Adge cutler & The wurzels Thee's Got'n Where Thee Cassn't Back'n, Hassn't

[@JackPhillipsBraunton]

I listen to Adge to clense my hearing of foreign accents from far lands .

[@GSH1649]

If I could go back in time and watch any musical act, it would be Adge Cutler and the Wurzels. I've seen them a couple of times in the last 30 years but never with the Bard of Bristol.

[@rayw2487]

Adge cutler the west country,s finest lyricist/poet bar none ?

[@bobito8997]

When I was a kid growing up near Bristol a classmate spelled Bristol's main concert venue Colston Hall "Cawsnaw". In fairness to him, that's how it's pronounced.

[@alanwakefield2453]

@Scott Grey Tide Eel

[@malcolmwright576]

Adge was my hero back then and half a centuy later he still is. Thanks for giving us something to smile about. 🍺

[@WiltshireByways]

The thought of a chorus of Parisians singing Bristol patois with a French accent is an absurdity that could only have come from Adge.

[@hoolanloony2305]

the great part of this is where he includes the "Don't tell I tell he" very clever, Adge was the best...

[@kevintucker5193]

My mum went to school with Adge in Nailsea...She always said Adge was the quietist boy in class lol

[@damonwilliams5033]

This is real West Saxon English.The King's English - King Alfred that is!

[@roberthorwat6747]

Used to live and work in Bristol and not being from Bristol I remarked how I was hearing "L"s added to the end of some words and "height" being pronounced as "heighth" with an extra "h" on the end and completely new words altogether such as "casn't". A workmate appropo of this then sang the chorus of this very song to me and I never forgot it. I thought it was brilliant!!! And now I've actually heard the song in full. I am eternally grateful for your time and effort. Thanks for posting!

[@lordsummerisle87]

In Old English the city was called Brycgstow ("brickt stow"). Add an "-l" to the end of that, mangle it for 500 years and you get Bristol (or Brizzl, if'n yous loik).

[@Showsni]

There's a joke about a Bristol woman who named her three daughters Eva, Ida and Norma - only due to the accent, they came out as Evil, Idle and Normal.

[@alanrogers3241]

Cassn't isn't new it's old, means Cast Thou not, same as bissn't, Be-est thou not, Coussn't, Couldst thou not? It's the Queens English - Queen Elizabeth 1st....

[@alanrogers3241]

...an' oi'm fluent in it!

[@walshamn]

Robert Horwat the best one I heard down there was the stuff they put on worktops - for Michael !

[@rach68rw]

My mother and father had the honor of being at the webbington country club when adge cutler recorded there album, I have that album on original vinyl and always listen hard to hear my parents in the audience

[@harrypagetflashman1]

thumbs up if you got family that actually speak like this lol...

[@britshop1]

i ampun

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Nurr.

[@Rob-fs8vq]

My Grandad used to say things like "thee's cassn't see as well as thee's cust cast"

[@fraserthomas6040]

Zummerzet born and bred. This is the greatest thing on KZbin.

[@gedprobert9814]

love it dear old adge

[@fomoran]

talk about preservation of language, this dialect example is glorious (less formally- a brilliant comic song to raise a smile)

[@TheSuperHarrygeorge]

My neck of the woods.

[@ukcog]

I can see Totterdown from my window. Its gurt steep n'all

[@totalutternutter]

I was born and raised in Somerset. As a kid in the 70's my Dad used to say this phrase to us kids all the time. I always thought it was a Yorkshire expression because my dad was a Yorkshireman. I've just realised he was taking the piss out of our accents. He died in 1986 but he's just made me piss myself laughing.

[@christophertull7787]

The Great Adge!!!

[@ianriley5735]

Great,they don't write lyrics like that any more. Had that LP once (one of those large black round things with a hole in the middle) some great stuff on it.

[@simon201063]

So did I and yes, there was :)

[@Kerkyra6980]

I've still got it on a cassette, plus I now got it out on to CD, wanna a copy, made that cassette at yours in 1974

[@jasonmason5567]

Brilliant! - thanks for posting the lyrics too. Makes perfect sense to me..... I'm Bristolian

[@_marcus_does_]

Somerset finest export

[@alanwakefield2453]

Fantastic I had this LP when i was 16 and wanted to sing this to my grand daughters in Australia. so good to have the translation thanks from a Redcliffe boy

[@zoeprice3519]

I love this song reminds me of me bf who is from bristol

[@trevorcox3020]

Proper job thees done there ole butty

[@stevethomas5849]

Tis Gods country

[@laz0rw0lf1975]

I believe the lyrics you mention interpret to, he is referring to the car and saying. "He has got it where he can't back it out, hasn't he. He never ault to have parked it in there did he. Hope that makes sense.

