This is the Original Pub With No Beer, which really put Slim on the Charts, after his first commercial record, of WHEN THE RAIN TUMBLES DOWN IN JULY, back in 1946. Enjoy! RIP Slim Dusty!
Slim Dusty concert in the Australian Outback
Unthinkable – A Pub With No Beer, here’s the great Slim Dusty.
This Australian song became Slim Dusty’s first golden hit single in 1957, setting a record for the best selling recording by an Australian. It was written in 1943, during the second world war, by Dan Sheahan, an Irish cane cutter. The story is that he went to his favourite pub, the Day Dawn Hotel in Ingham, (northern Queensland) but was told by the Publican Gladys Harvey, that there was no beer left, due to a drinking binge by some black American soldiers the previous night. Consoling himself with a glass of wine, he sat down to write a poem called “A Pub without Beer,” which was later renamed “A Pub with No Beer” by Gordon Parsons, who made several changes to the lyrics and set it to music. Dan died in 1977 at the age of 95. Apparently Slim Dusty used to visit him when he passed through Ingham. Apart from Slim Dusty, the song has been recorded by Johnny Cash, Foster & Allen, Gordon Parsons, The Irish Rovers, Johnny Greenwood, John Williamson, Richard Clayderman, Johnny Ashcroft, The Pogues, The Clancy Brothers, Rolf Harris, The Dubliners, Midnight Oil and many others. Bobbejaan Schoepen sang Dutch and German translations, which were number one hits in Belgium and Austria. Here it is sung by my friend, John Walsh, fellow member of the Hong Kong Folk Society and the Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir (and fellow teacher). He has a vast repertoire of folk and popular songs and is always ready to pick up a guitar or sit down at a piano and lead a singalong appropriate to …
Dusty and Lucy have breakfast in bed and her love for him “kills” him.
Form the album ‘Dusty In Memphis’ The LP Dusty in Memphis earned Springfield a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1970 and received the Grammy Hall of Fame award in 2001. International readers and viewers polls list the record among the one hundred greatest albums of all time Youve been cryin Your face is a mess Come in baby You can dry the tears on my dress Shes hurt you again I can tell Oh, I know that look so well Dont be shy Youve been here before Pull your shoes off, lie down And I will lock the door And no-one has to know Youve come here again Darling it will be Like its always been before Come on over here Breakfast in bed And a kiss or three You dont have to say you love me Breakfast in bed Nothing need be said Aint no need Whats your hurry? Please dont eat and run You can let her wait, my darling Its been so long Since Ive had you here You will come again Darling it will be Like its always been before Hey child Breakfast in bed And a kiss or three You dont have to say you love me Breakfast in bed Nothing need be said Breakfast in bed And a kiss or three You dont have to say you love me Breakfast in bed Nothing need be said, yeah You dont have to Send “Breakfast in Bed” Ringtone to your Cell languages + English
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