Lonnie Donegan - Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor

[RawrBeccable]

haha okay

[colindaleradiosutch]

CHEWIN GUM ? PLENTY ON THE PAVEMENT ROUND HERE ! GOOD OLD LONNIE ON THE BEDPOST OVERNIGHT.

[Thekakalina]

i'll have a look see if your about tonight Dx

[fierybeauty12]

love lonnie!!

[LessHairMoreFace]

I can't tell when I heard this song the last time, actually forgot the whole song.

Great you put it on YT, thanks a lot!

[91danni]

i think this song is a classic, and im only 19. first heard it on my grandas record player bout 9years ago. lost the record then. :( tried evrywer to get it. then heard it on the tv, it was part of an advert. brought bk memories, then i found it on youtubr. :):) thanks 4 putin it up.

[TimthedogLinehan]

Rated the king of rock n roll by none other than John Lennon of Liverpool

[TheStevewhelan]

I have this on a 78... used to jig about as a kiddywink much to my mum's annoyance, but my dad's amusement :)

[WolfishAura]

My mother sang this a lot when I was growing up.

...

My mother was born in 1966...

[TheHinafreak]

My dad sings this to much

[STmondeoman220]

thank you for posting this.. Bloody briliant.. thank you

[Elastikid]

I actually like this one! It's pretty catchy.

[shirls2]

Another favourite of mine by Lonnie Donigan i always used to get told off by my mum for chewing gum lol love Shirls xx

[hobbitbuddy]

Thank you Lonnie Donegan. Because of you, a boy named John Lennon formed a skiffle group called the Quarrymen, and that group went on to become the Beatles.

[AbuAvital]

@hobbitbuddy Very true, also influenced Jimmy Page.

[DrBuggles1]

I'm listening to skiffle at 14 and proud! No wonder my parents worry about me not being normal...

[aniroc59]

haha....gross :)

[aniroc59]

haha....gross :)

[Mammafelicita]

how i love youtube!

[jesper2610]

YES. Its Great

[MADNESSRULE2K8]

Lonnie Donegan.....What A Legond RIP Xxxxxxxxxxx

[johannhowitzer]

Chuck Norris' chewing gum does NOT lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight.

[Emi212]

Oh, ho ho. I see what you did there.

[schusterlehrling]

@johannhowitzer

It destroys the bedpost!

[BigLisaFan]

I used to sing this song all the time as a kid. Just about drove my mother nuts! Great to hear it again after sooo many years!

[inchargenow]

@BigLisaFan lol me too!! along with my brothers we WOULD stick our chewing gum on the bedpost and when this came out we thought it was great!!

[benf2k9]

great song luv it

[zaaritha]

He was great!

[jennimahfer]

We used to listen to this song on every car journey when we were little. My brother seriously thought that foghorns were made out of "boom boom" for ages!

[GerryLincoln]

@jennimahfer i never quite got that line...maybe it's a British thing.

[gizmo2655]

@GerryLincoln the 'boom boom' thing is like verbal 'rimshot' from British music hall days....

[TheCaleblucas]

@GerryLincoln what line

[jjuar17]

WOOT LOVE THIS SONG!

[monteleone1010]

the Guy Lombardo band made a charleston-ragtime recording of that song circa 1962.

Not bad either....

[peaceandluvable]

I heard just the intro on a TV show. This song was a fifth-grade classroom favorite! After 45+ years, the lyrics came right back to me. Thanks for posting.

[Yanksmom]

My favorite song at the age of 9! I sang it all the time - drove my mother nuts. LOL

[Ztr7]

Now this is good music

[AllRequired]

They don't make 'em like they used to. Now it's mostly bling, scoring, and those lovely private body parts.

[zaaritha]

So good!

[sportandmovies]

my gran had this

[diddymuck]

is there some innuendo about fog horns?

[bcmummy]

Ooooh, I used to have a collection of silly songs that I loved as a kid and this was one of them!

I was enthralled when I found the tape.

I can't seem to find the version with the skit in the middle, though... one of them interrupts the song and they argue for a minute before the song goes on.

[emojos20012]

ha ha me and my dad used to sing this song all the time ^___^ know it by heart ha ha

[shirls2]

I think this song is brilliant and i think Lonnie done it the best love Shirlsxx

[PistolPete2]

Lots of singers did the "Mule Skinner Blues" including Polly Darton er I mean Dolly Parton.

