Whiteness Thy Name Is Meltonian has two or three individual lines in it which I know are amongst the favourites of several people. And that coda – it’s almost pop music… Meltonian, by the way, still exists. It’s a brand which, despite being sold to the Americans, is so achingly traditional it apparently doesn’t need a proper website – and you won’t see much of a mention of it anywhere from its current owner, the mighty Sara Lee Corporation. Thanks to Grim, Jon A, Jon F and gNick
See lyrics to Whiteness Thy Name Is Meltonian
Ben
tyre ’round’ a lampost Shirley?
21 November 2009
Chris The Siteowner
Indeed, no idea what I was doing there. And don’t call me…
21 November 2009
Dave F.
Should Duck Stab have an exclamation mark after it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Stab!
21 November 2009
dagenham dave
I think it should be ‘I wanna live….” rather than ‘I want to…”
and on a slightly less pedantic point I always heard ‘you’ rather than ‘youth’. However I have just listened to it on a rather poor sounding stereo so will listen to it again on something better and come back to you.
22 February 2010
dagenham dave
I’m now sure it’s ‘you’ rather than ‘youth’.
24 February 2010
Peter Gandy
I’m in the ‘youth’ camp. I think Nigel would use assonance rather than rhyme you with you, and have just listened through good quality headphones and am sure of it. I agree with wanna live though.
I love the pronunciation of directions emphasising the t.
24 February 2010
Dave F.
Again, from the lyric page it’s ‘youth’ & ‘want to’ but it’s definitely sung as ‘wanna’.
24 February 2010
dagenham dave
‘you’ is rhymed with ‘you’ in Corgi Registered Friends.
Doesn’t strengthen my argument one jot, just thought I’d share this vital piece of information with you all.
27 February 2010
Peter Gandy
Probably more repetition than rhyme, but I take your point.
28 February 2010
steve nicholls
Chris, I’m most impressed at how carefully you noted down all the ba ba bas and la la las
5 May 2010
ACIDIC REGULATOR
“Frailty, thy name is woman”, Hamlet.
4 August 2012