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	'''Rambling Syd Rumpo''' was a [[w:folk music\|folk singer]] character, played by the [[w:English people\|English]] [[w:comedian\|comedian]] and [[w:actor\|actor]] [[Kenneth Williams]], originally in the 1960s [[w:BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] comedy series ''[[Round the Horne]]''.<ref name="Stevens 1">{{cite book		'''Rambling Syd Rumpo''' was a [[folk music\|folk singer]] character, played by the [[English people\|English]] [[comedian\|comedian]] and [[actor\|actor]] [[Kenneth Williams]], originally in the 1960s [[BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] comedy series ''[[Round the Horne]]''.<ref name="Stevens 1">{{cite book
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	==History==		==History==
	The Rambling Syd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song, which would inexorably follow; these discourses and the songs involved suggestiveness and [[w:double entendre\|double entendre]]. For this, Rambling Syd was customarily introduced by [[Kenneth Horne]], who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song. Rambling Syd would (usually) respond with an "Ello, me dearios", before launching into the ensuing detailed explanation which left a great deal to the imagination. The songs themselves pushed and extended boundaries of sexual suggestiveness, using nonsense (or little-known) words such as 'moolies' and '[[w:bollocks\|nadgers]]' in suggestive contexts.<ref>'Nadgers' is one of many words with sexual [[w:innuendo\|innuendo]] which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s to evade strict [[w:BBC\|BBC]] censorship. The etymology is uncertain, but possibly based on '[[w:gonad\|gonad]]'. When Rambling Syd Rumpo on ''[[Round the Horne]]'' asked "What shall we do with the drunken nurker?", the answer he gave was "Hit him in the 'nadgers' with the bosun's plunger...'til his 'bogles' dangle".</ref> Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the ''[[Round the Horne]]'' scriptwriters [[Barry Took]] and [[Marty Feldman]], who wrote the majority of the songs' [[w:lyrics\|lyrics]], based upon [[w:folk music\|traditional folk song]]s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web \|url={{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=the-best-of-rambling-syd-rumpo-mw0000384835\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|website=[[w:AllMusic\|AllMusic]] \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> Some were existing words used in a suggestive context, such as 'artefacts' (often used in an archaeological context for things such as grave goods) and 'nadgers', which had already appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]''.		The Rambling Syd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song, which would inexorably follow; these discourses and the songs involved suggestiveness and [[double entendre\|double entendre]]. For this, Rambling Syd was customarily introduced by [[Kenneth Horne]], who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song. Rambling Syd would (usually) respond with an "Ello, me dearios", before launching into the ensuing detailed explanation which left a great deal to the imagination. The songs themselves pushed and extended boundaries of sexual suggestiveness, using nonsense (or little-known) words such as 'moolies' and '[[bollocks\|nadgers]]' in suggestive contexts.<ref>'Nadgers' is one of many words with sexual [[innuendo\|innuendo]] which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s to evade strict [[BBC\|BBC]] censorship. The etymology is uncertain, but possibly based on '[[gonad\|gonad]]'. When Rambling Syd Rumpo on ''[[Round the Horne]]'' asked "What shall we do with the drunken nurker?", the answer he gave was "Hit him in the 'nadgers' with the bosun's plunger...'til his 'bogles' dangle".</ref> Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the ''[[Round the Horne]]'' scriptwriters [[Barry Took]] and [[Marty Feldman]], who wrote the majority of the songs' [[lyrics\|lyrics]], based upon [[folk music\|traditional folk song]]s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web \|url={{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=the-best-of-rambling-syd-rumpo-mw0000384835\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|website=[[AllMusic\|AllMusic]] \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> Some were existing words used in a suggestive context, such as 'artefacts' (often used in an archaeological context for things such as grave goods) and 'nadgers', which had already appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]''.

