HAVE A DRINK ON ME - Lonnie Donegan

[thomascow1]

.*****Thumbs up

[kwassagirl]

Wonderful memories!  Thanks so much for posting.

[toydog16r]

Thanks for the upload :)

[frankiehiyo]

Ok Lonnie , I'll have a pint of the best. Cheers me old tater.

[Jarrahnut]

G'day from Oz ... hic ... cheers, mate!

[MustangMiky]

Thanks for sharing this great Song. thanks so much.

[rogerstill71]

Lonnie was a pioneer and had so much influence. I hear so much of him in Mungo Jerry

[misbeahave]

had never heard this song in its entirety now I have still like it its great 

[showaddy11]

that man so far in front. rock n, roll is still trying to catch up' thanks. lonnie. it,s as if he had a different radio. ahell of a good man

[showaddy11]

never die afore yi leave a drink on the tap. two for the wans that couldnt understand you

[TraceyLouise2260]

he is my grandas second cousin so he's my fourth cousin ! chuffed.

[yukonnahanni]

GOT TO LOVE those Aussies , especially Lonnie !! Great song, we all can relate to !! 

[CarlingBlade]

My uncle had this played as the last song at his funeral, nobody was expecting it and it got a great laugh before we all went for the wake and £300 was behind the bar for us all to have a good supp!!

[marcmickey]

a pretty cool song -

[knottyjohnnydirty]

Can I have mine in a glass please

[stafylides]

Is this Lonnie in the pics?

[yerboyfloyd]

No wonder the Bealtes liked this guy. Part country, part folk, part rock.  Good stuff!

[firequeen1951]

love this song xx

[ApollyonAbaddon]

I like other covers of the song and thought I would pop in for a listen, he isnt very good, he doesnt have soul good lively songs

[footiegirl26]

Fucking Love This Song Im 16 Been Brought Up Listening To The Oldies And All The Country xx

[swtypieln]

In 1961, here in OKC, a singer by the name of Buddy Thomas had a version of this song on Todd Records. For the week of Sep. 7,1961, the record peaked at #12 on station WKY 930AM. It did not chart nationally on the pop charts, but in my opinion, is a pretty dog gone good version.

Larry N. Boyington, aka Larry Neal, former curator of the Wax Museum on the big 1520 KOMA

[whitestripebuzz]

My grandad sang this song with hilarious consequences on his death bed with a whiskey in hand. RIP you old sod!

[judgedredd123]

If there's a good way to go that's got to be it. Respect

[SWEENEY276]

Well this is the bowdlerised version of "Have A Whiff On Me" otherwise known as The Cocaine Song, which (I think) was first recorded by Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers. It certainly goes way back - and is even being sung today. I never really liked Lonnie's version - he had strayed too far away from skiffle's roots, too far from Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie, by the time this came out. Its nostalgic though.

[yukonnahanni]

well lonnie , hope you are still doing it Thanks for the MUSIC & MEMORIES !! Have a great one !!!

[captaindabbler]

Another great one from Mr. Donegan! Love the line near the end "you can make a fortune writing Adam Faith songs". Adam admits he turned it down, so Lonnie kept it and it went to like 4 or 5 on the charts.

[Jrhynie]

Hell of a good song.

[tcment]

Great happy, happy song!!!

[1989809]

Marstons beer CRAP

[Factnotfictionpeople]

I disagree...................

[sketchleysnewboat]

I like Marstons me.

[dorsettwerp]

Geeeeze...., you lot are UGLY !!!!!!!! Why ruin a brilliant song by putting your mugshots on the screen........yuuuuukkkkk !!!!!!!

[ChrisCummins]

You should really switch on your beer goggles and relax. :)

[mkerrisk]

asshole !!

[jgkent1957]

@mkerrisk  ur the asshole

[yaiknowscrewme]

Iam having one for you..

[quick46]

Quality

[pawpawbear02]

Adam made a big mistake cos it fitted him perfict (silly bugger)

[sharky1105]

i love this song. one of my favorite lonnie donegan songs XD

[tcment]

I love these drinking songs. Lonnie Donegan is great with his skiffle music.

[hooked146]

great to hear this again! I may get a usb record deck for xmas so I can copy all my Pye 78's Chess and Elektra albums etc. to digital. great to find missippi john hurt as well. THANK YOU maochaliium!!!!

[dogsbreath101]

And all the piss artists that we Know!

[fordprefect63]

well done!

[BowdenCable]

Thanks for the complement. It took a lot of hard research.

