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One man band

Why doesn’t the wonderful man come to CHR now?

Rima Jones ● 2275d10 Comments

Well everybody knows down Ladbrook groveYou have to leap across the streetYou can lose your life under a taxi cabYou gotta have eyes in your feetYou find a nice soft corner and you sit right downTake up your guitar and playBut then the law man comes says move alongSo you move along all dayWell I'm a one man bandNobody knows nor understandsIs there anybody out there want to lend me a handWith my one man bandFor three days now I haven't eaten at allMy my you must be getting so thinAnd soon my cap won't be large enoughTo drop a half a crown inSo hey there mister don't you look so sadDon't look so ill at easeWell I can play you any song you likeTo cheer up that life you leadWell I'm a one man bandNobody knows nor understandsIs there anybody out there want to lend me a handWith my one man bandAnd oh oh oh look at the rain fallingOh oh oh look at it rainOh look at it rainWell nobody sees the minstrel boy as he sings his tale of woeNobody sees him comingNobody see him goSo hey there mister don't you look so sadDon't look so ill at easeWell I can play you any song you likeTo cheer up that life you leadWell I'm a one man bandNobody knows nor understandsIs there anybody out there want to lend me a handWith my one man bandWell I'm a one man bandNobody knows nor understandsIs there anybody out there want to lend me a handWith my one man bandOh I'm a one man bandJust a one man bandOh I'm a one man bandSource: LyricFindSongwriters: Phillip Malcolm Williams / Richard John ParfittOne Man Band lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Bernard Allen ● 2275d

Brilliant !  Can we persuade one to come here? I watched him for a long time and think  he did quite well.

Rima Jones ● 2275d

Google one man bands. One man playing all instruments at the same time. and they can be hired for events but the one in CHR had a hat for donations and he was doing really well.

Rima Jones ● 2274d

And who could forget Don Partridge? https://youtu.be/F5B5k-CNgDs

Bruce Hammal ● 2274d

Bruce, that post brought a memory back, I saw him busking in both Chiswick and Hammersmith. My brother in law saw him in Hammersmith one day and booked him for a night to play in his pub, The Hope and Anchor. It was a great night.I also came across him in the Chiswick Memorial Club, not singing unfortunately but just having a drink.He was a really nice guy.

Bob Guyett ● 2274d

Bob - I never met him or even saw him. I was a teenager in his heyday and I thought he was great. According to Wikipedia one of his many claims to fame was having jumped off Hammersmith Bridge in an attempt at flight! He busked pretty much to the end of his life I believe. Here's "Blue Eyes" from Top of The Pops. Brilliant.https://youtu.be/Bym6J_TCNTE

Bruce Hammal ● 2274d

Could we get one to come on flower market days?Perhaps positioned outside the Old Cinema where he wouldn’t take up much space?

Rima Jones ● 2274d

I'm practicing already!

Bruce Hammal ● 2274d

The Roma mafia who bus in the beggars... and big issue sellers who they bullied off  would not be happy.

Mick Collins ● 2274d

I miss him! When I worked on the high road he'd set up right outside my shop's door. Loved it.

Caroline Benn ● 2274d