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Haz
8:48 Fri Jan 29
Re: Odes to Essex
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Had a love affair with Nina
In the back of my cortina
A seasoned-up hyena
Could not have been more obscener
She took me to the cleaners
And other misdemeanours
But I got right up between her
Rum and her Ribena
Oh golly, oh gosh
Come and lie on the couch
With a nice bit of posh
From Burnham-on-Crouch
My given name is Dickie
I come from Billericay
And I ain't a slouch
So, you ask Joyce and Vicky
About Billericay Dickie
I ain't an effing thicky
You ask Joyce and Vicky
I'm doing very well
Billericay Dickie by Ian Dury and the Blockheads
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
3:52 Fri Jan 29
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And as I turn the colour-plates
Edwardian Essex opens wide,
Mirrored in ponds and seen through gates,
Sweet uneventful countryside.
“The vagrant visitor erstwhile,”
My colour-plate book says to me,
“Could wend by hedgerow-side and stile,
From Benfleet down to Leigh-on Sea.”
J Betjemen
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chim chim cha boo
2:44 Fri Jan 29
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Bluebirds sang our favourite tune
That scented summer’s afternoon
When the shadows vanish and the flowers swoon
It’s her sweet smile what dazzled ’em
By the, er, Hanging Gardens of Basildon
So long Charlene, see ya Shirl’
I’m stronging it with an Essex girl
One of the several wonders of the world
Turn left at Dagenham
For the, er, Hanging Gardens of Basildon
The Red-Wood Forest is a bunch of sticks
The Wall of China is just a pile of bricks
The Pyramids mean less than nix
It’s the A-13 I travel on
To the Hanging Gardens…
I beg your pardon?
I said the Hanging Gardens…
Of Baden-Baden?
No…
The Hanging Gardens of Basildon
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boltkunt
2:09 Fri Jan 29
Re: Odes to Essex
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Bore off, ray
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ray winstone
1:57 Fri Jan 29
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Interesting to learn that Barking was a vibrant fishing village, how times change...
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lowermarshhammer
1:52 Fri Jan 29
Re: Odes to Essex
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Bragg's has been the worst episode. Still worth a listen though.
London is welcome to Barking.
We don't want it back.
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lowermarshhammer
1:51 Fri Jan 29
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All four episodes so far have been a good listen.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h6ps/episodes/player
There is a whole lot more to Essex than the 🍊 Sugarhut types as portrayed in the msm.
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Mr Kenzo
1:48 Fri Jan 29
Re: Odes to Essex
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Billy Bragg ?
YOURS
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