Lily The Pink with lyrics

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[@kiwidave218]

The funeral of my Aunt Lily today...she requested this song be played at the end of the service. And she was certainly not averse to some medicinal compound to lighten her last days

[@jesusisgod2953]

2 Corinthians 4:8-12 KJV We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; [9] Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; [10] Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. [11] For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. [12] So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

[@Taylor_5724]

@@jesusisgod2953 lol wut

[@worcestershiresauce6377]

@@jesusisgod2953 shut the hell up

[@mariarocha3456]

I used to sing and love this song when I was 15, I am 77 to-day and finding it now after a very long time not being able to get it, made me very happy, therefore a big thank you for all the memories that it brought back.

[@antonkider7360]

You were probably 25 ?

[@mariarocha3456]

@@antonkider7360 A aaa

[@mariarocha3456]

@@antonkider7360a little older, I have 2 sons and it was actually through them that this became part of our lives, remember The Night Chicago Died ? that was another one that became part of my sons and all his friends and school mates, they were 13 and 15, it was a great time. Chame we cannot have it back, not only the years but all the nice and happy songs we had then. Thanks Anton for liking this and thanks you tube for bringing back songs that were great and are difficult to find to-day.

[@Anonim01089]

What's the song about?

[@PSP92262]

Fascism

[@allymayful]

This was written and sung by a British group called The Scaffolds, a group of 3 men including Mike McCartney, Paul's brother. Paul produced it. Mike changed his name to McGear, so as not to live in his brothers shoes. Best kept secret ever.

[@worcestershiresauce6377]

how did you get to know about that

[@allymayful]

@@worcestershiresauce6377 I think l googled his name after seeing an interview with him. Fascinated with what l found. .2 wise men!!!!

[@worcestershiresauce6377]

@@allymayful oh right, good to know

[@smallfeet4581]

​@@worcestershiresauce6377 it was known roundabout the time of the song as I knew it , when Mike was on totp's he didn't really look like Paul

[@Zephaniah3verse17]

This song was number-one when I was eight and suffering from severe health anxiety. With Ken Dodd's Diddymen a close second, Lily the Pink was definitely the best antidote. Thank you The Scaffold!

[@grasonicus]

Lilly the Pink really existed. She created patent medicines. A catchy, fun song.

[@bigboredthing]

My grandad taught me this song when I was about 5 while out on a hack and giving me sips from his hip flask. He is an official hero :)

[@bigboredthing]

Hahaha! I also learned the old 'Walking down Canal Street, knocking on every door'. Taught it to my squad of cadets a few years later and we annoyed our CO by singing it while marching.

[@alisonking4682]

Im learning this at school im in year 3 and im 7 years old

[@alisonking4682]

im doing my school assembly tomorrow about this

[@chocolatemittens7159]

cool. my mum taught this to me :). and don't give info about ur self on the internet

[@louisbusingye743]

Almost 3 decades later I'm here singing this song word for word replaying my life in fast forward.

[@VainEldritch]

33 people forgot to take their Medicinal Compound...

[@steinwaygrande3971]

Now 35 people didnt take their Medicinal Compound

[@CockneyRebel1979]

That'll never do! You've gotta obey doctor's orders and take your Medicinal Compound. How else do you expect to get better?! People need to start taking it, as directed by their doctors. -.-

[@steinwaygrande3971]

Oh yes indeed. I take my medicinal compound every day . Hence I never get sick.

[@pennykorte6928]

That's why we have a virous going on

[@flyingsquid2.094]

all the dislikers are forgetting to take their medicinal compound

[@Aqene1000]

Heard this as a kid in the mid 60s, now many decades later , can see what good entertainment this is !

[@harryriendeau3328]

My dad used to sing this so loud and crazily when i was a little kid. I forgot the lyrics, but remembered the tune.

[@rackpunch4026]

One of the top plays on Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart's show on Saturdays in the 70s.

[@markhampton6346]

@rackpunch4026 definitely 1 of the most popular songs Ed Stewpot Stewart played on Junior's Choice. Brilliant 👍

[@theopeneye]

I'm playing this to some children with special needs today. Thanks for the Lyrics. Some great memories and a great song to pass on. R.I.P Lily. :-)

[@jhfdhgvnbjm75]

A song that is actualy improved when singing under the influence!

[@VainEldritch]

Immeasurably, my good sir.

