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Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon a Good Time Band
Mississippi Moon  •   Mr. Apollo  •   Mr. Eurovision
 Mr. Muzak  •   Momma Bee  •   Montana Cafe
More Jam Tomorrow  •   Morning Song  •   Mother
   My Little Ukulele  •   My New School

 
 

Major Happy's Up and Coming
Once Upon a Good Time Band

Once upon a good time on this very day
Somewhere in another universe
A band got in a van and drove for miles on end
They just this minute got here with no time to rehearse
They've not even had a sound-check but don't worry folks, it's true
Whatever Major Happy did for them they'll do for you!

Here we are once again on another one night stand
Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band
Major Happy, Major Happy, Majah Happy, Made ya happy
Major Happy's Up and Coming Easy-Going Good Time Band
We're only here for you out there so give yourselves a great big hand
Major Happy, Major Happy, Majah Happy, Made ya Happy
So put your hands together and let's really hear it for
Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon a Good Time Band...

 

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Mississippi Moon

Neil as Laurel AND Hardy in Innes Book of Records

Oh Mississippi Moon
Shining like a spoon
Over Pascagoula by the sea
How wonderful you are
Much nearer than a star
But taller than a roof top or palm tree
mmmmmmm

And when I go out with my baby tonight
We'll be dancing in your silvery light
And everything is gonna be all right
Thanks to you
Yes you
Mississippi Moon
Mississippi Moo-hoo-hoon

Oh Mississippi Moon
So far from Saskatoon
Look down on my lady love and I
She is my steady date
We meet at half past eight
Gosh oh gee I'm such a lucky guy
mmmmmmm

And when I go out with my baby tonight
We'll be dancing in your silvery light
And everything is gonna be all right
Thanks to you

Thanks to you
Yes you
Mississippi Moon
Mississippi Moo...
                        ...hoo...
                                   ...hoooon

 

Audio!

From Innes Book of Records TV show download


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Mr. Apollo   (Stanshall/Innes)

I have seen Mr. Apollo
Uproot trees with his bare hands
I have seen Mr. Apollo's
Body building plans

He's the strongest man
The world has ever seen
And if you take his courses
He'll make you big and rough

Oh! And you can beat up bullies 'til they cry
"Oh lah! Oh, crikey! Let go, you rotter! Don't punish me!"


When you're tough, you're very fit
Your voice is rough, it sounds like grit
You are so strong, and proud of it
Thanks to Mr. Apollo

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
He's the greatest benefactor of Mankind

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
That a healthy body makes a healthy mind

You know! You know he's the
Strongest man
The world has ever seen
And if you take his courses
He'll make you big and rough

Uh huh, and uh, ha, you can kick the sand
right
back, in their faces! Kick! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!


When you're tough, you're very fit
Your voice is rough, it sounds like grit
You are so strong, and proud of it
Thanks to Mr. Apollo

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
He's the greatest benefactor of Mankind

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
That a healthy body makes a healthy mind

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
He's the greatest benefactor of Mankind
Oh, yeah!

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
That a healthy body makes a healthy mind
He can do it for you!

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
He's the greatest benefactor of Mankind

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
That a healthy body (oooh!) makes a healthy mind

Follow Mr. Apollo
(He can do it for you!)
Everybody knows
He's the greatest benefactor of Mankind

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
That a healthy body makes a healthy mind

Follow Mr. Apollo
Everybody knows
He's the greatest benefactor of Mankind

Follow...

Yes, just give me ten years of your life, and I'll
trade in that puny flab for living muscle..
Physique you deserve!

Strong!
Chest and shoulders to hold your shirt!

Five years ago, I was a four stone apology
Today, I am two separate gorillas

No tiresome exercises, no tricks,
no unpleasant bending, Wrestle poodles and win!

Play beach ball! Shave your legs! Lope over walls!
Tease people! Brush them aside as though they were matchsticks!
Impress your friends!

 

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Mr. Eurovision

Hey Mister Eurovision song contest man
Would you like to hear my song
Boom boom boomBing Bang Bong
Inky Pinky Parlez-Vous
Wunderbar, oo-la-la
Olé!

