I remember buying this album around 1970 at Hammonds in Hull. The sleeve and inner sleeve in the picture are exactly as I remember them when I took them home. I loved this LP and was so pleased to hear this track as well as one other I found on TH-cam. I'd love to hear the other tracks on the album ('OHU2 That's the Code for me' and 'Land of Green Ginger' were particular favourites). If anyone could share any other of the tracks I would be so pleased to hear them They're not on my streaming service.
The channel "The Portable Gramophone Emporium", uploaded Land of green Ginger last year for me, after I pleased for it. Not the best quality, but it´s the song. Cheerz!
I still know this LP by heart and saw those guys live aged 8. I was in the leading Hull kids choir and they came to sing for us. I also watched the start of the bridge and aged 18 squeezed into a mini with 5 friends drove over the bridge in 1982. That record was released in 1971!!
In our early history Julius Caesar crossed the sea To this island off the Northern coast of France. Then some other Romans came to treat us just the same And they stayed a little longer just by chance. They came, they saw, they conquered everything that they could see 'Til they reached the River Humber, that noble estuary. But they burnt their boats behind them not thinking it could be That the ancient Britons hadn't built a bridge. CHORUS Will they ever bridge the Humber? Will they ever span it or Is it always an exception to the rule? Is it such a privilege not to have a Humber Bridge And to have to keep on going round by Goole? In a thousand years or more there arrived on England's shore A noble duke who came from Normandy. Duke William was his name and conqueror he became For he conquered all the land that he could see. But one day he came up North and there to his surprise As he reached the River Humber he was made to realise While Romans could build straighter roads and walls of every size, They never tried to build a Humber Bridge. In the English civil war when they fought on Marston Moor And the Royalists were scattered far and wide. They disturbed the peaceful slumber of the quiet River Humber But they knew that Hull was not a place to hide. For the city favoured Cromwell and there they could not stay They headed for the river to cross without delay. But on reaching Hessle foreshore they found to their dismay No one had ever built a Humber Bridge. The year of 1966 found Harold Wilson in a fix With his overall majority down to two. He just couldn't face rejection at the Hull North by-election Barbara Castle came to see what she could do. There is one thing I can promise, she assured us on that day, You'll get your Humber Bridge and there won't be much delay. But she forgot to mention that a squeeze was on the way And still we're waiting for a Humber Bridge. Now they've built across the Severn, they've built across the Tay And they've even spanned the mighty Firth of Forth. But an increase on this number with a bridge across the Humber Appears to be more trouble than it's worth. Gas may flow in from the ocean, oil may spurt out from the sea We could join the Common Market or something else maybe Then in Whitehall and in Westminster perhaps they'll start to see That at last we really need a Humber Bridge.
Hiya, weird question, but you wouldn’t happen to have a copy of ‘Folk Train’ by Ian Clark, Chris Rowe and Mike Donald? It’s from 1970, i’ve been basically digging on the internet all night looking for it.
From memory this song was written Jackie and Bridie in about 1970. I booked them for The Arden Folk Club in Birmingham.
Thanks for getting these online again man 😊
I have this album and saw the duo many times as a child. Thanks for posting
I remember buying this album around 1970 at Hammonds in Hull. The sleeve and inner sleeve in the picture are exactly as I remember them when I took them home. I loved this LP and was so pleased to hear this track as well as one other I found on TH-cam. I'd love to hear the other tracks on the album ('OHU2 That's the Code for me' and 'Land of Green Ginger' were particular favourites). If anyone could share any other of the tracks I would be so pleased to hear them They're not on my streaming service.
The channel "The Portable Gramophone Emporium", uploaded Land of green Ginger last year for me, after I pleased for it. Not the best quality, but it´s the song.
Cheerz!
Thanks vm for this. I've not come across the Portable Gramophone Emporium before but I'll definitely check it out now.
I still know this LP by heart and saw those guys live aged 8. I was in the leading Hull kids choir and they came to sing for us. I also watched the start of the bridge and aged 18 squeezed into a mini with 5 friends drove over the bridge in 1982. That record was released in 1971!!
I knew it by heart too. My father was GP to one of them and my parents loyally bought the record when it came out.
In our early history Julius Caesar crossed the sea
To this island off the Northern coast of France.
Then some other Romans came to treat us just the same
And they stayed a little longer just by chance.
They came, they saw, they conquered everything that they could see
'Til they reached the River Humber, that noble estuary.
But they burnt their boats behind them not thinking it could be
That the ancient Britons hadn't built a bridge.
CHORUS
Will they ever bridge the Humber? Will they ever span it or
Is it always an exception to the rule?
Is it such a privilege not to have a Humber Bridge
And to have to keep on going round by Goole?
In a thousand years or more there arrived on England's shore
A noble duke who came from Normandy.
Duke William was his name and conqueror he became
For he conquered all the land that he could see.
But one day he came up North and there to his surprise
As he reached the River Humber he was made to realise
While Romans could build straighter roads and walls of every size,
They never tried to build a Humber Bridge.
In the English civil war when they fought on Marston Moor
And the Royalists were scattered far and wide.
They disturbed the peaceful slumber of the quiet River Humber
But they knew that Hull was not a place to hide.
For the city favoured Cromwell and there they could not stay
They headed for the river to cross without delay.
But on reaching Hessle foreshore they found to their dismay
No one had ever built a Humber Bridge.
The year of 1966 found Harold Wilson in a fix
With his overall majority down to two.
He just couldn't face rejection at the Hull North by-election
Barbara Castle came to see what she could do.
There is one thing I can promise, she assured us on that day,
You'll get your Humber Bridge and there won't be much delay.
But she forgot to mention that a squeeze was on the way
And still we're waiting for a Humber Bridge.
Now they've built across the Severn, they've built across the Tay
And they've even spanned the mighty Firth of Forth.
But an increase on this number with a bridge across the Humber
Appears to be more trouble than it's worth.
Gas may flow in from the ocean, oil may spurt out from the sea
We could join the Common Market or something else maybe
Then in Whitehall and in Westminster perhaps they'll start to see
That at last we really need a Humber Bridge.
Hiya, weird question, but you wouldn’t happen to have a copy of ‘Folk Train’ by Ian Clark, Chris Rowe and Mike Donald? It’s from 1970, i’ve been basically digging on the internet all night looking for it.