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AE 01 Put the Kettle On
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Piano
Charts
#131 in subgenre Peak #2
Charts
Peak #27
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
December 13, 2019
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MP3 8.0 MB • 320 kbps • 3:30
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WAV 35.3 MB
Story behind the song
An homage to the sadly missed Chas Hodges of Chas&Dave - A London ditty about the joys of Rosie Lee (tea)
Lyrics
AE 01 Kettle on EB7AC EB7AB7 EB7AC EB7AB7 E Your dad has got a strop on cos the telly's on the blink The crackling from the speaker makes it hard for you to think Your brother's swiped your mobile phone to play some stupid game Every day the chaos is the same You're rowing with your mother cos she thinks you look a tart And when that ends you know that there's another bout to start But still you're in the bosom of your loving family So go and put the kettle on and make a cup of tea AEB7E AEB7EB7 E go and put the kettle on, go and put the kettle on go and put the kettle on and make some Rosy Lee. go and put the kettle on, go and put the kettle on go and put the kettle on and make some Rosy Lee. At work the day seems endless and you're always on the go Yet its all mindless drudgery That makes the time run slow You boss a brainless moron who sits all day and drools It makes you wish that you were back at school You'd daydream if that bloody phone would give a moment 's peace Though sometime just a human voice gives temporary release So when you're mired in boredom you brain is seizing up go and put the kettle on and make another cup You go and visit granny in her cosy bungalow What must it be like to be so old d'you really want to know She strokes the cat upon her lap the stories start to flow You sit in comfort as her memories glow She talks about your father when he was a little boy And then of your grandfather, and all their times of joy A silence builds as slowly she slips in to reverie She stirs: I'll put the kettle on and make a cup of tea
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