	On 3 July 1967, Williams, in the guise of Rambling Syd, recorded a series of the songs before a live audience at [[w:Abbey Road Studios\|Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="Stevens 2">{{cite book		On 3 July 1967, Williams, in the guise of Rambling Syd, recorded a series of the songs before a live audience at [[Abbey Road Studios\|Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="Stevens 2">{{cite book
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	:''But 'e knew where they were going!<ref name="Ganderbag"/>		:''But 'e knew where they were going!<ref name="Ganderbag"/>

	In 1975, Williams later starred with [[w:Leslie Phillips\|Leslie Phillips]], [[Lance Percival]], [[w:Miriam Margolyes\|Miriam Margolyes]] and others, in the short-lived radio sketch show ''Oh, Get On with It'' (based on a pilot episode entitled ''Get On With It''), which also featured appearances by Rambling Syd.<ref name="Stevens 3">{{cite book		In 1975, Williams later starred with [[Leslie Phillips\|Leslie Phillips]], [[Lance Percival]], [[Miriam Margolyes\|Miriam Margolyes]] and others, in the short-lived radio sketch show ''Oh, Get On with It'' (based on a pilot episode entitled ''Get On With It''), which also featured appearances by Rambling Syd.<ref name="Stevens 3">{{cite book
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	*"''The Terrible Tale of the Somerset Nog''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Tam Pierce\|Widecombe Fair]]''")}}		*"''The Terrible Tale of the Somerset Nog''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Tam Pierce\|Widecombe Fair]]''")}}
	*"''D'ye Ken Jim Pube''s"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:John Peel (huntsman)\|D'ye Ken John Peel]]''")}}		*"''D'ye Ken Jim Pube''s"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[John Peel (huntsman)\|D'ye Ken John Peel]]''")}}
	*"''Green Grow My Nadgers Oh!''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Green Grow the Rushes, O\|Green Grow the Rushes, O]]''")}}		*"''Green Grow My Nadgers Oh!''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Green Grow the Rushes, O\|Green Grow the Rushes, O]]''")}}
	*"''The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Oh My Darling, Clementine\|Oh My Darling]]''")}}		*"''The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Oh My Darling, Clementine\|Oh My Darling]]''")}}
	*"''The Taddle Gropers' Dance''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush\|Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush]]''")}}		*"''The Taddle Gropers' Dance''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush\|Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush]]''")}}
	*"''What Shall We Do With The Drunken Nurker''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Drunken Sailor\|Drunken Sailor]]''")}}		*"''What Shall We Do With The Drunken Nurker''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Drunken Sailor\|Drunken Sailor]]''")}}
	*"''Song of the Bogle Clencher''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:The Lincolnshire Poacher\|The Lincolnshire Poacher]]''")}}		*"''Song of the Bogle Clencher''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[The Lincolnshire Poacher\|The Lincolnshire Poacher]]''")}}
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	*"'''Twas on the Good Ship Habakkuk''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "[[Good Ship Venus]]")}}		*"'''Twas on the Good Ship Habakkuk''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "[[Good Ship Venus]]")}}
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	*"''Runcorn Splod Cobbler's Song''"		*"''Runcorn Splod Cobbler's Song''"
	*"''Granny Went a-Wandering''"		*"''Granny Went a-Wandering''"
	*"''Song of the Australian Outlaw''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Waltzing Matilda\|Waltzing Matilda]]''")}}		*"''Song of the Australian Outlaw''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Waltzing Matilda\|Waltzing Matilda]]''")}}
	*"''The Black Grunger of Hounslow''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:The Old Orange Flute\|The Old Orange Flute]]''")}}		*"''The Black Grunger of Hounslow''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[The Old Orange Flute\|The Old Orange Flute]]''")}}
	*"''Gladys Is At It Again''"		*"''Gladys Is At It Again''"
	*"''The Grommet Tinker's Song''"		*"''The Grommet Tinker's Song''"
	*"''Song of the Herring-Fisherman of Hampstead Garden Suburb''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Oh Shenandoah\|Oh Shenandoah]]''")}}		*"''Song of the Herring-Fisherman of Hampstead Garden Suburb''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Oh Shenandoah\|Oh Shenandoah]]''")}}
	*"''My Grussett Lies a Fallowing-oh''"		*"''My Grussett Lies a Fallowing-oh''"
	*"''Goosenadgers Fair''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Strawberry Fair (song)\|Strawberry Fair]]''")}}		*"''Goosenadgers Fair''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Strawberry Fair (song)\|Strawberry Fair]]''")}}
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	*"''Bind my Plooms with Silage''"		*"''Bind my Plooms with Silage''"
	*"''The Russet-Banger Ditty''"		*"''The Russet-Banger Ditty''"
	*"''The Lung-Wormer's Gavotte''"		*"''The Lung-Wormer's Gavotte''"
	*"''Good King Boroslav''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Good King Wenceslas\|Good King Wenceslas]]''")}}		*"''Good King Boroslav''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Good King Wenceslas\|Good King Wenceslas]]''")}}
	*"''Sussex Whirdling Song''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[w:Foggy Dew (English song)\|Foggy, Foggy Dew]]''")}}		*"''Sussex Whirdling Song''"<br />{{Small\|(to the tune of "''[[Foggy Dew (English song)\|Foggy, Foggy Dew]]''")}}
	*"''Tinker's Lament''"		*"''Tinker's Lament''"
	*"''The Ballad of the Royal Scottish Pretender (Posselwaite Lament)''"		*"''The Ballad of the Royal Scottish Pretender (Posselwaite Lament)''"
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	*''The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo'' (CD 2005)<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="The Best of"/>		*''The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo'' (CD 2005)<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="The Best of"/>