[@PSP92262]

That's the whole point of it. it's a drinking song. But a very interesting one lyrics-wise. Also that is Paul McCartney's brother

[@HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

Paul McCartney's little brother was a member of this trip band.

[@capo2k8]

Used to sing this shit in Junior school assembly and the head-teacher would prolong *we'll...* for longer and longer every verse. Everyone loved it ;)

[@M0nTh3B1FF]

Same here! The last chorus was ridiculously long

[@clairesmith4264]

this is my granddads favourite song he never stopped singing it . it means a lot

[@mottledbrain]

Jennifer Eccles! Complete with the whistle. Now that one made me laugh out loud.

[@SilverGummiShark]

That was always my favorite verse xDD

[@paulmullins9743]

And was sung on the record by Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills and Nash (who had a song called "Jennifer Eccles" with The Hollies)

[@adey28uk]

My parents had the original 45 single of this I used to listen to it loads as a kid... and thank u very much

[@alunchurcher7060]

this is a song to sing when pissed, i remember its release onto the charts a good fun song.

[@kerrytough9523]

this brings me back memories at 7-8 years​old. my dad song this me.

[@micksherman7709]

The original name of the sond is LYDIA PINK. It refers to Lydia Pinkham's compound, which was popular in prohibition times as it was 25% alcohol.

[@rodineisilveira]

A happy song with a touch of barber shop singers, which was produced by a Beatle: Paul McCartney.

[@jimmalone4851]

Paul McCartneys brother is in the band

[@charlotteedwards7388]

This is the best reminder of primary school!

[@kymiou1]

Durant mon service militaire, j'étais dans une compagnie-école qui se levait un quart d'heure plus tôt que les autres. Nous faisions hurler ce disque dans toute la caserne encore endormie. Un bon souvenir...

[@TechniquestS482]

Best drinking song ever lol

[@Andy-ju8bb]

Had to lol at 3:05 - the line is actually "Sadly pickled Lily died". Not quite sure how a condiment can die.

[@helenfox6121]

Lol, great typo/misheard lyric though! I used to think it was the saviour of the Hugo A as well, lol!

[@mitthepirate]

my music tutor used to make us sing this when we were 11 at school... wtf she must of been crazy gd times

[@evieaddy9580]

It good for tongue twisting

[@bellaboo6666]

My grandad always sang this to me this has brought back so many memories of my childhood with my grandad who sadly passed 4 years ago

[@verkaforever]

A CLASSIC! They knew how to write novelty records in the '60s and '70s. This and Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West), are two of the best comedy records in my opinion.

[@mattg5461]

what about Why Murphy's Not At Work Today?

[@DrivermanO]

Have you heard "The pub with no beer"? Sung (?) by the Australian Slim Dusty.

[@verkaforever]

@@DrivermanO Yes- that is a cool song too.

[@shaunatkinson22]

I remember my Mum having this record. It was a good, catchy tune with great lyrics. They don't write them like that anymore

[@bob-bd8vv]

Heard on radio 2 this am after too many years. Elton John is a backing singer!!!

[@sirknight1399]

So is Tim Rice!

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

Now I understand why there are so many people eddicted to alkohol in UK. ... Great song.

[@mariefearon627]

Remembers me of my uncle hugh .....he sung this alot .... nicest man I've ever met ❤❤❤❤❤😂rip Hugh 🙏 blessings 🙌 🙏 ❤️ 💙 😢

[@TechniquestS482]

Heard this on BBC Radio 2 on 23rd December 2013 for the first time,love it :D

[@cozmin4th]

Thank goodness you're here !

[@amandalou7133]

This gets stuck in my head, I love it!!

[@jasminharkerxtheactress9933]

same :)

[@vandoggun]

I love the song too brings back getting the 12 inch record out bloody lovely memory

[@yappy-daze9]

Takes me back to 5 yrs ago .. family funeral in a pub in Liverpool .. this was played,omg the fuckin pub erupted ..it was hilarious .. good memories 😁😁

[@Hopey14]

Awkard but a James/Lily fanfic brought me here in which four pretty drunk Marauders sang it to Lily Flower!

[@clockworkclaire]

Same here!

[@opheliaismyname9180]

... I can imagine that

[@tonybony2601]

A great song after downing a few jars, the line Mr Frears has sticky out ears is a piss take on the film director Steven Frears who got an Emmy award this year 2014. He actually doesn't have sticky out ears but was involved in the Scaffolds early career. Mine of useless information.

[@antonkider7360]

I hadn't heared the song since 1969. I'm happy I can listen to it again after so much time...