Bom ba-tom bom bom
Bom ba-dam bom bom ba
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bom ba
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bom bom ba
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bum ba

This is my song,
Yodel-ay-ee-dhee
What a lot of weather
We've been having lately!

Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bom bom pa
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bom pa

HEY Mister Eurovision song contest man
Would you like to hear my song
a-Bing Bang Bong!
Inky Pinky Parlez-Vous
Wunderbar, oo-la-la
Olé!

Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom pa-dam bom bom pa
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bom pa
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bom bom pa
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bum pa

Thees ees my song,
Yodel-ay-ee-tee
What a lot of weather
We've been having lately!

Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom pa-dam bom bom ba
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bom pa
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bom bom pa
Bom ba-dum bom bom
Bom ba-dam bum ba
Mr. Eurovision song contest man!

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Mr. Muzak

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

 

I got nothing to sing about
Nothing at all
Tra la la la la la
Wall to wall
Shooby dooby, come what may
I play it for you both night and day

Time and motion
Shifting sands
Empty minds and busy hands
You can find me anywhere
The food of love is in the air

Moderato con expressione
Una paloma
Macaroni
Forget about your point of view
The choice is up to me, not you

Canteen office, factory floor
Hotel bar, department store
Elevator, lavatory
There is no escaping me

I got nothing to sing about
Nothing at all
Tra la la la la la
Wall to wall
Shooby dooby, come what may
I play it for you both night and day

Moderato con expressione
Una paloma
Macaroni
Forget about your point of view
The choice is up to me
Not you!

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

Neil comes out the door

audio
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NEW AND IMPROVED AUDIO!
I found this really clear MP3 of Mr. Muzak on my computer. I have no memory of how it got there. But COOL!!! No more warbly old VHS version!
And a very clear version of the video now too on YouTube. We could only dream of this in 1998!
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Momma Bee


We expect no rain said the weatherman but it did
I hope it don't fall on me I said but it did
Now the sky looked blue and there's hardly a cloud in the sky
And here I stand with a rainbow in each eye

Momma Bee a friend to me, Momma Bee a friend to me
Momma Bee a friend to me, Momma Bee a friend to me
I been so alone, livin' on my own, like statue made of stone
Oh Momma Bee a friend to me, Momma Bee a friend to me
Momma Bee a friend to me, Momma Bee a friend to me
I was born to treat you right, so come on babe, hold me tight
We can boogie all through the night
Momma Bee a friend to me

Let's Boogie

Alright now,
I think love is a good idea
It hangs in my head like a chandelier
It fills my heart like a waterfall
It's good for the body and its good for the soul!

Momma Bee (Momma Bee) a friend to me
Momma Bee (Momma Bee) a friend to me
Momma Bee (Momma Bee) a friend to me
Momma Bee (Momma Bee) a friend to me
I don't wanna go on the loose, for you I'd stick my head in a noose
And I won't even say boo to a goose
Momma Bee a friend to me yeah

(Momma Bee)
Oh, Momma Bee (Momma Bee) a friend to me
Momma Bee (Momma Bee) a friend to me
Momma Bee (Momma Bee) a friend to me
Momma Bee (Momma Bee) a friend to me
I was born to treat you right
Some, come on, babe, hold me tight
We're gonna boogie all through the night!
Momma Bee (Momma Bee) a friend to me
Let's boogie some more (oooh)
Easy now, Momma (oooh)
(Aaah, oooh)
(Aaah ah ah) Oooh, that's nice
(Aaah ah ah)
(Aaah ah ah Momma Bee)

Oh, Momma (Momma Bee)
Oh, Momma (Momma Bee)
Oh, Momma (Momma Bee)
Oh, Momma (Momma Bee)
Whooaah!

(Aaah ah ah )
(Aaah ah ah)
(Aaah ah ah)
Oooooooooh!


audio

 

Innes Book of Records tv show download

this version on YouTube

Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues download

 

John Peel sessions 1974 download

 



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Montana Cafe

God's own country tall in the saddle on a billboard
Cowboy smoking man-sized tipped cigarette
Someone with a push chair by the launderette
Early closing day
And there's nowhere to go but the Montana Cafe

Supermarket trolley by a keep-left sign
On a traffic island double yellow line

Screwed up school kids' bubblegum wrappers at the bus stop
Special offer coupons up to three pence off
Someone on the corner with a nasty cough
Early closing day
And there's nowhere to go but the Montana Cafe
mmmm mmm, mmmm mmm
mmmm mmm, mmmm mmm

Nympho girls and erotica showing at the Roxy
Double-X feature late show Saturday night
Someone at the crossing looking left and right

Early closing day
And there's nowhere to go but the Montana Cafe

Continental lorry
  going on its way
     Aerosol graffiti
         'City Rule OK'...


