The Singing Postman Hev you got a loight boy?

[KeithInHerts]

I met him when he was at the top of his short career. But, he didn't deserve to die in Grimsby, in a poorhouse, and be buried there, Almost unknown. (Broken and broke)

[hastingsgal]

My grandad used to love this record! Brings back happy memories.

[zytigon]

" I love to go a wandering " ,Version for Postpersons

I love to go delivering

the mail round all the doors

and as I go I like to sing.

My delivery pouch on my back

delivering, delivering, delivering deliveriiiiiiinng

delivering, delivering, my delivery pouch on my back

[daviddeath11]

norfolk bred and proud haha

[oceanman527]

The Singing Postman was a dreadful postman.

[TheShikken]

I'm not sure that's the voice of the original Singing Postman, Allan Smethurst... Or if it is, it's maybe not the original recording.

[nephicide]

Born and bred in Sheffield with Sherringham born and bred parents. My dad ALWAYS used to sing this in front of my friends to embarrass me.

[rpsthandi]

oi loike this song!

[hypolittleskittle07]

I'm a screamo-loving 15 year old, but this song is just purely amazing :)

Peace oot moy narrfolk youtoob boyys

[alanfromdarwen]

not heard this in ages, love it, its brilliant.

alan.

[Kittielips]

@alanfromdarwen

It in't 'alf bad, is it?

Jennie. x.

[alanfromdarwen]

@Kittielips

your right, i quite like this one.. alan.

[Kittielips]

@alanfromdarwen

Look at the little 'un sweeling away.....

[alanfromdarwen]

@Kittielips honk honk.. x

[Kittielips]

@alanfromdarwen

It meks you want to 'honk,' dun't it?

Jennie. x.

[alanfromdarwen]

@Kittielips have you gotta a light..  girl. x

[Kittielips]

@alanfromdarwen

No, I an't gorra leet!

Jennie. x.

[pussinboots34]

was 'er name jennie?? great song!!

[Kittielips]

@pussinboots34

It moight 'ave bin....What's it got to do wi' you?!

Jennie. x.

[ThomasYorkshire]

Sometimes, I don't like my American English.

[b45631]

My taxi driver can do a perfect voice of have you got a light boy lmao

[rockaroundtheclock56]

Lmao! :D

[heat000]

My dad was born in Loddon, Norfolk and he died in 2009, he kept his norfolk accent.

[wacky0pker]

Norfolk is the place to be.

[wacky0pker]

Norfolk ftw :D

[drakeracing573]

Wow this put a smile on my face. My grandad used to sing this song about my Gran, he passed away last year. :( The accent aint bad but if you heard him you'd know a proper Norfolk accent, they lived on a farm in Brooke, Norfolk all his life. Im gonna have to play this to my gran. thanks for the smile i got.

[gerdenshed]

@drakeracing573

It took me ages to get that good with the accent lol... I'm from Canbridge originally ;o)

Mark...

[yazeek1]

@drakeracing573

My dad took me to Swaffahm, to the George, I think, the lino went up the walls and that's he first saw your man. My dad liked his songs. We're yellow bellies but ...we're village folk and I'm glad.

[Twosharppencils]

@drakeracing573 .... My granddad used to sing this to us aswell. He was the most lovely person you ever could meet. I miss him so much. Also from the Norfolk area, I love the accent. I'm sorry you lost your granddad recntly

[scaryKidz19]

and its wroxham way not roxham because he was from wroxham in norfolk

[MikiStrange]

Classic. The Singing Postman is timeless. His songs are small masterpieces on an epic scale. He may be gone but the songs live on.

[gerdenshed]

@MikiStrange

Thank you ;o)

Mark...

[onwebcameron]

Smoking during pregnancy, you wouldn't get this in the charts these days.

[MrCubely]

My mother went to school with the singing postman and I was growing up in Norfolk around the time he had a hit with this record, so it brings back many memories.