	Two Rambling Syd Rumpo songs, "The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie" and "Green Grow My Nadgers Oh", were also included in the 1971 [[w:compilation album\|compilation album]], ''[[Oh! What a Carry On!]]''.		Two Rambling Syd Rumpo songs, "The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie" and "Green Grow My Nadgers Oh", were also included in the 1971 [[compilation album\|compilation album]], ''[[Oh! What a Carry On!]]''.

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWTs9SP3AIc "Song of the Australian Outlaw"] on [[w:YouTube\|YouTube]]		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWTs9SP3AIc "Song of the Australian Outlaw"] on [[YouTube\|YouTube]]
	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dct_VJNLvAk "The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie"] on [[w:YouTube\|YouTube]]		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dct_VJNLvAk "The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie"] on [[YouTube\|YouTube]]
	*[https://www.box.com/s/tggesyyh4vjf4rdny6t1 "''My Grussett Lies a Fallowing-oh''" and "''The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie''"]		*[https://www.box.com/s/tggesyyh4vjf4rdny6t1 "''My Grussett Lies a Fallowing-oh''" and "''The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie''"]
	*[http://illfolks.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/kenneth-williams-as-bawdy-rambling-syd.html Kenneth Williams as Rambling Syd Rumpo at Illfolks.blogspot.co.uk]		*[http://illfolks.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/kenneth-williams-as-bawdy-rambling-syd.html Kenneth Williams as Rambling Syd Rumpo at Illfolks.blogspot.co.uk]

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History

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	==History==		==History==
	The Rambling Syd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song, which would inexorably follow; these discourses and the songs involved suggestiveness and [[w:double entendre\|double entendre]]. For this, Rambling Syd was customarily introduced by [[Kenneth Horne]], who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song. Rambling Syd would (usually) respond with an "Ello, me dearios", before launching into the ensuing detailed explanation which left a great deal to the imagination. The songs themselves pushed and extended boundaries of sexual suggestiveness, using nonsense (or little-known) words such as 'moolies' and '[[w:bollocks\|nadgers]]' in suggestive contexts.<ref>'Nadgers' is one of many words with sexual [[w:innuendo\|]] which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s to evade strict [[w:BBC\|]] censorship. The etymology is uncertain, but possibly based on '[[w:gonad\|]]'. When Rambling Syd Rumpo on ''[[Round the Horne]]'' asked "What shall we do with the drunken nurker?", the answer he gave was "Hit him in the 'nadgers' with the bosun's plunger...'til his 'bogles' dangle".</ref> Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the ''[[Round the Horne]]'' scriptwriters [[Barry Took]] and [[Marty Feldman]], who wrote the majority of the songs' [[w:lyrics\|lyrics]], based upon [[w:folk music\|traditional folk song]]s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web \|url={{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=the-best-of-rambling-syd-rumpo-mw0000384835\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|website=[[w:AllMusic\|AllMusic]] \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> Some were existing words used in a suggestive context, such as 'artefacts' (often used in an archaeological context for things such as grave goods) and 'nadgers', which had already appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]''.		The Rambling Syd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song, which would inexorably follow; these discourses and the songs involved suggestiveness and [[w:double entendre\|double entendre]]. For this, Rambling Syd was customarily introduced by [[Kenneth Horne]], who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song. Rambling Syd would (usually) respond with an "Ello, me dearios", before launching into the ensuing detailed explanation which left a great deal to the imagination. The songs themselves pushed and extended boundaries of sexual suggestiveness, using nonsense (or little-known) words such as 'moolies' and '[[w:bollocks\|nadgers]]' in suggestive contexts.<ref>'Nadgers' is one of many words with sexual [[w:innuendo\|innuendo]] which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s to evade strict [[w:BBC\|BBC]] censorship. The etymology is uncertain, but possibly based on '[[w:gonad\|gonad]]'. When Rambling Syd Rumpo on ''[[Round the Horne]]'' asked "What shall we do with the drunken nurker?", the answer he gave was "Hit him in the 'nadgers' with the bosun's plunger...'til his 'bogles' dangle".</ref> Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the ''[[Round the Horne]]'' scriptwriters [[Barry Took]] and [[Marty Feldman]], who wrote the majority of the songs' [[w:lyrics\|lyrics]], based upon [[w:folk music\|traditional folk song]]s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web \|url={{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=the-best-of-rambling-syd-rumpo-mw0000384835\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|website=[[w:AllMusic\|AllMusic]] \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> Some were existing words used in a suggestive context, such as 'artefacts' (often used in an archaeological context for things such as grave goods) and 'nadgers', which had already appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]''.