Maolchalium

[smokemike75]

great track

[brisansam66]

I remember this one very well back in the 1960ts

[Rikki0]

Lonnie Donegan actually wrote this song for British singer Adam Faith, who turned it down.

[acceitunas]

Thanks for the post loved these songs had a good ole sing song,i know all the words to my ole mans a dustman,sad woman am i not lol

[pawpawbear02]

belive it or not because i liked this so much when i was a kid i wanted to be a dust man ( NOW THATS SAD )lol

[annie482000]

Erm............I know all the words too and I don't care who knows it! :D

[pawpawbear02]

Who's the blok is in the vids ?? looks like my kinda guy.

[jws54]

first time I ever heard of him and this song. It's real cool, thanks for posting it

[jimbogm4dhj]

it is not your friends that buy you drink .......

[BowdenCable]

Are you a member of A.A.?

[jimbogm4dhj]

no... not even the RAC.....

[GLASGOWOFCELTIC]

lonnie donegan is a scottish singer who formed skiffle in the early 1950s he was born in glasgow scotland

[xcraig1961]

lonnie was also a hun

[rocsthedog]

well i've got a recording of him singing Kevin Barry

[keef0204]

Simple but brillint. It makes you want a pint Thanks

[tamhamilton]

great song

[bulbheadmyass]

Great song, great slide show.

[ohisashiburi]

A real ICON of music...saw him when I was a kid...great stuff

[snickensquabble]

This is one of Lonnie's best !!!

[BEATNIKCASS]

thanks for this--I love lonnie--he did the best "cumberland gap"

[nevino123]

great video

[tomtesticle]

good version of Woody Guthrie "Take a whiff on me

[peachofahand]

Sorry love it.

[brickbat44]

legend and a great man

[peachofahand]

just just found this and im half way down a bottle of jd and been dancin around the livin room. Kids and wife look gobsmacked. Loov it.

[zxy66yk]

Id Like to make money Wrighting Addam Faith Songs

[maolchalium]

SPAM.

I'm getting fed up with deleting spam. Had mountains of it over the past week please do something about it YouTube.

[AllRequired]

Can you change your settings so you can check the comments BEFORE letting 'em on?

[phdseuss]

I'll have that drink (after watching the video). Its kinda catchy song.

[dennistrumper]

Thanks Lonnie as a home brewer I will. Still fun to listen to the oldies.

[hrshair2]

i have just been listening to lead belly's recordings and ran across "take a whiff of me" by lead belly. our lonnie d is quite a guy.

[hrshair2]

maolchalium, what is a retired reiver? from usa and don't know.

[maolchalium]

Only joking. I'm really a retired hermit.

Long ago my ancestors were reivers. Reivers were Scots border raiders. They stole the English cattle, whipped them over the border and sold them to the Scots. Then they stole them back again and sold them back to the English. Sort of early recyclers.

[hrshair2]

i will have to say that i was amazed at your reply. i grew up in the north of the us, and can relate to your response. my father had a brewery and sold lots of beer and in the process, he screwed alot of women while i was enjoying pepperoni and pickled eggs at the bar. i am now 63 years old and can actually relate to that. all i had heard was lonnie donegan singing does your chewing gum etc, and now i know about his wonderful other works. thank you so much

[countorlock100]

@maolchalium Ha ha, I'm from Northumberland, my last name is Knox (Scottish for people of the hill (a knock, being a hill) and my decendents were border reivers. With business sense like that, Im not sure why my family arnt wealthy ! my nan sand an old song in old Northumbrian about a "combinio" (a sheep) once when I got her pissed one christmas. good times

[hrshair2]

i don't know who you are, but i have loved the stuff. grew up in north idaho, parents drank, ran around, had a beer business, gave me all sorts of bizarre experiences associated with have a drink on me. just pity the bible bangers, they have no fun. i ran across this in my lead belly search of pick a bale of cotton. great god almighty, this is good!!!!!!!!!

[maolchalium]

DADRENO (1 week ago)

It just means One Pint beer please!

I'm A Yorkshireman but sometimes drink with the lads in the Slaters Arms, Corris.

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bisonmik (2 weeks ago)

Good old Lonnie

See his vids in my profile

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[maolchalium]

DADRENO (2 weeks ago)

Diolch yn fawr! Yn cwrw os gwelwch in dda!

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Pwlladeryn (1 week ago)

Thank largely! Crookedly ale if you see to good ! ??

I can't speak Welsh so I've used an on-line translator.

Cheers mate.

[maolchalium]

Suzito (3 weeks ago)

A true stroke of genius!

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goofin2000 (3 weeks ago)

Fantastic...great work!

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