Song for Dominic Cummings

[@uapuat]

3 years later. The COVID Enquiry is ongoing, and this song is absolutely bang on. Dillie is a real national treasure.

[@ailsahollinshead436]

Absolutely bloody brilliant. As a 67 year old codger, thank you very much, beautifully expressed. Reminiscent of Lehrer in scathing mode

[@lonelylantern9135]

I've watched this about ten times since I first saw it last night. Incredible how you manage to incorporate so much in one song. The wit, musical talent and performance of course all excellent, but to convey the absurdity, the fear and anxiety, the cruelty, the loss, this really is a masterpiece. I can't praise it enough.

[@bryantbentlee5031]

instablaster...

[@TheFlouchke]

Dear Dillie, happy birthday! Thank you for your wonderful performance.... I think you are absolutely wonderful. Xxxxxx

[@stephenle-surf9893]

And this is why I've been self isolating! Madame you are just the type of codger that this country must preserve! Bravo 😀😁😁😀😋🤣🤣🤣

[@cogidubnus1953]

She's not a codger...the same blonde bombshell with the devastatingly effective sense of humour and great wit...just a tad more senior and experienced...

[@jillghanem5408]

Dillie is certainly not a codger. !!!!

[@auntiebeeb1]

Thanks for that! Have a great Birthday and many more to come!! 💐💐

[@heatherh3750]

I've been following Fascinating Aida for so many years! I'm coming up to 68 too. Happy birthday Dillie Keane, the best f***ing swearer in the business. And the best f***ing lyricist by miles.

[@rosered6]

Brilliant song! Absolutely love it, and happy belated birthday x

[@janetrevesz9522]

this is wonderful - keep returning to it for another listen. what a talent

[@richardstone5813]

Dillie. I last saw you live in 1987, in Malvern. I laughed as I listened to your (FA) songs and thought them a breath of fresh air. Topical, relevant and thoroughly original. I am delighted to hear you still are.

[@michelleroxy4409]

Absolutely adore you. All we're good for is love you cant sell it. Omg brilliant thank you. You have been my laughter therapy in this madness. You sang how I feel. On the pile 😉😂😂😂 Bravo !!!!

[@richardsizer]

Absolutely fantastic - I got pushed here from Jonathan Pie and am glad to have discovered it. Thumbs up and shared 👍

[@tamaraalferoff]

Best thing I've heard and seen on the screen in the last four months!!! sharing..

[@kathyscott3049]

Happy Birthday Dillie. Fabulous song. We saw your show in Southend & were so sorry it was chilly for you backstage. Love you & your fantastic lyrics x

[@MG-xx5ph]

I've shared this with my grown up kids. In retrospect perhaps not the smartest thing to do as I'm over 60..😊

[@martingosling3975]

A belated Happy Birthday and may you have many more. Over a week later and the Cummings saga does not go away. Nor should it.

[@vuk1419]

Keep going, girl.. you are absolutely wonderful and a true national treasure.

[@joannedeal3418]

This is brilliant! Thank you so much! I shall be playing this numerous times!

[@broetchenahoi6524]

Bravo! Brilliant and funny; I laughed out loud. Thank you for this marvelous song and happy belated Birthday, Dame Dillie.

[@rozlobo1538]

Absolutely stunning and spot on as usual. Brilliant...and thank you Dillie

[@sooa4115]

Right to the point as always. Thank you Dillie and happy birthday! Seems a lifetime ago since we saw you in February ... good to know you’re still out there writing and look forward to the next FA tour when we oldies are allowed out again. (I’m 63 tomorrow but don’t tell Dominic!)

[@usainengland]

Bravo, bravo, bravo! “Nothing to offer but love,” sounds like the best kind of hymn. I hope to see you in Leeds again. Thanks for making music that makes the awfulness bearable. Hope you & yours are well.

[@jimhood1202]

The standard of writing is just as high as ever. It can't have been easy to keep a cool head when she's obviously angry. Thank you for putting into such lovely words what so many of us feel. Happy Birthday!