[@LineHolder]

Freddy Kringer the opera singer Could break a glass with his voice they said Then they gave him medicinal compound Now they break glasses over his head

[@opiniondude1]

My local radio station (community) still plays this song, along with many others, I haven't heard since I was a child.

[@Aseamlessbond1]

I was 10 when I first heard this, we all used to sing it in the car, going on holidays. brilliant :)

[@newforestpixie5297]

Diversity is what pop and rock music was all about when I was 6 yrs old . From serious young men stroking their beards listening to 25 minute novellas about spirits trapped in a musical box to anti war anthems or just silly novelty songs about daytime drinking or milkmen. God music was great back then .🏴❤️

[@ColumRogers]

Always have such a laugh with this, reminds me of Xmas aged 13 ...

[@LorraineAshby]

For heavens sake Colum - how do you remember al these gems - we used to sing this all the time and fall about laughing - too many drinks to Lilly the pink me thinks lol!!!!

[@jacobburtonswfc]

Flying to Sydney in 2009 it reminds me of

[@remymccormick1840]

My wee sisters called Lily and she knows ever word of this:')

[@x-ray1756]

Might play this at my funeral :-)

[@jeanglendinning1860]

thanks for this, i remember this over 50 years ago when i was a teenager

[@apiengar]

many many thanks for this song!! this used to be one of my favourite songs when i was a kid, although i didn't really understand it much back then! :)

[@elizabethmaypalmer3999]

A better version of "Lilly The Pink" was included in the ABC Song Book which was used for music class in Queensland State Primary Schools. This is why some of us have become rocket scienists. I used to sing this one riding my bicycle to school along Doyle's Rocks Road in the Pine Rivers Shire.

[@jeanettemc14]

Great childhood memories.

[@debicrawford]

we used to sing this in school 21 Years ago :-p

[@Rebus30]

We sang this at primary school. Great memories....

[@hofhdskfhdks]

My dad got me into this, great tune!

[@deborahelliott3376]

Thank you for the lyrics 👍🤓👍

[@GidMeister99]

I have a 4 month old baby girl called Lily and finding this song has been the best thing

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

Thank Goodness You're Here!

[@Seimon.]

I heard this song after 45 years.Thanks all of the U-Tube people.Very nice song.

[@daffyducklovestowooohoo4255]

I laughed so hard today because my best friends and I were all going to the shops and as soon we walked by our neighbor sang this song honestly man I couldn’t stop laughing it was hilarious 😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣

[@gror7849]

They used this song on QI when Alan Davis presses the buzzer and now I'm here ..and I'm hocked on this!!!

[@markellis4229]

This track is soo cool 😎 😎😎 I have had my medicinal compound ha ha

[@SuperBernie1958]

Still love it all these years on.

[@n-u-l-l9686]

I remember singing this years ago..

[@Mr_Valentin.]

We could use Lilly's medicinal help these days

[@angeloviglioglia7795]

Chorus in Italian (not invented by me): Trinca trinca trinca e buttala giù con una spinta e poi vedrai che bella festa. La medicina del mondo in rovina, stai tranquillo, è questa qua.

[@johnboytd]

Proper version! Great with the lyrics! There is a line slightly wrong! Aunty Milly, ran willy-nilly, When her legs they did recede, The next line should be! So they rubbed on medicinal compound! Now they call her millipede!

[@user-lw2hi3mo3j]

Oh the memories come flooding back

[@beefsmusicchannel5404]

The first time I remember hearing this song is when my mate Alan and his twin brother Andrew sang this song in infants over 50 years ago.

[@matthewscary0]

To St Thomas more College from 1989 to 2006 the student's sang this song at the end of the year term To all the student I met I hope you are in the top of profession from your favourite gardener and handyman GARY

[@BYERE]

I never realised how dark these lyrics are… Mr Freers took the medicinal compound, and now instead of being shy, he’s become a drug addict, constantly getting high (either that, or he died, and thus flying with the angels) Bony Tony never ate, so he took the medicinal compound… but all it did was make things worse to the point where he was stuck in a wheelchair or was comatose. Ebenezer was going doo-lally and was put in a mental institute… and the medicinal compound he took just made the hallucinations even worse. Then it gets weird… Jonny Hammer either lost his vocal cords, or his mouth fused together, so he couldn’t talk. Aunt Milly suddenly had multiple pairs of legs manifest from her body! Jennifer Eckles changed gender! And, of course, Lilly died regardless of it.