This record won him an Ivor Novello award and it knocked the Beatles off the number one spot in the charts in 1965. Sadly, he drank most of his money away and ended up in a Sally Ann hostel in Grimsby, where he died.

I remember his songs well and always enjoyed them very much. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that I still do.

[gerdenshed]

@MrCubely

I'm glad you liked my version of this classic song. I spent ages trying to perfect the accent lol...

Mark....

[MrCubely]

@gerdenshed

heh. you caught me. I thought there was something not quite right about it. I've been away from Norfolk for around 30 years so I figured it was me being a bit rusty. It's not bad though, not many people can get it.

The real giveaway is the strumming. Allan Smethurst used a fingerpicking style which suits the songs much better.

Good work though. :-)

[gerdenshed]

@MrCubely

I've had many happy holidays in Sheringham. I've also stayed in East and West Runcton both lovely places. I'm from Cambridge myself ;o)

Mark...

[downhill240]

Being a retired Postman myself, I have a good feeling for "The singing postman"!

[saxby01]

Marvellous. Love the video too.

[gerdenshed]

@saxby01

Thank you my friend, I'm glad you liked it ;o)

Mark....

[1992Niamh]

I have to say thank you to you. hearing this reminded me of home and this is nice.

[gerdenshed]

@1992Niamh

Thank you Niamh ;o)

Mark...

[barac8]

& he out sold the Beatles (& the Stones) at his ‘height’ momentarily - easy to see why. Plus I was there when he performed a ‘gig’ on the roof of a bus shelter in sunny Letheringsett, Holt, Norfolk - UK ( :

[jaketownsend36]

It's spelt wroxham btw :)

Gotta love Norfolk :)

[RealMimimoo]

Great job - how about sharing the chords ??

[Patchor]

Excellent ! Love It !!

[waverleywaters]

Very good Mark. I think if Bernard Shaw had met you he would have written a play just for you instead of projecting Eliza Doolittle the flower girl in Pygmalion. You are very talented. I have never heard of the singing postman before but I do enjoy your version of it.

Thank you very much.:) lol.

Warm regards,

Dimple.

[karaokearn]

sht this brings back of memories of chiild hood and my father

[Dragonrdh]

Your voice has a nice tone. I like your rendition of this song.

[gerdenshed]

Thank you Linda, I'm glad you liked this ;0)

Mark....

[martinleedsunited]

Your research into Alan Smthhurst has been rewarded with a terrific video.

Brought back happy memories of the 60's Winning the Wiorld cup etc.

Alan was a one-off priceless!

Many thanks

[gerdenshed]

@martinleedsunited

Thank you my friend ;0)

Mark...

[GlenAnne99]

Mark, you must be singing a little bit of history here :) Never heard this song or of the Singing Postman but I love this! You did a great job....you sound very authentic even though I don't really know how it should sound, I know it sounds good :)

That was fun! Thanks for sharing it with me :)

Annie

[gerdenshed]

This song does date back to the 1960s which dates me a bit lol... I used to listen to this on the radio when I was a child. It's a charming song from a bygone age ;0)

Mark...

[gerdenshed]

This is me ;0)

Mark...

[nicolafarmer]

Nice tribute, thanks! I think I first heard this on Radio Luxembourg back in the 60s, Or maybe one of the pirate stations.

[gerdenshed]

It's a great old song which I loved singing. I had great fun trying to learn the accent ;0)

Mark...

[bu11monkey]

when i arrived at hunstanton school they announced we were gonna have a foot graph done. I didnt know what it was for.

later i realized it was a photograph we were having done ;-)

[gerdenshed]

@bu11monkey

Ha ha excellent lol.... A footgraph, thats bootiful ;0)

Mark....

[tawdry65]

I'll agree that Naaaaaaaaarwich isn't full of psycho's, you do however speak that way though

[surtur1349]

this tune is badass!