[@tonysimister4825]

Nailed it! Fantastic writing as always. I raise a glass in your general direction.

[@gaskellr44]

Most of this subject has crossed my mind for the last few months but Dillie Keane has put it beautifully into lyrics and music.

[@marymolloy2886]

Happy birthday Dillie, you are amazing. Spot on as usual! x

[@dorothyradley9391]

Bravo!!! Happy birthday. I am 69 next month and everything you said in your song is oh so true. I loved it!!!! Congratulations.

[@suebonnington]

Thank you so much darling Dillie! Wishing you the happiest birthday yet, and really hoping you've got one more tour in you after this is all over. xxx

[@whoami9966]

So good to see you keeping well and at your best as always. Keep safe and up this great work of yours

[@shasiddx]

Hits all the right notes.. Oldies are not an asset especially now .. Thanku for rendering it so endearingly 🤓

[@rebeccapromitzer1925]

"Nothing to offer but Love"...(and wisdom, creativity, skill, insight, music, humour, joy, intelligence, experience etc...). And Love being the most infintely valuable of course. Thank you for your wonderful song, strength, humour and talent!

[@AilsaFlinders]

How have I missed this!! Wonderful satire. I needed the laugh. Thank you so much

[@naiad5]

Hark! I hear the sound of various nails being so wittily hit upon their respective heads! Absolutely magnificent! Thank you so much and Happy Birthday, albeit belated, from a fan in Madrid. x

[@lisakingscott7729]

How did I miss this when it came out! As always from Dillie Keane, Absolutely Brilliant!!!

[@ddjr6673]

Scrumptious as ever.... Shared this with many other friends.... you are amazing and loved you since the 1980s, discovering you and all of F.A. when I was a teen. Thank you so much and belated Birthday wishes (from a former pupil of Worth School :) )

[@MrsOnthefiddle]

Oh, Dillie! This is PRICELESS. Love you lots, and your music! Down with Cummings and his lot. Enjoy life to the full! Love Fascinating Aida, too. Souls like yours must be nurtured and protected. See you soon, somewhere. xx

[@13Moondancer]

‘Dispatched with impunity...strong herd immunity’. Bloody brilliant lyric. Bravo.

[@Toffeeabi81]

I love it

[@drsandralean8036]

Dillie, happy birthday. I loved Fascinating Aida (where I first found you) - glad to see you're still telling it like it is, so beautifully musically!!!

[@dawnsmith1796]

Thank you - I really enjoyed - if only more people offered ''Love' our world would be a better place!! xxxxx

[@ellishawkins5006]

what a corker!!, what a great gift for us all and you are clearly going on strong and sharp on your birthday

[@ashleygillespie-horne6429]

I, too, have nothing to offer this video but love! Made my evening!

[@bernardgardner1533]

Absolutely brilliant. I was wondering what had happened to Fascinating Aida. Great Act! More please.

[@davidm2546]

Thank you so much for making me smile, what a brilliant song and ever so true, loved it.

[@jaimiebuchanan4671]

Absolutely bloomin' brilliant! The song I didn't know I needed, wonderful!

[@mickbachner]

Brilliant, funny, sad with a ring of tongue-in-cheek truth about it. Well done!

[@lindsaybenison813]

Well done Dillie, accurate as always.. Belated Happy Birthday. Thank you for the laughs, always needed

[@andrewcleall8667]

Let’s all just take a moment to salute this . Thought I’d seen most of the video content pertaining to these unprecedented times and then this lady comes along . Fantastic satire .

[@ymfg9004]

Thank-you, thank-you so much. I love your song. I'm a 62 year old nurse working on a SCovid ward (suspected Covid ) in Melbourne, Australia and yes, we've heard about Dominic Cummins here - why do the idiots always get the attention? Now I understand why the authorities here and across the pond in your lovely land asked for retired nurses and doctors to sign back on ....... so they can bump us off with Covid and keep the public coffers full for politicians to enjoy long overpaid pensions 😀 Thank-you also for your blog which I've just discovered. Keep up the great work. Happy Birthday and I hope you stay safe and well. Yvette xxx

[@melaniefreeborn1443]

Actually this has made me cry. I hope you had a happy birthday filled with love from relatives on zoom calls 🧡

[@emmaluoellloveday2889]

In so many ways this really upsets me the raw emotion and intense language of this woman speaks volumes much love and affection to her and all those she is representing

[@jonthurley7430]

Brilliant. You have finally composed and sung beautifully what so many of us have been thinking. Thank you.

