Northern Song From "Wood and Walters" by Victoria Wood

Northern Song from "Wood and Walters" - by the comedy genius that is Victoria Wood.
Very much missed :-(
No copyright infringement intended.

[@jameslevens2121]

What a hilarious song! This should become the official anthem of northern England. Just imagine that being played at international sports events! (In addition to the national anthems, of course!)

[@thewomble1509]

"Just give us a tea bag, I'll suck it on the way 'ome!"

[@89awcock]

That character you said that was in Dinnerladies he was my favourite character they should have given him more stuff to do in the series.

[@thewomble1509]

@@89awcock yes, Bernard Wrigley, the "Bolton Bullfrog" on account of his gruff, deep voice. He was a folk singer as well as an actor.

[@Wyngardian]

@@thewomble1509 He still is!! Bernard is thankfully very much still with us today, unlike poor Victoria.

[@thewomble1509]

@@Wyngardian Good to know. Thanks for the information.

[@plasmabeam7439]

Dinnerladies is great

[@craig1102003]

Brill! 'Tripe, clogs, goin' to the dogs..' 🤣🤣

[@spmoran4703]

Hey yup ! A gradley champion song

[@darrenlloyd4835]

Fucking genius taken way to soon.

[@patrickhicks9880]

Why isn't there a Victoria wood musical ? this song is a classic

[@EricNorton627]

Acorn Antiques: The Sequel? Alas, there's no one to write it now.

[@marsduignan9956]

Half the year in preston, the other half in crete 😅

[@stephenhawthorne9703]

Maybe this should become the official anthem of the north of England!

[@plasmabeam7439]

*pretend to be northern* I lobe that bit, and the *put in any order, you've got t' northern song!*😁

[@CA-ee1et]

At first I thought this was going to be an ABBA parody.

[@thelen3553]

After listening over and over again I believe these are the lyrics, I’m not 100% on some of the words so if you think different please let me know! As a band our life was hell We never did too well We were never asked to play the same place twice We were paid our final wage And then an agent came backstage And gave us all some brilliant advice… Pretend to be northern Just smile and act dense Just say something northern It doesn’t have to make sense Make a list of all the cliches And you can’t go wrong Put it in an order, you’ve got a northern song You’ve just got, tripe, clogs, going to the dogs Wigan and a Blackpool tram Brass band, butties in your hand Privies and next door’s man Cloth cap, handy for a slap Trolls and scabby knees Hotpot, seven to a cot Headscarf and mushy peas We threw away our skin tight suits And we chaps brought heavy boots And we bought pretty skirts all nice and flowery And we spent neet after neet (get it) Watching coronation street And studying the works of L.S lowery Now we’re fully northern And it works a treat Spend half the year in Preston and the other in Crete We’ll buying bungalow’s in weighbridge Before too long when we’ve made enough brass (money see) from a northern song We just go Ragman, heating up the pan, tyres and three penny bits Gram wheels, full of ready meals, racists, bugs and nits Take it away Bernard would you Key change! Fish, chips, cycle clips, gaslights and games in street Muddy, slack, privie out the back, grainy and reet Fog, smog, sitting on the bog, cobbles in the morning mist Park drive, get up at 4:45 from the backstreets of orchanist

[@jackhoyne6240]

It's cloth caps not skullcap

[@londoncalling151]

@@jackhoyne6240 lol lol. Perhaps for some Northern folk 'twas. Still is in fact!

[@thelen3553]

@@jackhoyne6240 will update thank you

[@albion.hlafweard]

Racist needs to be changed to good old Gracie Fields

[@hazelisaacs2201]

Pram Wheels (they were used on handcarts to carry tools / wares). Nutty Slack (a type of cheap coal)

[@barttheanorak]

Wonder who they were parodying. Fiddler's Dram? The Five Penny Piece? Oldham Tinkers?

[@brianeduardo1234]

VW - seems to have been v loyal to those she worked with

[@simonwoof9720]

Makes sense. She knew them so well, she could write for them specifically, knew their skills and in return they got her humour and were able to bring her scripts alive in the way she intended, with minimal effort. Magic formula and as she'd say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

[@brianeduardo1234]

@@simonwoof9720 Absolutely - I think loyalty is very good quality - take care I wish you well

[@Kazbag9991]

its her from dinner ladies good show is that

[@bobgreen623]

Aye

[@JanMike9]

Yes a reet good show, is that.

[@nanookndreams]

Who are the 3 men in this?

[@robertgreenwood2252]

Angela Rayner & Jess Phillips

[@billytoffingham9608]

....will that rhyme ?....

[@itismeitisi4274]

Phillips isn't northern, she's from the midlands. Though she does pretend to be working class.

[@londoncalling151]

lol lol lol! Did you read Craig Brown's "Diary According to Angela Rayner" in Private Eye? I bought 2 copies but it was so spot-on that workmates took them off me. ("I'll never forget the morning me nan came into the kitchen by the dog-flap because we were too poor to afford a door, and said 'Ooo I've just come back from the Peterloo Massacre where I was run over by cavalry with sabres drawn...') Angela Rayner: what happens when you leave school with more children than qualifications.

[@professormause]

u should look in a book if u want something to c o o k I once knew a professional 'Northener' in Reading many years ago.

[@319metresMW]

Is that Bobby Knutt?

[@jenna443]

I don't know his surname but he's called Bernard

[@Gayalert69]

@@jenna443 Its Bernard Wrigley

[@jenna443]

@@Gayalert69 thanks 👍 sounds like you know your comedians