A Birthday Tribute

There was a very special once-only performance by the Duffy Boys at the APHAx Barn Dance last Friday.

Luckily AudlemOnline has been able to obtain a pirate bootleg unauthorised copyright-busting copy of the recording just before it goes viral. You can see the performance by clicking on the video-player opposite.

In case you struggle with any of the lyrics, we reprint the full text below from Saturday's article.

And they call him Ralph

And they call him Ralph and he wears a big black hat and they call him Ralph but he's a good guy and he puts up flags and trees at Christmas and plants out flowers, pretty flowers, in the spring.

It was more than thirty years ago when he first drove in to town
in a two tone Austin Healey village bound
He headed for the co-op looking for some wine
and he parked the car on the double yellow lines

And they call him Ralph and he wears a big black hat and they call him Ralph but he's a good guy and he puts up flags and trees at Christmas and plants out flowers, pretty flowers, in the spring.

He always had a thing for ladies underwear
Littlewoods was the reason why he cares
he took his expertise to far flung foreign lands
their underwear always in his skilful hands

and they call him Ralph and he wears a big black hat and they call him Ralph but he's a good guy and he puts up flags and trees at Christmas and plants out flowers, pretty flowers, in the spring.

He's never liked committees but he's been on quite a few
ADAS and ASET and the carnival and the burial Board its true
A Festival of music and art and poetry
whilst raising lots of funds naturally

And they call him Ralph and he wears a big black hat and they call him Ralph but he's a good guy and he puts up flags and trees at Christmas and plants out flowers, pretty flowers, in the spring.

Now he's done a few erections, – we are talking about marquees
with a team of no good work-shy volunteers
He tells them "don't get ahead of yourselves " -there's not much chance of that
not unless its the pub that they are at

And they call him Ralph and he wears a big black hat and they call him Ralph but he's a good guy and he puts up flags and trees at Christmas and plants out flowers, pretty flowers, in the spring.

(c) The Duffey Boys 2017

And lastly

The AudlemOnline webteam would like to add their own congratulations and best wishes to Ralph. We prize his contributions – especially the football reports – and we always look forward to the challenge of turning them into recognisable English. Long may it continue.

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