[pogue34]

Very humourous, Very funny

[progrocer]

bootiful.

[66gadus]

noice to see this on moi compooter - amaaayzin!

[lukeandkane69]

Oi wangboolie, im from Norwich, it aint full of physcos and we dont speak like that.

[lukeandkane69]

I Cant download this song anywhere!!

[thechimnyboy]

Hev you got a loight boy

[gerdenshed]

Oi av ;-)

Mark..

[alfredromanov]

normal for norfolk

[misspetch]

my grandad arthur symins sang this to me and i was six now i am 47 stands the test of time

[gerdenshed]

It's a great old song that's for sure, thank you for watching and commenting ;-)

Mark....

[wangboolie]

norfolk WAS the nicest place in england...now tis full of physcho's

[gerdenshed]

That's sad ;-(

Mark...

[inisk]

What a lovely little bit of fun.

[999lazzo]

Hev you got a loight boy lmao IM HAPPY TO BE NORFOLK

[gerdenshed]

It's a great place to be ;-)

Mark.....

[grumpygabber]

Norfolk is the best part of England.

[Karkedonnis]

Was this guy for real? This is bad. I mean, bloody awful!

[kenfig]

WHAAT ? ; Knocked the Beatles off the top of the East Anglia charts with this one he did AND won the Ivor Novello award for the best novelty song of the year....apparently & i'm not joking about either fact !

[moulinyan]

east anglia > all fool. love our accent ty.

[gerdenshed]

North Norfolk ;-)

Mark...

[gerdenshed]

He was a product of his time, really nice I think ;-)

Mark..

[texasman562]

Yay im from Faken ham and was born in Lynn

What a legendary song

[gerdenshed]

Thank you, I spent yesterday in Sheringham and Hunstanton it were lovely boi lol...

Mark...

[texasman562]

Heh hay where you from then me boi?

[gerdenshed]

I'm from Cambridge my friend, but I love Holt, Sheringham, East and West Runcton, Kellin Heath, Wells... you get the idea lol... Beautiful countryside all aroung

[texasman562]

Really me sister lives at Linton!!!!!

Do you know east barsham?

[gerdenshed]

No, I've never been to East Barsham but I bet you drink at The White Horse Inn? I live about 20 iles from Linton ;-)

Mark...

[texasman562]

Drank my friend drank

I moved to france few years back

well if ever you go past the white horse from fakenham go down the little lane next to the river and my old house where i grew up is the old barn opposite the combine shed...shame the new owner is demolishing it :(

[gerdenshed]

I'll make a point of stopping off for a pint next time I'm down that way. Is France nice?

Mark..

[texasman562]

Yeah well I live in La Vendee wich is basicly the French equivalent but there is no home like the one you grew up in is there?

[gerdenshed]

La Vendee, Is that the South of France?

What made you up sticks and leave?

Mark...

[texasman562]

well at the time i were young and went with my parents you see

yes la Vendee is just north of La rochelle

[gerdenshed]

Do you get back to Norfolk much to visit these days?

Mark...

[texasman562]

Yeah just got back 2 days ago actually from spending 3 weeks with my nan in fakenham what about you?

[gerdenshed]

I get down there several times a year. I've had holidays all along the coast round there. I finally got round to going on the train between Sheringham and Holt last year. I've been meaning to do it for 20 years lol... I've had a couple of hlidays in Holt recently. I know I'm one but there are just too many visitors now,,, It's so crowded and the number of cars is horrendous.

Mark...

[moulinyan]

king's lynn > faCken'am. ty

[gerdenshed]

Bootiful ;-)

Mark...

[moulinyan]

sunny hunny ty. this song got my on narfack high it seems.

[gerdenshed]

Hunstanton is great on a hot day ;-)

Mark....

[moulinyan]

king's lynn >;)

[gerdenshed]

Thank you my friend, no, it's not Mr Smethurst... It's me ;-) Glad you liked it ;-)

Mark....

