Steve Wilson Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Following on from Jody Kruskal's recent post and rendition of "The Ballad of the Button Box" I was wondering about how many concertina songs there are that we know of. And when I say "concertina songs" I mean songs that have the concertina as a main part of their theme or story and not just the word "concertina" mentioned in passing. A list of the ones I know follows, can we add to it? The Ballad of the Button Box - Bob Snope The Good Old Concertina - Henry Lawson/Bob Bolton Lena from Palesteena - Con Conrad/Russel Robinson Arnold the Armadillo - Les Barker/David Galipo The Man with the Concertina - Robert Stewart/ Jacko Kevins, Dave de Hugard I Play My (me) Concertina - David Worton/H C Lovell Multitasking Daddy - Jody Kruskal The Flying Concertina - Steve Wilson/ John Bosserman (Happy Hiker March adaptation) Are there others? Please advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Hi Steve, this one springs to my mind: Angelina, Angelina, please bring down your concertina And play a welcome for me 'cause I'll be coming home from sea (as sung by Harry Belafonte). All the best - ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 All I want for Christmas is a concertina. Christmas_concertina.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccannic Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I seem to remember Tim Laycock singing an ironic song called 'The Accordian's the Instrument to Play', which was about how much better the accordian was than the concertina. He accompanied himself on the concertina of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, John Wild said: All I want for Christmas is a concertina. Yep, although I believe the reference in that song is to a Chemnitzer concertina. Don't forget "Hexagon Zombies". I have at least one more, involving a different "Lena", if I can find where I put it. I'll also point to this old thread. Quote This is not a quote, but the editor has forced this block into my post and I can't find a way to get rid of it. Grr! Edited January 13, 2019 by JimLucas add more detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 6 hours ago, maccannic said: I seem to remember Tim Laycock singing an ironic song called 'The Accordian's the Instrument to Play', which was about how much better the accordian was than the concertina. He accompanied himself on the concertina of course. I may be wrong, but I believe that was part of a show he did called the concertina man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 The fair Portsmouth Stowaway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Thanks to Jim for pointing to the older thread. I had made a few postings there but had forgotten it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifax Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 The box player in my session has lyrics to the polka "Maggie in the Woods" I'll have to get them from her but the punchline is: "and broke her concertina." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Dave Goulder wrote a song "Concertina Consciousness" in responce to Neil Wayne's slogan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ventola Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 In the film "Room with a View" (I think it was) a character sits at a piano and sings a song that refers to "the melancholy concertina." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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