Farmer
Bill's Cowman / Springtime
The
Wurzels
EMI
EMI2637
Release
Date: June 1977
Side
1
- Farmer Bill's Cowman (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook;
special lyric: Tommy Banner, Pete Budd, Tony Baylis,
Bob Barratt)
Side
2
- Springtime (Banner, Baylis, Budd, De Sylva)
Arranged
and Conducted by Ed Welch
Producer: Bob Barrett
Another
Wurzels' parody, this was based on the 1967 UK instrumental
hit I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman by Whistling
Jack Smith, written by Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook.
Because the original song was an instrumental, The Wurzels
and Bob Barrett are credited on the record for 'special
lyrics'. The Wurzels' version reached #32
in the UK singles charts in June 1977, and was (to
date) their last top 40 hit single.
"De
Sylva", who co-wrote Springtime with the
band, may also have been Richard De Silva (spelling?)
who was producer on Coughin'
Song single in 1982.
The
single was taken from the Give
Me England! album; the b-side was unreleased
at the time.
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