[ronvonryan]

I knew him back in the 1970's, he used to come to a Pub I used to sing in The City Arms in Peterborough. I 'pinched' the idea of this song and wrote and recorded 'Ah yew got your ears on'? to go with the CB radio craze that was going on at the time. He always got me to sing it for him when I was appearing at the Pub. By the way, there's a copy of my record on ebay, they only want about £70 for it, Mind you it's worth the money to hear a Cockney trying to sing in a Norfolk accent!!!!

[gerdenshed]

Great memories for you my friend! It took me some time to get the accent anywhere near right. Why don't you record it again and put it up on YT? I'd love to hear you sing it ;-)

Mark....

[karla3135]

the only person more norfolk than the singin' postman is pzaaa priest.

[eddyagogo]

oh dear, can you get any more norfolk than this, this is embaresing and im a naaarwich boi

[gerdenshed]

I'm glad it passes as Norfolk as I come from Cambridge lol...

Mark..

[texasman562]

Fakenham for me \o/

[gerdenshed]

It took me a while to work on the accent, is it any good ? ;-)

Mark...

[texasman562]

I really like your accent

You actually have a better one than me all i sa is Y'allroight boi and naaaaarwich if you knw what oi mean ?

[gerdenshed]

I know what you mean lol...

Mark...

[93Trebor]

This is directed at you Doig and Louis.

[northvalley]

another great song :)

[gerdenshed]

Thank you ;-)

Mark...

[eddyk3]

My dad is from Norfolk and he says this at odd occasions...so this is where it's from lol.

[gerdenshed]

Thas roight boy lol...

Mark...

[theN17yidarmy]

I saw a guy do this song the other week - nice 1 mike classic stuff

[gerdenshed]

Thank you my friend :-)

Mark...

[cornergang]

..ooh!blige! ..takes me back to gawd knows when!?for some (unknown) reason,i found myself singing it in my head driving along in the car today...shoot me..or BIG me up for just remembering the great man!(..as well as the postee of this great British song)

[gerdenshed]

I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)

Mark...

[Stellasgarden]

I so enjoyed watching/hearing this...

[gerdenshed]

Thank you, it was great fun to sing :-)

Mark...

[birdynumnumgooner]

hey gardenshed was the singing postman from Wattisham in Suffolk ?

[gerdenshed]

Alan Smethurst was raised in Sheringham, Norfolk, although he may have been born in Lancashire. His mother came from the village of Stiffkey :-)

Mark...

[DesmonSun]

Got a light....Yep! got 5 big ones for you!

That was just great!

Des

[gerdenshed]

Cheers Des, I'm glad you liked it :-)

Mark...

[jayrbee60]

-Giggles- This is great. I had never heard this before but very endearing! I loved it - Thanks - still smiling!

[gerdenshed]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, I couldn't get it out of my head for a week when I recorded it lol ;-)

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[rachelharri82]

wow thats a brilliant cover :0) is that your natural norfolk accent or did you have to put it on? I'm orginally from norwich but I cant put on a norfolk accent at all!! Rach x

[gerdenshed]

I'm from Cambridge, so I had to put it on lol... I had to work at it :-)

gerdenshed...

[sidngra]

classic

[gerdenshed]

Thank you :-)

gerdenshed...

[loopyo]

henry hitching's-the life of words

[gerdenshed]

How English Became English :-)

gerdenshed...

[loopyo]

thaasss a braaamaaa!

[gerdenshed]

Thank you my friend :-)

gerdenshed...

[boogieman079]

this was great!!!very catchy too.

[gerdenshed]

Thank you friend :-)

gerdenshed.

[MalquiLans]

Super cover boy!!

[gerdenshed]

Fank you moi ol' booty lol

gerdenshed

[clattybrown]

Brilliant Lisa TOP NOTCH

Big Five Shiney ones  worth many more

[gerdenshed]

Cheers my friend :-)

[coomadoug]

Not enough of these up on the tube..thanks for this.