Innes Book of Records tv show download


 

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Neil, Alice and Andy Roberts in More Jam Tomorrow

Audio!

From Neil's show of the same name
Recorded from the audience, early 90s
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Morning Song

Open your eyes, it is morning
The birds have long since started their song
Open your eyes, it is morning
Morning has come to us all

Morning Song from IBoR

The world has turned, the world has turned
See everything is all around us
Open your eyes, it is morning
Morning has come to us all

Open your eyes, it is morning
The birds have long since started their song
Open your eyes, it is morning
Morning has come to us all
The world has turned, the world has turned
See everything is all around us
Open your eyes, it is morning
Morning has come to us all

Open your eyes, it is morning
Open your eyes, it is morning
Open your eyes, it is morning
Open your eyes, it is morning
Open your eyes, it is morning
Open your eyes, it is morning
Open your eyes it is morning
Open your eyes, it is morning

 

Audio!

Innes Book of Records tv show download
Fun Fact: the intro is by the DJ from that episode, played
with a pretty good American accent by IBoR producer/director Ian Keill

 

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Mother

Neil as a mother in Crackerbox PalaceHere's to the happiest days of my life
Spent in the arms of another man's wife
My mother

Oh mother, mother
You're more than just the old man's little woman
Mother, mother
You're the one that I hold dear
Who else could make your bed and tidy up your room
And wash your dirty socks out in between?
Who else, in case you ever got run over,
Would make certain that your underpants were clean?
Oh mother, mother
You're more than just the apple of my eye
You mean the world to me and though I'm far across the sea
I'll come home again to you by and by

click to see Crackerbox Palace Mother, mother
You're more than just the old man's little woman
Mother, mother
You're the one that I hold dear
Who else could make your bed and tidy up your room
And wash your dirty socks out in between?
Who else, in case you ever got run over,
Would make certain that your underpants were clean?
Oh mother, mother
You're more than just the apple of my eye
You mean the world to me and though I'm far across the sea
I'll come home again to you by and by
(by and by)

There is no other
Quite like a mother
Except of course another mother
Mother, I'll come home to you again by and by
(by and by)

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My Little Ukulele

All the world's a stage they say
And I've seen many things
Standing with my little ukulele in the wings

I've seen bearded ladies
And strong men with iron bars
I've seen cheeky chorus girls
Hob-nobbing with the stars
Yes all the world's a stage they say
And I've seen many things
Standing with my little ukulele in the wings

Once a leading lady
Was clearly in distress
She asked if I could help her
With the fasteners on her dress
You should have seen the outcome
I almost broke me strings
Standing with my little ukulele in the wings

I've seen song and dance men
Being heckled by cat-calls
And a buxom bareback rider
Make a juggler drop his clubs
Yes all the world's a stage
And you won't believe the things
I've seen standing with my little
Standing with my little
Standing with my little ukulele in the wings

Weh-heh-heh-hell standing-a
With-a my little-a
Ukuleleinthewi-ings-AH!

 



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My New School

They say school days are the happiest of your life
But I've never seen or been in so much strife
The teacher's like a bear with three sore heads
And if he had a gun we'd all be dead
    it's...

My new school
I got no friends at all in
My new school
Everyone's so tall in
My new school
I really hate it here in my new school

I can't see why anyone should like it here
Even a dinosaur would live in fear
It's got all the charm of a video nasty
I've never been anywhere so ghastly

My new school
They burn you at the stake in
My new school
I've had all I can take from
My new school
I really hate it here in my new school

My new school
Can't spend another day in
My new school
I got to get away from
My new school
‘Cause I really hate it here in my new school

 chords for this song See or hear this song on YouTube

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Neil as the mother (or maybe nanny?) in George Harrison's Crackerbox Palace video
 

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