[@hunkhk]

Don't know why I'm just seeing this but wow it blew me away. So on point and performed to perfection. Thank you!

[@jeangallagher3271]

Amusing but speaking a lot of truth. Wonderful pianist! I began this lockdown full of trust and enthusiasm that the government was acting in the best interests of everyone. Am now tired and disillusioned, l was even inspired to write optimistic poetry about it, now l like millions of others feel cynical and confused and cheated. But l will be 75 tomorrow, so maybe l should oblige the powers that be and depart to pastures new,then l can see my family from a heavenly perspective.

[@stephenfarthing485]

Jean - don't you dare give up. I have been trying to fight for a vaccine against Covid-19 since we went into lockdown. It forms a very important part of a triumvirate approach of comprehensiveness that could relieve you and us of this horrendous little vandal called Covid-19. The vaccine is a good part of that! I don't give up easily on that! And certainly not! The song is morbid but hope is not yet dead. Only if you let it be so!

[@jeangallagher3271]

@@stephenfarthing485 No, l won't give up! Have always been an optimist and a cheerleader, not literally!Life is a precious thing.

[@dilliekeane3484]

I missed the opportunity to wish you happy birthday. Don't be discouraged, we have to keep going.

[@safiyyahmagee]

Hope you had a lovely birthday. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead. 💐🎂🎉

[@heidifoster5793]

Absolutely love your sentiment and please more , we will not disappear just because of a number, just off for a 3 hour bike ride

[@patriciapurton5025]

Dillie Keeane and her great continuation of the brilliant humor of Tom Lehrer thanks for the post and making me smile

[@sashaclarkson]

Absolutely brilliant - both musically and vocally! The style us undoubtedly your own - wonderful facial expressions too - but I was reminded of Tom Lehrer - I hope you take that as the compliment it is intended to be :)

[@CanadairCL44]

We definitely don't hear enough from this satirical and comic genius these days! Bravo indeed!

[@NallDave]

So sad that this is how too people are feeling right now. But love is such a precious thing to have and to give. Such a quality to laugh in the face of adversity and then write a song about it.

[@solarenergy5157]

it was funny to start with but towards the end you almost got my tears, especially with the last line. well done and stay safe!

[@michealtaylor1069]

Sums the pantomime up just beautifully. Happy Birthday Dillie...x

[@juliemitchell8465]

Totally brilliant - many congratulations for brightening my day!

[@Wendy.WhiteRabbit]

Thank you Dillie absolutely f....g brilliant! Belated happy birthday - may you tell it as it is for many more years to come! Love from a 65 yr old who is confused/amused/ depressed in equal measure (by Cummings leading our leaders - not by you!). You are pure joy, wit, humour and talent - long may you and Fascinating Aida reign xxx

[@txxredtache]

You are truly a Star, Ms. Keane. Thank you :D

[@sandytimewell]

A perfect summary of our times. Please release it as a single. It needs to be no1.

[@leegriffin2009]

As usual, brilliant!!! Fantastically funny and once again, extremely topical!

[@timclayton8214]

Happy Birthday Dillie - that is such a brilliant song!

[@HD-ee9kw]

AWESOME. You have managed to capture what the entire country is thinking. more please . and will vote for you whenyou run for the role of PM

[@kerryevans1562]

Dillie darling you are a genius... giving perspective to ALL that's GONE on in a nutshell....Thank you.. WAN Love from Dublin Ireland brothers and sisters we are not done yet!

[@wakingtheworld]

Brilliant Dillie... Love it and your tongue-in-cheek approach...