In New York they say have you got a loight and the pretty boids the twist all there woids too

[gerdenshed]

Thank you Doug, I'm really proud of this song :-)

gerdenshed.

[guitarguy156]

Great job really liked it.

guitarguy156

[gerdenshed]

Thank you my friend :-)

gerdenshed.

[chirogirl67550]

WOW, did you ever step out of the box on this one...You did an incredible job on this and SOOOO British. You have no idea how this plays over here, because Americans love the British accent and culture and YOU pulled this off BEAUTIFULLY!!! Kiddo...YOU ROCK!!! 5 stars and a million more

Yvonne,Bob and Kazandra

Ava,Illinois USA

[gerdenshed]

Wow, that is the best compliment I've had on YouTube. Thank you so much, fare y'well Um nowagorn dew yew keep a troshin :-)

gerdenshed.

[gersing]

unique tune and great singing!

[gerdenshed]

Thank you my friend :-)

gerdenshed.

[richw4]

haha thanks so much for sending this to me, haven't heard this in ages!! smokes lke a chimLey lol PS the sound quality is bloomin good, magic box you used is great!

[gerdenshed]

Thanks Rich, YouTube did manage to reduce the quality but you can hear it in stereo by adding &fmt=18 to the end of the address line :-)

gerdenshed.

[gocatdave]

I love this one! Nice vid!!! 5*s!

[gerdenshed]

Thanks Dave, glad you liked it :-)

gerdenshed.

[OldTimeVoice]

Good one mark brings back memories well done  5*****stars......Colin.

[gerdenshed]

Thank you Colin, I've been working on the Norfolk accent :-

gerdenshed.

[garibelon]

Great!

All the stars... :)

[gerdenshed]

Thank you garibelon :-)

gerdenshed.

[xxxSunbeamxxx]

Sweet song and nice cover!! 5 stars! :)

Sunbeam :)

[gerdenshed]

Thank you Sunbeam :-)

gerdenshed.

[ericandlindashelman]

Now that was charming and cool. Love it, and I love that YouTube keeps this stuff alive for everyone to enjoy!

[gerdenshed]

Thank you Eric, YouTube is great, I just wish they wouldn't reduce the sound quality

gerdenshed.

[wjbr111]

Just loved this song my friend..lol..

BillyRay

[gerdenshed]

Thank you BillRay :-)

gerdenshed.

[valadga]

lovely to hear this again,  thankyou .- valxx

[gerdenshed]

Cheers Val :-)

gerdenshed.

[thecrackwalker]

nice editing to this cute little ditty

[gerdenshed]

Thank you for coming back for a second look I really appreciate it :-)

gerdenshed.

[grandmafottz]

DEAR gerdenshed, LOVED YOUR VIDEO & SONG & SPECIAL EFFECTS!!! THANK-YOU!!! LOVE, grandmafottz.

[gerdenshed]

Thank you grandma, go on give us a dance lol.

gerdenshed.

[pili2255]

Great video!!! 5/5

Gaby.

[gerdenshed]

Thank you again Gaby, I hope your well :-)

gerdenshed.

[allshookup77]

Sounds Great! You sang it wonderfully, loved the accent... I enjoyed it! ... FrAnK (5*****)

[mettanc]

he is the man frank.

michael

[gerdenshed]

Thank you Michael :-)

[gerdenshed]

Thank you Frank, I appreciate you stopping by :-)

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[nllleonard]

Thanks gerdenshed! Great job on this one! Yikes!! Is that baby smoking?;( Anyway, I enjoyed this very much!

[gerdenshed]

It's Molly windley, she smokes like a chimney lol. Glad you liked it, I still can't get the tune out of my head it's been 4 days now!

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[coffeescup]

that is so cute. it is a better sound too. cool!

[gerdenshed]

Thank you Barbara, I really appreciate that :-)

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