	On 3 July 1967, Williams, in the guise of Rambling Syd, recorded a series of the songs before a live audience at [[w:Abbey Road Studios\|Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="Stevens 2">{{cite book		On 3 July 1967, Williams, in the guise of Rambling Syd, recorded a series of the songs before a live audience at [[w:Abbey Road Studios\|Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="Stevens 2">{{cite book

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External links

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWTs9SP3AIc "Song of the Australian Outlaw"] on [[YouTube]]		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWTs9SP3AIc "Song of the Australian Outlaw"] on [[w:YouTube\|YouTube]]
	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dct_VJNLvAk "The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie"] on [[YouTube]]		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dct_VJNLvAk "The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie"] on [[w:YouTube\|YouTube]]
	*[https://www.box.com/s/tggesyyh4vjf4rdny6t1 "My Grussett Lies a Fallowing-oh" and "The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie"]		*[https://www.box.com/s/tggesyyh4vjf4rdny6t1 "''My Grussett Lies a Fallowing-oh''" and "''The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie''"]
	*[http://illfolks.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/kenneth-williams-as-bawdy-rambling-syd.html Kenneth Williams as Rambling Syd Rumpo at Illfolks.blogspot.co.uk]		*[http://illfolks.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/kenneth-williams-as-bawdy-rambling-syd.html Kenneth Williams as Rambling Syd Rumpo at Illfolks.blogspot.co.uk]

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Recordings

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	*''The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo'' (CD 2005)<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="The Best of"/>		*''The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo'' (CD 2005)<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="The Best of"/>

	Two Rambling Syd Rumpo songs, "The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie" and "Green Grow My Nadgers Oh", were also included in the 1971 [[compilation album]], ''[[Oh! What a Carry On!]]''.		Two Rambling Syd Rumpo songs, "The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie" and "Green Grow My Nadgers Oh", were also included in the 1971 [[w:compilation album\|compilation album]], ''[[Oh! What a Carry On!]]''.

