I played this for my husband's funeral. He loved this. This is actually taken from my home area, Cadarache at Vinon sur Verdon. True story and the man survived. Now a Nuclear plant from the 50s. Now called ITER as the new world nuclear plant using fision, no waste.
I thought that it may have preceded the Hoffnung monolog. Yours is the first reference to that that I've seen. Thought it may have come from a vaudeville act.
Simply brilliant Pat!.. First time I ever heard the song it was performed by your old mate Noel Murphy on his album 'Caught in the act'. That was way back sometime in the early 70's! How time flies eh! .. Even though Ive now heard it a thousand times since... It still makes me laugh! .. Sláinte Pat!
I heard that the rights were in the name of Dave Bulmer from Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, UK. He was an accomplished accordionist. Unfortunately he is no longer with us. I did pay a royalty to his widow when I found out as I had done the song numerous times. @@patcooksey6769
The tune is 'The Garden Where The Praties Grow'. The story is Gerrard Huffnungs' but, putting them together was a stroke of comedy genius. An idea as I listen is to use the song to teach algebra, where if both sides don't balance, the answer to the sum is incorrect.
Pat is great, BUT!: fact ist, the story is by Gerard Hoffnung, 1958, in parts word by word. And there has never been and will never be a funnier version than the original "Bricklayer's Lament", a real masterpiece!
@@patcooksey6769 You did great things with the melody and rhyme, and otherwise I doubt the story would be known anywhere today. I first heard it from a Texas band in the mid-80s. They didn't make any money off it either.
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Høres forferdelig ut, håper du er glad for å utsette unge elever for dette øreverket
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dette gjorde faen mæ vondt i øran. helt for jævlig sang, alle som har eksamen burde få lov å spreng sæ sjøl 🔥🔥🔥
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I played this for my husband's funeral. He loved this.
This is actually taken from my home area, Cadarache at Vinon sur Verdon. True story and the man survived.
Now a Nuclear plant from the 50s. Now called ITER as the new world nuclear plant using fision, no waste.
I thought that it may have preceded the Hoffnung monolog. Yours is the first reference to that that I've seen. Thought it may have come from a vaudeville act.
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I have always adored this song! And your original version is much better than any other available. Thank you for sharing your talent!
Simply brilliant Pat!.. First time I ever heard the song it was performed by your old mate Noel Murphy on his album 'Caught in the act'. That was way back sometime in the early 70's!
How time flies eh! ..
Even though Ive now heard it a thousand times since... It still makes me laugh! .. Sláinte Pat!
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The original and the best
My maiden name is Cooksey. My family came from over the pond. I bet we're related somehow!
Funniest thing I've ever heard! Recited by Malachy McCourt on Terri Gross's show on public radio!
It was known as The Bricklayers Lament; it's a spoken version... it's on UA-cam too...
Hence why this is a song not a story.
It's the saddest thing when an artist creates a masterpiece and everyone copies it, the world enjoys it, and the artist and his family starves. Sad.
Not quite as bad as that, naturally had I known how popular the song would become I would have protected the rights to it a little better.
I heard that the rights were in the name of Dave Bulmer from Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, UK. He was an accomplished accordionist. Unfortunately he is no longer with us. I did pay a royalty to his widow when I found out as I had done the song numerous times. @@patcooksey6769
So funny. It’s like the barrel is alive and they’re competing for survival 🤣
The tune is 'The Garden Where The Praties Grow'.
The story is Gerrard Huffnungs'
but, putting them together was a stroke of comedy genius.
An idea as I listen is to use the song to teach algebra, where if both sides don't balance, the answer to the sum is incorrect.
wow...thank you...
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Great writing, this was no doubt inspired by Gerrard Hoffnung`s rendition of the Bricklayers Lament. in the late 1950`s
Pat has never made any secret of that. In fact, brilliant as it is, Hoffnung's routine was based on an old music hall piece.
The tune is from a song called, 'Meet me in the garden where the praties grow.
That's what I suspected. Any reference to that music hall piece?@@alandonkin
This was performed by Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union in 1958 Pat Cooksey would have been 12 at the time...
But Pat wrote it in 1969.
I've read that Hoffnung wrote the text, and Cooksey put it to music. It's possible he edited the lyrics too.
Pat is great, BUT!: fact ist, the story is by Gerard Hoffnung, 1958, in parts word by word. And there has never been and will never be a funnier version than the original "Bricklayer's Lament", a real masterpiece!
+Andreas Pegler Never claimed to have written the story, the song however is mine, Gerard Hoffnung also never claimed to have written the story.
@@patcooksey6769 You did great things with the melody and rhyme, and otherwise I doubt the story would be known anywhere today. I first heard it from a Texas band in the mid-80s. They didn't make any money off it either.
Gawn yirsel Paddy
I agree with Eddy Mcnutley
Stem Frp