Ditties to accompany tasks in the workshop

One of my pet hates is working on any device containing springs, especially those of the smaller variety as they have a habit of jumping out at you and landing on the floor and you end up spending ages searching for the dam things. When doing this sort of work I find myself making up words to the old Gershwin/Fred Astaire number

Cause I've got shoes with wings on,
And living has no strings on;
I put those magic things on,
.....except that my versions goes something like .......I hate things with springs on....A curse on all things with springs on......

Stupid I know but does anyone else find themselves making up suitable lyrics to go with the job in hand?

Mine tend to be neither lyrical nor "suitable" when simply putting a tool down renders it invisible, or picking up one thing from a shelf incites several others to demonstrate gravity...

I quite often have the radio on in the background, and find myself talking back to it...

Rob

Oh yes! Trouble is, a radio is a one-way thing so we can't put the speakers to rights!

As for ditties, Rob, your choice is there in your nick-name.....

"If I had a hammer" by Pete Seeger

Well everyday is a school day, I would have guessed Trini Lopez for that one but I see Pete Seeger wrote it in 1949, somewhat before the Trini Lopez hit in the 60’s

Mike

"Mack the Knife"

I have a strange brain. Apart from"Mack the Knife" being about a murderer, one verse lists actress Lotte Lenya as a potential victim.

Lotte Lenya is most remembered as for her role as KGB Colonel Rosa Klebb in the film 'From Russia With Love", which ends with her giving James Bond a good kicking.

Which reminded me of Britain's top TV Soap 'Crossroads', famous for wobbly sets, Benny, and ginger prima donna Noele Gordon. Can anyone remember of there's any truth in Wikipedia's claim that cleaning lady Amy Turtle was a suspected Soviet Spy?

I don't trust everything I read on the internet!

Dave

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 26/03/2022 09:48:29

There is also of course the one which goes:

"How much is that Myford in the window....the one with power top slide and gearbox".................