	==References==		==References==

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Songs

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Songs

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	*"The Terrible Tale of the Somerset Nog"<br />(to the tune of "[[Tam Pierce\|Widecombe Fair]]")		*"''The Terrible Tale of the Somerset Nog''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Tam Pierce\|Widecombe Fair]]''")
	*"D'ye Ken Jim ~~Pubes~~"<br />(to the tune of "[[John Peel (huntsman)\|D'ye Ken John Peel]]")		*"''D'ye Ken Jim Pube''s"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:John Peel (huntsman)\|D'ye Ken John Peel]]''")
	*"Green Grow My Nadgers Oh!"<br />(to the tune of "[[Green Grow the Rushes, O]]")		*"''Green Grow My Nadgers Oh!''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Green Grow the Rushes, O\|Green Grow the Rushes, O]]''")
	*"The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie"<br />(to the tune of "[[Oh My Darling, Clementine]]")		*"''The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Oh My Darling, Clementine\|Oh My Darling]]''")
	*"The Taddle Gropers' Dance"<br />(to the tune of "[[Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush]]")		*"''The Taddle Gropers' Dance''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush\|Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush]]''")
	*"What Shall We Do With The Drunken Nurker"<br />(to the tune of "[[Drunken Sailor]]")		*"''What Shall We Do With The Drunken Nurker''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Drunken Sailor\|Drunken Sailor]]''")
	*"Song of the Bogle Clencher"<br />(to the tune of "[[The Lincolnshire Poacher]]")		*"''Song of the Bogle Clencher''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:The Lincolnshire Poacher\|The Lincolnshire Poacher]]''")
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	*"'Twas on the Good Ship Habakkuk"<br />(to the tune of "[[Good Ship Venus]]")		*"'''Twas on the Good Ship Habakkuk''"<br />(to the tune of "[[Good Ship Venus]]")
	*"Clacton Bogle Picker's Lament"		*"''Clacton Bogle Picker's Lament''"
	*"Runcorn Splod Cobbler's Song"		*"''Runcorn Splod Cobbler's Song''"
	*"Granny Went a-Wandering"		*"''Granny Went a-Wandering''"
	*"Song of the Australian Outlaw"<br />(to the tune of "[[Waltzing Matilda]]")		*"''Song of the Australian Outlaw''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Waltzing Matilda\|Waltzing Matilda]]''")
	*"The Black Grunger of Hounslow"<br />(to the tune of "[[The Old Orange Flute]]")		*"''The Black Grunger of Hounslow''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:The Old Orange Flute\|The Old Orange Flute]]''")
	*"Gladys Is At It Again"		*"''Gladys Is At It Again''"
	*"The Grommet Tinker's Song"		*"''The Grommet Tinker's Song''"
	*"Song of the Herring-Fisherman of Hampstead Garden Suburb"<br />(to the tune of "[[Oh Shenandoah]]")		*"''Song of the Herring-Fisherman of Hampstead Garden Suburb''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Oh Shenandoah\|Oh Shenandoah]]''")
	*"My Grussett Lies a Fallowing-oh"		*"''My Grussett Lies a Fallowing-oh''"
	*"Goosenadgers Fair"<br />(to the tune of "[[Strawberry Fair (song)\|Strawberry Fair]]")		*"''Goosenadgers Fair''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Strawberry Fair (song)\|Strawberry Fair]]''")
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	*"Bind my Plooms with Silage"		*"''Bind my Plooms with Silage''"
	*"The Russet-Banger Ditty"		*"''The Russet-Banger Ditty''"
	*"The Lung-Wormer's Gavotte"		*"''The Lung-Wormer's Gavotte''"
	*"Good King Boroslav"<br />(to the tune of "[[Good King Wenceslas]]")		*"''Good King Boroslav''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Good King Wenceslas\|Good King Wenceslas]]''")
	*"Sussex Whirdling Song"<br />(to the tune of "[[Foggy Dew (English song)\|Foggy, Foggy Dew]]")		*"''Sussex Whirdling Song''"<br />(to the tune of "''[[w:Foggy Dew (English song)\|Foggy, Foggy Dew]]''")
	*"Tinker's Lament"		*"''Tinker's Lament''"
	*"The Ballad of the Royal Scottish Pretender (Posselwaite Lament)"		*"''The Ballad of the Royal Scottish Pretender (Posselwaite Lament)''"
	*"Pewter Woggler's Bangling Song"<br />(to the tune of "Come Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl")		*"''Pewter Woggler's Bangling Song''"<br />(to the tune of "''Come Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl''")
	*"Sea Shanty Medley"		*"''Sea Shanty Medley''"
	*"A Lummockshire Air"		*"A Lummockshire Air"
	*"Soldier Soldier"		*"''Soldier Soldier''"
	*"The Ballad of Loombogles Boom"		*"''The Ballad of Loombogles Boom''"
	{{col-end}}<ref name="Ganderbag">{{cite web\|url=http://freespace.virgin.net/a.del-manso/RamblingSyd'sGanderbag.html\|title=Rambling Syd's Ganderbag\|publisher=Freespace.virgin.net\|access-date=13 June 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927223312/http://freespace.virgin.net/a.del-manso/RamblingSyd'sGanderbag.html\|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="The Best of">{{cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Best-Rambling-Syd-Rumpo/dp/B000A1OF8M\|title=The Best Of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|publisher=Amazon.com\|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.discogs.com/Kenneth-Williams-The-Best-Of-Rambling-Syd-Rumpo-/release/1989191 \|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo \|publisher=Discogs.com \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref>		{{col-end}}<ref name="Ganderbag">{{cite web\|url=http://freespace.virgin.net/a.del-manso/RamblingSyd'sGanderbag.html\|title=Rambling Syd's Ganderbag\|publisher=Freespace.virgin.net\|access-date=13 June 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927223312/http://freespace.virgin.net/a.del-manso/RamblingSyd'sGanderbag.html\|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="The Best of">{{cite web\|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Best-Rambling-Syd-Rumpo/dp/B000A1OF8M\|title=The Best Of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|publisher=Amazon.com\|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.discogs.com/Kenneth-Williams-The-Best-Of-Rambling-Syd-Rumpo-/release/1989191 \|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo \|publisher=Discogs.com \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref>

