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Song Parodies -> "House with the Rising Damp"
Original Song Title:
"House of the Rising Sun"
(MP3)Original Performer:
The Animals
Parody Song Title:
"House with the Rising Damp"
Parody Written by:
Phil Alexander
The Lyrics
There is a house in Bethnal Green
And it's got rising damp
It's been the ruin of many a poor buyer
And I would rather camp
There's mildew on the curtains
The toilet looks obscene
You can even wring the brickwork out
Down in Bethnal Green
The plaster peels, the carpet rots
And damp-course is there none
And when it rains, up from the drains
Raw sewage it will come
So agents, tell your purchaser's
It splashes when you stamp
They'll spend their lives wet and watery
In the house with the rising damp
Well I've got one foot on the platform
The other's already wet
I'm getting out of Bethnal Green
As fast as I can get
There is a house in Bethnal Green
And it's got rising damp
It's been the ruin of many a poor buyer
And I shall now decamp
And it's got rising damp
It's been the ruin of many a poor buyer
And I would rather camp
There's mildew on the curtains
The toilet looks obscene
You can even wring the brickwork out
Down in Bethnal Green
The plaster peels, the carpet rots
And damp-course is there none
And when it rains, up from the drains
Raw sewage it will come
So agents, tell your purchaser's
It splashes when you stamp
They'll spend their lives wet and watery
In the house with the rising damp
Well I've got one foot on the platform
The other's already wet
I'm getting out of Bethnal Green
As fast as I can get
There is a house in Bethnal Green
And it's got rising damp
It's been the ruin of many a poor buyer
And I shall now decamp
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Been there. Lived through that. Put the T-shirt in the dryer.
Phil, sounds like a good place to be from
Sounds like my bathroom.... :-P
I read these lyrics about 10 years ago, and, being from Australia, Bethnal Green meant nothing to me. Now, by complete coincidence, I went to visit London, and just happen to be staying in Bethnal Green. I wondered where I heard that name before, and found myself returning to this parody song. It really is a unique neighbourhood; expensive luxury cars parked outside run-down flats. Now it all makes sense!
Hi Ollie.. such odd coincidences life throws up sometimes. And rereading this for the first time in a decade, I see some hideous apostrophe abuse.. I am really annoyed with old me :-)
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