[dogsbreath101]

Marvellous Lonnie Toon.

[schusterlehrling]

it does

[5871248]

ok - it was muleskinnerblues-- my trustworthy brother says -- so shoot me and bury me and lose the shovel. gonna bag my head

[5871248]

OK im fulla baloney -- It was rock island line. So shoot me- I'm senile lol. old guy

[5871248]

As I recall he did mule skinner blues- the Fendermen also did it - big debate over best version haha circa 1959

[K1ngConnor]

I used to listen to this song when travelling in the car, such good memories it brings...And I am only 17

[Juliaflo]

I heard this song in 1961, and my friends and I could not help but sing it ourselves.

(I'm NOT telling my age, LOL).

[philly452009]

I first heard this on the Dr. Demento Show. B4 the beatles this guy was the ticket. but don't get me wrong I love the beatles

[icebabe360]

ima ganaa go see if it does loose its flavor brb ! :P

[Whsdreamdancer]

I enjoy this song its so fun to listen to! =D

[KickazzRedhead]

BRILLIANT! My mom used to sing this to me when I was little. I remember reading somewhere that he was a big influence on The Beatles, and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. Such a cute song & very uplifting music :)

[krzxBleach]

awesome, thanks for that info. im only 25 years of age though. ;p

[JKBTeacher]

My late great Uncle Marty Bloom co-wrote this song with Billy Rose and Ernest Breuer.

Martin Blumenthal (Marty Bloom) was also the manager for Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller.

For more info see World War One Draft Registration Cards

WWI Draft Registration Card

5th June 1917

[neighborhoodnobody]

I look forward to the day when someone

puts up on Youtube my favorite Lonnie

Donegan number of all...AUNT RHODY!

When L.D. recorded this song, it was

two-and-a-half-minutes of pure

MUSICAL MADNESS!

[krzxBleach]

i dont have that track but let me see what i can dig up. any other requests?

[magickmaker72]

This is one of my Uncle Brian`s favorite songs, thanks for posting this it brought back some great memories.

[lexmarks567]

i have a question. are these songs really live or studio overdubbed.

[krzxBleach]

probably a little bit of both, i think some were recorded live in front of a small group.

[firecallb18]

Spot on Lonnie this isnt good its fantastic.

[krzxBleach]

i recently uploaded more Lonnie Donegan tracks to youtube, please check them out for they are also great classics.

[xABitTooGorgeousx]

Loves it

[krzxBleach]

i recently uploaded more Lonnie Donegan tracks to youtube, please check them out for they are also great classics.

[skycladdryad]

I absolutely love this song! It was one of mine and my sisters' favourites :D

Our parents put it on cassette for us and we listened to it over and over and over - probably drove them barmy!

Thank you so much for posting this :)

[imtherowdyone]

wow i haven't heard that song in 25 years.

thank you

[termikesmike]

Lonnie's version is best - would love to hear Pete Stampfel try it

[sportandmovies]

rember my gran having this record it would  prob be worth somthing now.

[sarah29683]

my spanish teacher started singing this the other day...

we thought she was making it up.

[krzxBleach]

nope. this is one of my most commented and viewed videos, totally takes me by suprise. gotta love american folklore. :)

[koehlicool]

The original is American, done by Spike Jones. However, this one is quite, if not very, good

[bobzani]

One of my first .45 records on my first record player...fond memories!

[scottyr2]

brill not heard it since i was very small

thank for posting

[redhairedlad]

Without Lonnie, there wouldn't be any Beatles. George met John as teens because they were both huge Lonnie Donegan fans. They first started a skiffle band. True. Thanks for the post

[FlamingoKicker]

That might be a bit of stretch. Paul McCartney was actually George's friend and introduced George to John.

[MadameLil]

The Bee Gees were influenced by LD, too, believe it or not.

[jesspz89]

love it!

[krzxBleach]

yes! she is from spain and likes this good american/irish folk music. awesome!

[kimberleyj7777]

Yes, can you post it? :0)

[toyboytwo]

i have a live copy of does your chewing gum lose it's flavor by Lonnie Donegan

with people shoting in the back ground and Lonnie Donegan coming back

with gum jokes trying to get them to shut up ... the song goes for about 4mint

do you want this copy