[@tommears7321]

To me it's about psychiatric patients being given experimental treatments and drugs to "help them"

[@Planefan1000]

I interpreted Tony taking his medicinal compound, and now he has such a boundless appetite that he has become so fat that he can't walk

[@BYERE]

@@Planefan1000 I mean, it's still a case of being in a wheelchair, so yea, that could also be the case.

[@rutheo100]

its not new year without this song xxxx

[@carltiivas6131]

I've had some medicinal compound this very night and it's having some remarkable effects.

[@Multi1628]

Napoleon XIV & the Royal Guardsmen brought me here - great song to sing drunk in a pub - DAVEDJ

[@lieutenantthalia6575]

My Irish granddad used to sing songs like this, so this seems as good a place to ask as any... He used to sing this one song that I can't seem to find by searching on the internet so I was wondering if anyone else had heard it. The lyrics I remember are: me old man got a job down at mrs murphys for 37 bob and when he came home on Saturday night he gave us all a laugh He killed the cat, he ate the rat, and paralysed the dog If anyone remembers hearing the song, can you please tell me the name? Thanks.

[@Tef-ng4sk]

did you ever find out what song it was?

[@lazzywazzywoowoo]

Totally amazing song... Thanks school for letting us do the sixties

[@stephensnell1379]

I love this song,i last it more than 9 years back when I was in my younger years.

[@icanwaitanotherday]

Brings back good memories

[@joebonello1609]

Absolutely MERVELLOUS.

[@rebeccasnell2528]

This is a song on a CD in my car. I love it.

[@christopherdolphy2773]

Are you sure because I don't think this song is 62 years old

[@bobmarley-vy4cb]

we used to sing this in year 5

[@mills_styl]

My mum loves love this so do i !!!!!!!!!

[@billybarnes8392]

We'll drink a drink a drink To Colin the King the king The saviour of Man City He's the greatest centre forward That the world has ever seen

[@alexiboo7309]

Had a friend once... loved this song... shame how he died. Everyone kinda... parted ways after.

[@sinbad302]

You can tell it's live because Mike sings the final line about Jennifer Eccles and confuses the verse with Brother Tony. Instead of "Now she joins in all their games" he sings " now they move her round on wheels". still on the search for my life...

[@raymondbeed424]

Where can you by this , I think some of world leaders could use some

[@Sameoldfitup]

Lily

[@tonyv2819]

Ok, true story... I had a bit of a sour stomach today and my girlfriend recommended a small bottle of red wine at the store to settle my stomach. On the way home, this song started playing from a collection of songs on my cell phone! :D Ah... those medicinal compounds!

[@pianoman1396]

This song includes a young Elton John and Tim Rice on backing vocals!

[@troubletrouble8860]

Ade no it Elrond John was not in the scaffold

[@auteurAM]

Not as a member, backing only. This was when Elton was unknown.

[@williamheywood9115]

..and Graham Nash, from the Hollies.

[@gcook1493]

Let's get Lilly the pink to invent some medicinal compound to sort out this bloody Corona virus.

[@bobhowes8504]

Can we get Trump to recommend it!

[@electronwave4551]

@@bobhowes8504 And Biden to take it!

[@goinghome9518]

More apt today than ever....

[@cmdfarsight]

If medicinal compound worked for Jennifer Eccles just think how much the NHS could save on transgender ops lol

[@lilyrushton463]

My fav song

[@111tylertommy111]

just the night before one guy was humming it then next thing you know the whole mess hall was singing

[@jeandelabondelyongray411]

Lily the 8500 club of "Prey" animals Allen... Utterly incapable of detecting a threat! Just wanting to love love love everything. Educated you shall be!

[@JohnnyLeyenda]

This is the first song I can remember that actually included mention of a trans person. I used to sing this a lot years ago, it's so catchy! I particularly love the stammer bit!

[@jesusisgod2953]

2 Corinthians 4:8-12 KJV We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; [9] Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; [10] Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. [11] For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. [12] So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

Then there's "Lola" by the Kinks too.

[@thetid8852]

Based on a true story! Lydia Pinkham, who sold a form of "medicinal compound" (snake oil!) in 19th Century America, described as "efficacious"...

[@badbob9nine282]

Best British drink song

[@Lio6pr]

Very funny song, I enjoyed it ;)

[@kathleenbruce7528]

All time favorite!

[@jeanetteward4042]

i love it seen it 15 times