Bloody Gas Street by Dave Moore, Dave Hogg and Eddie Hambridge Oh the bloody pay is bloody bad The bloody boss is bloody mad It makes the brightest bloody sad In bloody Gas St. The bloody folks are bloody poor They throw their crap out on the shore We'll slide about for evermore In bloody Gas St. The bloody water's full of muck And Waterways don't give a f### There ain’t enough to float a duck In bloody Gas St. The bloody gaffers on the drink Goes down him like a bloody sink Bank statements they are all dark pink In bloody Gas St. No bloody cash-they've stopped the dole We'll starve to death in this dark hole We've burnt up all our bloody coal In bloody Gas St. We'd love to see some clear blue sky The stench is getting somewhat high We'll rot here till we bloody die In bloody Gas St This song came to my attention whilst searching the Canal Discussion Forum for details of another song but I was pleased to find it. It was posted in 2014 by Dave Moore who stated “I was rummaging in our loft recently and came across the following. Back in the 60s I hung around Gas St Basin, where Birmingham and Midland Canal Carrying were based. One night I was with two of the full time boaters, Dave Hogg and Eddie Hambridge. In a mildly disgruntled mood we put this together. It's based on a squaddies song called " Bloody Orkney", a moan about his posting there.” Several recordings of ‘Bloody Orkney’ can be found on the internet.
Bloody Gas Street by Dave Moore, Dave Hogg and Eddie Hambridge Oh the bloody pay is bloody bad The bloody boss is bloody mad It makes the brightest bloody sad In bloody Gas St. The bloody folks are bloody poor They throw their crap out on the shore We'll slide about for evermore In bloody Gas St. The bloody water's full of muck And Waterways don't give a f### There ain’t enough to float a duck In bloody Gas St. The bloody gaffers on the drink Goes down him like a bloody sink Bank statements they are all dark pink In bloody Gas St. No bloody cash-they've stopped the dole We'll starve to death in this dark hole We've burnt up all our bloody coal In bloody Gas St. We'd love to see some clear blue sky The stench is getting somewhat high We'll rot here till we bloody die In bloody Gas St This song came to my attention whilst searching the Canal Discussion Forum for details of another song but I was pleased to find it. It was posted in 2014 by Dave Moore who stated “I was rummaging in our loft recently and came across the following. Back in the 60s I hung around Gas St Basin, where Birmingham and Midland Canal Carrying were based. One night I was with two of the full time boaters, Dave Hogg and Eddie Hambridge. In a mildly disgruntled mood we put this together. It's based on a squaddies song called " Bloody Orkney", a moan about his posting there.” Several recordings of ‘Bloody Orkney’ can be found on the internet.