We will hear the wild birds sing their donegal song. Read or print original bus driver s prayer lyrics 2020 updated. Bus drivers prayer lyrics by ian dury and the blockheads at lyrics on demand. The bus drivers prayer the call up kilburn and the highroads.
This web site contains the classic lyrics from this classic ian dury album. Ian dury the studio albums collection releases discogs. May 01, 2012 ian dury freedom bus drivers prayer mercifulrelease. The bus drivers prayer by ian dury, read by richard purnell. The words are apocryphal and have been around since 1960 at least. Provided to youtube by rhino bus drivers prayer ian dury apples. The reunion was so successful that further shows followed over the next two years, and several members of the band collaborated on durys 1993 album, the. Our father, who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it. Bus drivers prayer paroles par ian dury lyrics et parole. Even though the bus driver s prayer and other stories is named after the track, this is dury s first recording of the song.
Our father who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it is in hendon give us this day our berkhampstead and forgive us our westminsters as we forgive those who westminster against us lead us not into temple station but deliver us from ealing for thine is the kingston the purley. Picking up where apples left off it even includes that record s the bus driver s prayer, a clever cockney rewrite of the lord s prayer, as the title track the bus driver s prayer and other stories is an engaging collection of character sketches and stories from ian dury. Our father, who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy. Our father, who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come. The other missing song london talking is missing, although credited as a title. Bus drivers prayer traditional, arranged and adapted by ian dury 0. A metropolitan police officers version, entitled the laws prayer, has also been devised. In may 1998, dury announced that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer in. Picking up where apples left off it even includes that records the bus drivers prayer, a clever cockney rewrite of the lords prayer, as the title track the bus drivers prayer and other stories is an engaging collection of character sketches and stories from ian dury. The bus drivers prayer and other stories ian dury songs. Weve teamed up with thirteen london poets to bring poetiquette to all travellers across the network. I took out all the seats and away i went its a right old banger and the chassis bent its got a great big peace sign across the back and most of the windows have been. Soundtracks top hits one hit wonders tv themes song quotes miscellaneous.
Jul 09, 2006 ian dury and the blockheads what a waste official video duration. The voice of joey the budgie is, according to song by song, not ian dury, but chas. Ian dury lyrics 106 song lyrics sorted by album, including inbetweenies, lullaby for francies, my old man. Bus drivers prayer lyrics by ian dury and the blockheads. Dury returned to recording in 1992 with the bus drivers prayer and other stories. Rocker ian durys parody of the lords prayer appears on london. Our father who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it is in hendon give. Below is a version predating dury s recording, with alternate versions given in the notes.
Paroles officielles bus drivers prayer lyrics par ian dury. I took out all the seats and away i went it s a right old banger and the chassis bent it s got a great big peace sign across the back and most of the windows have been. Our father, who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it is in hendon. Ian dury hit me with your rhythm stick official video duration. Ian dury and the blockheads bus drivers prayer lyrics. Ian dury and the blockheads what a waste official video duration. Listen to songs by ian dury on myspace, stream free online music by ian dury. Paroles officielles bus driver s prayer lyrics par ian dury. Bill haleys last words, dury, gallagher, rhysjones, 3.
Ian dury freedom bus driver s prayer mercifulrelease. Our father, who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy. Dury returned to recording in 1992 with the bus driver s prayer and other stories. I make no claim to the of the music or the artists visual appearances. Ian dury freedom bus drivers prayer mercifulrelease. Esplora tutte le pubblicazioni di ian dury su discogs. Despite being recorded after the successful live reunion of ian dury and the blockheads, inspired by the death of their drummer charley charles, the album is not a blockheads record. Ian dury and the blockheads 1999 live at ronnie scotts full duration.
Dury used only those place names that refer to locations in london. The album was released in the wake of the charttopping hit single hit me with your rhythm stick, and reached number two in the charts, behind abbas voulezvous. Compra vinili, cd e altro di ian dury nel marketplace di discogs. The song, which dury entitled the bus drivers prayer, describes a journey through the capital, stopping at locations from wimbledon to. Ian robins dury was an english singersongwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. Mar 27, 2000 the reunion was so successful that further shows followed over the next two years, and several members of the band collaborated on dury s 1993 album, the bus driver s prayer and other stories. In may 1998, dury announced that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 1995 and that the disease had spread to his liver. In 1989, he wrote the musical apples with mickey gallagher, and he also appeared in the stage production of the play. The bus drivers prayer, also known as the busmans lords prayer, is a parody of the lords prayer that takes the bus driver around greater london while avoiding further destinations. Our father who art in hendon harrow road be thy name thy kingston come thy wimbledon in erith as it is in hendon give us this day our berkhampstead and.