[@Fioneenacockeen]

Class. Thanks for putting the lyrics on too

[@buf556]

Still got a copy and the chorus is my ring tone

[@1352Phil]

gert proper

[@jamescourt4703]

Hope d good ol boy is listen'n 2 dis un!! Get on ya janner!!

[@Oogabooga-z8j]

Thee will be free girt

[@ianbellisuk]

Great stuff1

[@laz0rw0lf1975]

Glad you liked it, i have also done a wurzel song

[@chrisfrostmtb9633]

Love this song

[@jonjuliecat]

thanks for posting .... top notch ..

[@johnwestwood1043]

Quite right! But still, Thee cassn't kill couch.......

[@UnSleepLMAO]

proud to be from somerset, there's worse places to be from england and there's no place like somerset

[@christrickett3291]

The kind of band that you know are terrible, you just know it, but you still love them!

[@mikelondon2561]

Actually written and performed by Fred Wedlock originally, hence the use of the words 'Thee' As opposed to the Somerset 'Thy' and Bis Bristolian for 'Are You' as inj the Bristol greeting 'Ow Bis?' Much prefer the Fred Version but very difficult to find.

[@davetrueman900]

I think it was written by Len "luke" Thomas, but I do have a LP by Fred with this number on . Adge always used to attribute the song before he sang it at The Webbington to Len and give a translation for any foreigners who might have wandered in.

[@MrGothic78]

hey mate, you can find Fred's version on youchoobe now ;)

[@peterwood-jenkins3634]

Len Uke Thomas wrote the song not Fred Wedlock I knew Len and appeared with him all over Bristol Wedlock never wrote The Oldest Swinger In Town that was written by a Folk Singer from Newcastle I had his album but cant remember his name

[@Friedegger]

The Wedlock version is now on KZbin (though some of his best songs like the British Railway pie song have yet to be uploaded). kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6mWg3aXj7Vrqdk

[@Oogabooga-z8j]

R adge we know

[@MegaOldtrucker]

For someone who is learning Wurzeleze XX You know who I mean !!! :)

[@laz0rw0lf1975]

"The Wurzels" My somerset crumpet horn Wurzel lyrics

[@peterashford7855]

ault means ought

[@michaelmolnar3588]

OK, So it appears YOUR English and ours has some translation issues! Help me out here Sir Scrumpy ! arrh thees's been and got'n where thee cassn't back'n hassn't 'ow bis gonna get it out of there? SAY WHAT????

[@sprenzy42]

ah, that's were mario came from

[@liviahurkett3597]

Bristolians would say theece gotim where thee cassant bak im assant.The gotim doesn't actually sound the t..... it's kind of like the GO in GOD ( no T ) and IM......so GOIM....Got that lol.

[@tonymarco2000]

Brilliant performance, but I don't think Adge wrote that one.....

[@NoelAustinUK]

Several mistakes in the transcription..........

[@davidstuckey5108]

Pretty poor interpretation of Adge's lyrics. Best way to avoid apoplexy is to listen to it without the visuals. Somerset folk don't need sub-titles, especially really bad ones! Sorry!!

[@mkgnr1]

please people Bristol is not west country. the west country comprises of cornwall, devon, somerset and dorset not damn Bristol.

[@TheStephenheath]

+mkgnr1 calm down dear

[@christophertull7787]

True Bud,But My Mate Hippy Dave Who Comes From Brizzel Runs A Pub in Launceston In Cornwall,Does Sound Like A Cornishman

[@rossreeves242]

ITV west country, and by the way my grandfather was very good friends with adge, stick that down yer kecker pipe.

[@peterwood-jenkins3634]

West Country is Bristol Gloucester and some Somerset Cornwall and Devon is South West Dorset and Hampshire is South t I have lived in all of those places l what you got against Bristol i

[@luxford60]

Bristol is definitely part of the West Country.