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	==History==		==History==
	The Rambling Syd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song, which would inexorably follow; these discourses and the songs involved suggestiveness and [[w:double entendre\|double entendre]]. For this, Rambling Syd was customarily introduced by [[Kenneth Horne]], who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song. Rambling Syd would (usually) respond with an "Ello, me dearios", before launching into the ensuing detailed explanation which left a great deal to the imagination. The songs themselves pushed and extended boundaries of sexual suggestiveness, using nonsense (or little-known) words such as 'moolies' and '[[bollocks\|nadgers]]' in suggestive contexts.<ref>'Nadgers' is one of many words with sexual [[innuendo]] which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s to evade strict [[BBC]] censorship. The etymology is uncertain, but possibly based on '[[gonad]]'. When Rambling Syd Rumpo on ''[[Round the Horne]]'' asked "What shall we do with the drunken nurker?", the answer he gave was "Hit him in the 'nadgers' with the bosun's plunger...'til his 'bogles' dangle".</ref> Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the ''[[Round the Horne]]'' scriptwriters [[Barry Took]] and [[Marty Feldman]], who wrote the majority of the songs' [[lyrics]], based upon [[folk music\|traditional folk song]]s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web \|url={{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=the-best-of-rambling-syd-rumpo-mw0000384835\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|website=[[AllMusic]] \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> Some were existing words used in a suggestive context, such as 'artefacts' (often used in an archaeological context for things such as grave goods) and 'nadgers', which had already appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]''.		The Rambling Syd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song, which would inexorably follow; these discourses and the songs involved suggestiveness and [[w:double entendre\|double entendre]]. For this, Rambling Syd was customarily introduced by [[Kenneth Horne]], who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song. Rambling Syd would (usually) respond with an "Ello, me dearios", before launching into the ensuing detailed explanation which left a great deal to the imagination. The songs themselves pushed and extended boundaries of sexual suggestiveness, using nonsense (or little-known) words such as 'moolies' and '[[w:bollocks\|nadgers]]' in suggestive contexts.<ref>'Nadgers' is one of many words with sexual [[w:innuendo\|]] which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s to evade strict [[w:BBC\|]] censorship. The etymology is uncertain, but possibly based on '[[w:gonad\|]]'. When Rambling Syd Rumpo on ''[[Round the Horne]]'' asked "What shall we do with the drunken nurker?", the answer he gave was "Hit him in the 'nadgers' with the bosun's plunger...'til his 'bogles' dangle".</ref> Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the ''[[Round the Horne]]'' scriptwriters [[Barry Took]] and [[Marty Feldman]], who wrote the majority of the songs' [[w:lyrics\|lyrics]], based upon [[w:folk music\|traditional folk song]]s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web \|url={{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=the-best-of-rambling-syd-rumpo-mw0000384835\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|website=[[w:AllMusic\|AllMusic]] \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> Some were existing words used in a suggestive context, such as 'artefacts' (often used in an archaeological context for things such as grave goods) and 'nadgers', which had already appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]''.

