Tony Capstick

[sean]

Does anyone know the lyrics to Capstick Comes Home? (Hovis ad theme)

[cucumbers]

not sure of the lyrics now but i have got the single on 45 , dont laugh , will listen and post them soon.

[sean]

Not laughing. Used to have it myself on 45. Thanks tha gret spawney-eyed parrot-faced wazzock.

[cucumbers]

Thaz welcum serry

[rinkytink]

I don't know the words but I have found a link where you can download an mp3 version of the track.

http://www.yearsofgold.org.uk/1981WEEK47NOV21.htm

Scroll right to the bottom of the page and the link is there - just right click an save as. I have downloaded it successfully but can't play it back as I am at work so I am only presuming that it works okay.

[darth vader]

took some doing but i found it (yes the mp3 link works! - what memories.......).

Furst Day at t'pit

Ee al nevver forget that furst day at t'pit, Me and me fathher wurked a seventy two hour shift and walked home fowty three mile through t'snow in us bare feet huddled inside us clowus med art o awd sacks. We gets t' top er t' ill an we cud see t' street light twinklin in ar village, ann me fathher luks darn at me through t' icicles angin' off is nooas an sez, "nearly om nar lad!!" We gets inter ows and stood thi'er shivering and miserable in t' front o meagre fire and me muther sez, "Cheer up lads, av got yer some nice brarn bread and butter faw yer teas!" Eee, me fathher went crackers, he grabbed me muther bi throat and gently pulled her towarrds im, E sez, "you gret fat idle ugly waart", e sez, "yer gret useless, spawny eyed, parrot faced wassock", e sez, "yuv bin art playin bingo all day wiart gerrin some proper snap ready for me and this lad" An lookin darn at me e sez, "Arthur!" e cud nivver remember mi name!!, "eres haef a crarn, nip darn to chip oil and gerrus a nice piece er haddock for us teas, man cannot live by bread alone!" E wur a reight tatie mi fathher, e sed ar wukkin folk should av some dignity and pride and self respect and come ome to summat warm and cheerful, then e threw mi mam on t'fire!!! We dint av no tellies or shoes or bedclothes, wi med us own fun in them days, duz tha know, wen ar wur a lad, wid ger a tram darn t' tarn, get three new suits, four pair of good booits an an ovvercoat, see George Formby at Palace Theatre, get blind drunk, av sum steak and chips, bunch o bananas and three stone o monkey nuts and still av change arton a farthing!! They ent gor half the things today wot we ad in them days, rickets, diptheria, Hitler, and eee we did look well go'in t' school wi no backside in us trarsers and all us little eds painted purple cos we ad ringworm, The Dunt Know The Born Today!!!!

[darth vader]

ps. it's written in broad Yorkshire - translations available at 10p a word :-)

[darth vader]

Oh go on then - beats playing Freecell until 5.30

Part 1 (cos it exceeds 2000 characters)
Well, i will never forget my first day at the pit. Me and my father worked a 72 hour shift and then walked home 43 miles through the snow in our bare feet, huddled inside our clothes made out of old sacks. We got to the top of the hill and could see the street light twinkling in our village, and my father looked down at me through icycles hanging from his nose and said, "Nearly home now lad!". After getting into the house we stood there, shivering and miserable in front of a meagre fire, but mother said "Cheer up lads, i have got you some nice brown bread and butter (staple diet of Yorkshire folk since the birth of Jesus) for your teas!". Well, father was unhappy, and grabbed mother by the throat and gently pulled her towards him. (Announcing displeasure at mother) he said "You great fat idle ugly wart", "You great useless spawny-eyed [usually derogatory but can also mean a lucky person, as in "yer spawny b_u_g_g_e_r yer med a tenner outta nowt"] , parrot-faced wassock [quollocial term for a fool/barmpot/wally etc but i hope Quizmonster will know the original meaning of wassock/wazzock]", "You've been out playing bingo all day and haven't made a decent meal ready for me and my son", and looking down at me he said "Arthur!" - he could never remember my name - "Here is half a crown [coin of the realm], can you go down to the fish and chip shop and get the two of us a nice piece of Haddock for our tea, as man cannot live by bread alone!".

[darth vader]

part 2
He was a bit of a fool my father, he remarked that working-class folk should have some dignity, pride and self respect, and come home to something warm and cheerful. Then he threw my mother on the fire! We didn't have televisions, shoes, or bedclothes, we made our own fun in the old days. Do you know, when i was a lad we would get a tram down into town, buy three new suits, 4 pairs of stout boots and an overcoat, watch George Formby play at the Palace Theatre, drink heavily to excess, purchase a steak and chips, a bunch of bananas, and three stone (imperial measurement equals about 1.5 kilos) of monkey nuts, and still obtain change from a farthing (small coin of the realm). They don't seem to have the things today that we had in the old days: Rickets (a disease), Diptheria (a disease) Hitler (a disease), and it's true that we did look funny having to go into school with trousers so bare you could see your bum in them, and everyone had their head painted purple due to the contraction of ringworm. People aren't aware of what they have got these days!

[sean]

fanx all