I love how Billy is very knowledgeable and intelligent so you listen intently and then he throws in a “goose farting in the fog” so he catches you off guard all the time. I bet his young children had an absolute whale of a time. Bless you Billy
@johnc3403 He was shit because he ended up in the wrong job. Was beaten by his father and had no education so I'll give him a break as his come so far from where he started
Billy came to see, as I did, the absurdity of the human situation, and thought he'd take the piss out of it to make a decent living laughing at it and getting us to do the same. It's either that or cry, and he clearly made the wiser choice. @@cjackson6482
LYRICS FOR THIS VERSION Oh the moon's silver fingers, Slid over the mountain On a deep purple Arkansas night The red wine was flowing The red lights were glowing The dancers waltzed into the night Away in the forest a blue bird was sleeping Where only the coyote calls The dancers were swaying The band started playing, an old fashioned Tennessee waltz Just an old fashioned Tennessee waltz You've heard it before and you'll hear it again Just an old fashioned Tennessee waltz Young ladies beware, of mysterious young men He stood in the shadows the black hatted stranger He stayed well away from the bar She could see his moustache and his blue tinted glasses And the glow from his five cent cigar She walked right up to him and said Hello stranger While the band played an old fashioned tune They swanned arm in arm to the edge of the dancefloor And a dark cloud sailed over the moon Just an old fashioned Tennessee waltz You've heard it before and you'l hear it again Just an old fashioned Tennessee waltz Young ladies beware of mysterious young men PLAY IT ON YOUR GUITAR WITH THE CHORDS A AND D THEN ADD A G IN THE CHORUS 😊 YOUR WELCOME
Sitting near Billy in a cafe once, I heard him tell the owner that his wife Pamela, who was away at the time, had left the vacuum cleaner in the hall for him, but it hadn't moved all week !
Curious - no one mentioned his closing with "Waltzing Matilda" - look it up, Australia's unofficial bush ballad; Pamela would have some influence over his liking for it. Go Billy.
He was a musician before becoming a comedian, he can play the banjo, guitar and fiddle too, in fact his talent is such that I’m sure he could play any instrument he picked up…
Thank you very much for uploading one of my favourite Billy Connoly songs the autoharp is sublime. Fort hsoe that are looking for the lyrics here they are (note these are from Billy's album version and differ from the words he sings in this TV appearance. It includes the last verse which is the great punchline to the whole thing. The Old fashioned Tennessee Waltz - As done by Billy Connolly on Riotous Assembly The moon’s silver fingers crept over the mountain On a deep purple Arkansas night The red lights were glowing and the red wine was flowing The couples danced into the night Deep in the forest a blue bird was sleeping Where only the coyote calls The dancers were swaying While the band it was playing an old fashioned Tennessee waltz He stood in the doorway the black hatted stranger He stayed well away from the bar She could see his moustache and his blue tinted glasses In the glow from his five cent cigar She walked right up to him and said Hello stranger He answered it’s chilly for June They swanned arm in arm to the edge of the dancefloor And a black cloud sailed over the moon Just an old fashioned Tennessee waltz You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again Just an old fashioned Tennessee waltz Young ladies beware of mysterious young men With glides and with sashays they swept the floor softly She felt she was dancing on air But his hands felt so cold and his eyes looked so old As he gave her that Come with me stare She saw no danger but who was this stranger Was he real was he true was he false She took a chance and she lost. Her last dance Was the old fashioned Tennessee waltz Just an old fashioned Tennessee waltz You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again Just an old fashioned Tennessee waltz Young ladies beware of mysterious young men (twice)
Good question, I did do a Google to check but nothing came up. Only thing I got was The Old Fashioned Tennessee Waltz cover by Billy Connolly Written by Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart. Might have to do it like the old days, listen and write it down with a pen and paper 😀
@@icarusandtherabbit Billy wrote this version and it’s called “The old fashioned Tennessee Waltz” or sometimes known as “Song for Yootha”. - Tennessee waltz is very different ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ePwI5KEd8D0.htmlsi=8KUobiAGYsZizOB6
Not that I don’t love his other YT full version of this song, I sure wish there was a full version of him playing the zither. This song just screams to be played on a zither. LOVE YOU, Big Yin! ❤❤❤❤❤