	On 3 July 1967, Williams, in the guise of Rambling Syd, recorded a series of the songs before a live audience at [[Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="Stevens 2">{{cite book		On 3 July 1967, Williams, in the guise of Rambling Syd, recorded a series of the songs before a live audience at [[w:Abbey Road Studios\|Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="Stevens 2">{{cite book
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	In 1975, Williams later starred with [[Leslie Phillips]], [[Lance Percival]], [[Miriam Margolyes]] and others, in the short-lived radio sketch show ''Oh, Get On with It'' (based on a pilot episode entitled ''Get On With It''), which also featured appearances by Rambling Syd.<ref name="Stevens 3">{{cite book		In 1975, Williams later starred with [[w:Leslie Phillips\|Leslie Phillips]], [[Lance Percival]], [[w:Miriam Margolyes\|Miriam Margolyes]] and others, in the short-lived radio sketch show ''Oh, Get On with It'' (based on a pilot episode entitled ''Get On With It''), which also featured appearances by Rambling Syd.<ref name="Stevens 3">{{cite book
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	'''Rambling Syd Rumpo''' was a [[w:folk music\|folk singer]] character, played by the [[w:English people\|English]] [[w:comedian\|comedian]] and [[w:actor\|actor]] [[Kenneth Williams]], originally in the 1960s [[w:BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] comedy series ''[[Round the Horne]]''.<ref name="Stevens 1">{{cite book		'''Rambling Syd Rumpo''' was a [[w:folk music\|folk singer]] character, played by the [[w:English people\|English]] [[w:comedian\|comedian]] and [[w:actor\|actor]] [[Kenneth Williams]], originally in the 1960s [[w:BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] comedy series ''[[Round the Horne]]''.<ref name="Stevens 1">{{cite book
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	==History==		==History==
	The Rambling Syd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song, which would inexorably follow; these discourses and the songs involved suggestiveness and [[double entendre]]. For this, Rambling Syd was customarily introduced by [[Kenneth Horne]], who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song. Rambling Syd would (usually) respond with an "Ello, me dearios", before launching into the ensuing detailed explanation which left a great deal to the imagination. The songs themselves pushed and extended boundaries of sexual suggestiveness, using nonsense (or little-known) words such as 'moolies' and '[[bollocks\|nadgers]]' in suggestive contexts.<ref>'Nadgers' is one of many words with sexual [[innuendo]] which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s to evade strict [[BBC]] censorship. The etymology is uncertain, but possibly based on '[[gonad]]'. When Rambling Syd Rumpo on ''[[Round the Horne]]'' asked "What shall we do with the drunken nurker?", the answer he gave was "Hit him in the 'nadgers' with the bosun's plunger...'til his 'bogles' dangle".</ref> Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the ''[[Round the Horne]]'' scriptwriters [[Barry Took]] and [[Marty Feldman]], who wrote the majority of the songs' [[lyrics]], based upon [[folk music\|traditional folk song]]s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web \|url={{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=the-best-of-rambling-syd-rumpo-mw0000384835\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|website=[[AllMusic]] \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> Some were existing words used in a suggestive context, such as 'artefacts' (often used in an archaeological context for things such as grave goods) and 'nadgers', which had already appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]''.		The Rambling Syd sketches generally began with a short discourse on the nature of the song, which would inexorably follow; these discourses and the songs involved suggestiveness and [[w:double entendre\|double entendre]]. For this, Rambling Syd was customarily introduced by [[Kenneth Horne]], who would set things up by (for example) inquiring as to the nature and origin of the song. Rambling Syd would (usually) respond with an "Ello, me dearios", before launching into the ensuing detailed explanation which left a great deal to the imagination. The songs themselves pushed and extended boundaries of sexual suggestiveness, using nonsense (or little-known) words such as 'moolies' and '[[bollocks\|nadgers]]' in suggestive contexts.<ref>'Nadgers' is one of many words with sexual [[innuendo]] which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s to evade strict [[BBC]] censorship. The etymology is uncertain, but possibly based on '[[gonad]]'. When Rambling Syd Rumpo on ''[[Round the Horne]]'' asked "What shall we do with the drunken nurker?", the answer he gave was "Hit him in the 'nadgers' with the bosun's plunger...'til his 'bogles' dangle".</ref> Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the ''[[Round the Horne]]'' scriptwriters [[Barry Took]] and [[Marty Feldman]], who wrote the majority of the songs' [[lyrics]], based upon [[folk music\|traditional folk song]]s.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web \|url={{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=the-best-of-rambling-syd-rumpo-mw0000384835\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo\|website=[[AllMusic]] \|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> Some were existing words used in a suggestive context, such as 'artefacts' (often used in an archaeological context for things such as grave goods) and 'nadgers', which had already appeared in ''[[The Goon Show]]''.

	On 3 July 1967, Williams, in the guise of Rambling Syd, recorded a series of the songs before a live audience at [[Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="Stevens 2">{{cite book		On 3 July 1967, Williams, in the guise of Rambling Syd, recorded a series of the songs before a live audience at [[Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="Stevens 2">{{cite book

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			'''Rambling Syd Rumpo''' was a [[w:folk music\|folk singer]] character, played by the [[w:English people\|English]] [[w:comedian\|comedian]] and [[w:actor\|actor]] [[Kenneth Williams]], originally in the 1960s [[w:BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] comedy series ''[[Round the Horne]]''.<ref name="Stevens 1">{{cite book
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