[@johnniep3844]

Utterly wonderful, as always!!! 🌻

[@jackdavidson3087]

That was great, I loved it! Happy belated birthday to you :)

[@catrandle9439]

Dianne genius. Happy birthday, your song is our treat.

[@nicolapurvis]

Your Christmas song was pure brilliance as well! Especially as we have a right misery in our family circle! A right old Victor Mildrew!

[@ChrisHutchison]

Happy birthday, Dillie, and thanks for this song as brilliantly funny as it is palpably insightful and sad.

[@kirtandrews1859]

Thank you thank you I needed a damn good laugh. Fabulous as always

[@normahenry1906]

Cleverly written and performed by this lady! So apt for this time and hits home to us oldies!!

[@maggieadams8600]

That's a brilliant and witty song that say it all! Thanks!

[@carolegoddard643]

Oh I do love you Dillie! A woman after my own heart but far cleverer with words!

[@furzebird]

Belated Happy Birthday , and thanks for giving us a rueful smile! (Granny here)

[@MatthewEdwards1953]

This is just sheer brilliance! Wishing you a very happy birthday Dillie, and may you still be singing such delightful songs when Cummings becomes a mere memory!

[@yesacoustic]

Absolute Gold. A belated Happy Birthday and a long and happy life to you.

[@annedanotha-thing2509]

I love what you do. Please don't stop.

[@karenglennon5830]

Love it. Brilliant! Happy Birthday xx

[@mrsskwillis6497]

Glorious as ever. Good to hear you singing x

[@rlhsoft]

Perfect Dillie ... thank you :) Oh and happy birthday!

[@pennyherbert8723]

Finger on the pulse as usual Dillie - brilliant! Hope you had a wonderful Birthday!

[@gavinpalmer9955]

Dear Dillie lovely song. Also thank you for your Sevenaoks Festival show in the late 1980s I laughed like now and it got me into trouble. When I got back to my school the master thought I was drunk which made me laugh even more. Thank you and God Bless you and your love

[@sanjaymukherjee4033]

Excellent performance presentation expression communications introduction and music composition. Congratulations.

[@annieel3938]

I love you! And just checked into your blog which looks great too!

[@YouUkes]

Oh Dilly Keane you are a charm. I love you and your song and I love your eco-blog even more.

[@nhl041976]

Dillie! Wonderful work! Beautifully written!

[@PCEngineer2007uk]

Well, this is just the best thing I've heard for weeks.... thanks for the smiles Dillie, and of course, stay safe.

[@toyotaprius79]

A pleasure to bump into this charming video and KZbinr.

[@kerrydevlin]

Your my new hero honey,well done,that was a brilliant song xx

[@yobrojoost9497]

Great song! With some very witty and hard hitting lyrics! Subscribed!

[@flyingfishnet]

I’m impressed. Musically, lyrically, politically, and philosophically. Bravo.

[@BernardRangel]

Thank you 🙏🏽 great song. Nothing to offer but LOVE.

[@markcollins8986]

That was so funny, but with a very sobering thought. I love the way you played that, it was fantastic! Thank you for making me laugh and smile today. We are going to hear so much on Cummings over the next few days/weeks, and to get away from the repetitive boredom, I can sit back and think of your wonderful post... Happy Birthday.

[@ronw11]

Lovely song so true yet so sad for all of us old godgers

[@markmasterson4811]

Dilli, marvellous!!!! Best thing ive seen for a while and beautiful clever lyrics. Keep well from another codger, and ....anymore where that came from????

[@britanniawaivestherules]

Clickety-click here. Dillie, this is a brilliant run-down of the thinking of Mr Short-Cummings. Loved rhyming bonhomie with draining the economy and many others. And it has emerged on the very day that Mr Short-Cummings’ shortcomings in the form of long goings and comings became evident. Enjoying your brilliant strummings , And now it has entered my hummings , Such appropriate rhyming, Released with due timing In view of long goings, Short-Cummings.

[@ladygaynor16]

WELL DONE DILLIE. YOU'VE BRIGHTENED MY DAY. GOD BLESS YOU. XX