |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: Leadfingers Date: 14 Sep 06 - 08:49 AM Lovely rewrite of Tennessee Ernie Ford's recording of Sixteen Tons ! She weighs sixteen stone and what do you get A whole lot of woman and thats a fact ! All we need now is someone who knows ALL the lyrics !! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: Snuffy Date: 14 Sep 06 - 09:04 AM Sixteen Stone has "No sharp corners on a woman like me" in the chorus. Is that what you mean, Chas? Mudcatters Judel and abuwood are among the ladies I have heard singing this |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: Fidjit Date: 14 Sep 06 - 09:27 AM Yes Snuffy thats the one. Think we'll trace this one quikly. Chas |
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Subject: Lyr Add: SIXTEEN STONE From: Cats Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:11 PM Brian did phone so here goes....The song was written by the late Hazel Absalom. Sung to the tune of 16 tons, these are the words she gave me but others have changed them a bit - it's the folk process! All she ever asked was that she was credited with the writing and it wasn't sung by someone who was thin! Sixteen Stone chorus She weighs 16 stone and what do you get, A whole lotta woman and that's a fact, Take a close look and you'll agree, There's no sharp corners on a woman like me. You can't cuddle up to a bag of bones, If her ribs stick out, leave her well alone I've a big soft welcome for a man in need I'm surely built for comfort if not for speed. If you've seen more meat on a greasy spoon She won't keep you warm, get rid of her soon, So come on guys if you're down in the dumps, Better get your arms around a woman that's plump. The magazines say be skin and bone But big girls never have to sleep alone, We don't disappear when we turn on our side And there's plenty of suspension for a bumpy ride! If you see me coming, better step aside, A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died, Some give you desire, others a thrill And if the tall ones don't get you, This short one will! If you ever had the pleasure of seeing Steel Bunny perform it... you would never have forgotten the occasion!!! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Date: 14 Sep 06 - 04:58 PM Words have been posted in the forum previously: BS: folk fashion (2nd post by Liz The Squeak in the thread). (There are also 2 Lyr Req threads for the song, though the lyrics are in neither! One of them does have a link to the Folk Fashion thread however). Mick |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: GUEST,fidjit Date: 15 Sep 06 - 05:44 AM Hey Thanks Cats. And Brian. Good job well done.Think I heard Steel Bunny but not sure. Now I can't sing the song, but it's worth having in the bag. Chas |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: SINSULL Date: 15 Sep 06 - 09:59 AM The Ladies Of The Club (aka Bait and Switch) perfomed this at the FSGW Getaway in the most interesting costumes. Khatt actually did her bit out of costume. There is an incriminating tape somewhere. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: Snuffy Date: 15 Sep 06 - 11:26 AM Khatt was probably just about in her costume when she was one of EIGHT ladies performing this at the wedding of Sussex Carole and Crane Driver. Again there is incriminating evidence somewhere |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No square edges on this lady From: GUEST,fidjit Date: 15 Sep 06 - 03:09 PM Gosh my imagination is running riot. The sight of eight of them. Come on girls be kind to me. Treat me gentle. Pleeease! Chas |
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