DAY TRIP TO BANGOR
(Debbie Cook)
Fiddler's Dram - 1979
Cathy & The Cucumbers - 1980
The Barron Knights - 1980
Jasper Carrott - 1981 (Parody version titled "Day Trip To Blackpool")
Barley Bree - 1985
Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor
A beautiful day, we had lunch on the way and all for under a pound you know
But on the way back I cuddled with Jack and we opened a bottle of cider
Singin' a few of our favourite songs as the wheels went around
Do you recall the thrill of it all as we walked along the sea front
Then on the sand we heard a brass band that played the diddlely-bump-terrara
Elsie and me had one cup of tea, then we took a paddler boat out
Splashing away as we sailed down the bay and the wheels went 'round
Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor
A beautiful day, we had lunch on the way and all for under a pound you know
But on the way back I cuddled with Jack and we opened a bottle of cider
Singin' a few of our favourite songs as the wheels went around
Wasn't it nice eating chocolate ice as we strolled around the fun-fair
Then we ate eels in a big ferris wheel as we sailed above the ground, but then
We had to be quick 'cause Elsie felt sick and we had to find somewhere to take her
I said to her lad, what made her feel bad was the wheel going 'round
Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor
A beautiful day, we had lunch on the way and all for under a pound you know
But on the way back I cuddled with Jack and we opened a bottle of cider
Singin' a few of our favourite songs as the wheels went around
Elsie and me, we finished our tea and said goodbye to the seaside
Then on the bus, Flo said to us, "Oh, isn't it a shame to go
Wouldn't it be grand to have cash on demand and to live like this for always
Oh, it makes me feel ill, when I think of the mill and the wheels going 'round"
Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor
A beautiful day, we had lunch on the way and all for under a pound you know
But on the way back I cuddled with Jack and we opened a bottle of cider
Singin' a few of our favourite songs as the wheels went around
Yadda-aah-laddle-aah-aah-dah-laddle-aah-dee-lah-dah-dah-dah-dah
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Parody version as recorded by JASPER CARROTT:
DAY TRIP TO BLACKPOOL
Didn't we have a miserable time the day we went to Blackpool
An 'orrible day, we got drunk on the way
And spent our money on chips and bingo
Hour after hour we spent in a bar and we drank a barrel of cider
And on the way back I was sick over Jack
And the rain came down
Oh, do you recollect the havoc we wrecked as we vandalised the sea front
Sydney the punk, he lost a chunk from his head when he nutted a parking meter
I'll never forget all the fish that we eat as we staggered round the fairground
We distributed eels from the big ferris wheel
And the rain came down
Oh, do you recall the thrill of it all as we organised a gang bang
Under the pier, a bottle of beer and an inflatable doll called Vinyl Vera
It ruptured the two at the front of the queue and then it came to my turn
But I couldn't begin 'cause the tide had come in
And the rain came down
Oh, Eric and Sid, they bet us a quid they could climb the Blackpool Tower
Newcastle brown made Eric fall down, we carried him into a Wimpy bar
Sydney threw up right into his cup and we had to call the waiter
Then Eric was ill right all over his bill
And the rain came down
Oh, Eric and me, we wanted a pee, so we climbed upon the bandstand
We recycled booze all over our shoes and quite a lot over the band as well
We jumped into our car but we didn't get far 'cause a policeman waved us down
We must have been out of our brain 'cause we came down by train
And the rain came down
Didn't we have a miserable time the day we went to Blackpool
An 'orrible day, we got drunk on the way
And spent our money in magistrates fines
We stood in the dock 'till at least three o'clock and the jury found us guilty
We were fined two and six 'cause the judge was half pissed
And the rain came down
And the rain came down
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2015)
