Midlife Mando wrote:I've searched the web a few times for lyrics to "Under Clery's Clock" and "Kitty Ricketts" with no luck. Any chance these lyrics -- or other Radiators songs -- are out there?

The lyrics for Under Cleary's Clock are shown on the sleeve of the single posted here: http://www.45cat.com/record/ns128 (click the image to get a readable version).

What a pity - it's Altar city
For Walter Mitty
And Ricketty Kitty

Think this is close!

The decent folk On All Souls’ Night
Light penny candles for the sweet repose
Easy fortunes for fortune tellers!
Quick abortions in dingy cellars!

Of dearly loved And soon forgot
A word in St Peter’s ear my darling Rose
La la la la, la la la la la!

Such simple faith is really all it takes
To rid the land of snakes
God speed ‘em on their way to hell!
But it could never break Kitty Ricketts’ spell!

She is handsome, she is pretty,
She is the girl from Strumpet City
Please can you tell me, who is she?
Kitty Ricketts, you’re not there
But I can touch your hair!
Kitty Ricketts, one – two – three
You’re a ghost but I don’t care!

She’s a carnal joy for night-town boys
Whose five o’clock shadow begins at midnight
Heart-warming for savage dreamers!
Heart scalding for soul redeemers!
She’s an apron-string For kings and poets
— Poets? Madmen! You should see the things they write!
La la la la, la la la la la!
Well they say that as you make your bed
So must you lie Well, you could fall in love tonight
But you’ll never walk the streets of paradise!

Grab a line boys boys!

She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the girl from Strumpet City
Oh please can you tell me, who is she?
Kitty Ricketts, you’re not there
But I can touch your hair!
Kitty Ricketts, one – two – three –
You’re a ghost but I don’t care!

Through the boulevards of Dublin, she still walks among the city lights
What a pity, it’s all joys City! But what a pity, for Ricketty Kitty!
Bad scran to all their virtues
And their Saturday night delights!
La la la la, la la la la la!
The town clock tells her last week’s time
But what the hell! She’s got all the time in the world!
And you could fall in love tonight
But you’ll never walk the streets of Paradise!
Oh-no!
Oh-no, you’ll never walk the streets of Paradise
Oh-no!
Ah but you could fall in love tonight!

ditto, RR

I think I will pass on it & wait to buy the below instead


THE RADIATORS FROM SPACE

TROUBLE PILGRIM

THE 625 LABEL, Manufactured and Distributed by RMGChart Entertainment Ltd.

Cat No: RADCDLP 003

Release date: October 20, 2006

Territory: Republic of Ireland

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has anyone seen this ebay item

The guy's been trying to sell this for 3 or 4 years. I'm glad he finally has a taker. I never understand why punk paper ephemera fetches such a high price. It's only a contract, I don't think it even has any of the Radiators' signatures on it. If it has any historic value at all, it's only that it was our first gig in the UK (in Sept 77) and the Vortex was itself hyped as the "new" Roxy. We played the Roxy twice that week as well. Apparently Crass supported us on one of those shows and, apparently, "Banned From The Roxy" is about that show though, as I never caught the opening band even then, I wouldn't know.

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has anyone seen this ebay item

hellenyrth wrote:Hi! I came across your post when I was searching for information on the song (heard it on a Live365 Station) myself. I'm not a member of this site, so I hope my post comes through (and that I'm helpful).

She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the girl that (something) the City
Oh please, can you tell me who is she?

What I heard listening to the song is "she is the girl from Strumpet City", which would make sense when put with the rest of the Lyrics.

She’s a (something)
For kings and poets.
Poets?
(Something) You should see the things they write!

What I heard is "Poets? They're mad men! You should see the things they write!"


I hope this helps- Believe me, you picked out alot more than I did!

It's

She's a carnal joy for Night Town boys
whose five O'clock shadow begins at midnight
(Heartwarming for savage dreamers
heartscalding for soul redeemers)
She's an apron string for kings and poets
Poets? Madmen!!
You should see the things they write!!
Well they say that as you make your bed
so must you lie
and you could fall in love tonight
But you'll never walk the streets of paradise.

The full lyric is among the Ghostown album lyrics on the Radiators site:

http://www.theradiators.tv/docs/Ghostown.pdf

Hi! I came across your post when I was searching for information on the song (heard it on a Live365 Station) myself. I'm not a member of this site, so I hope my post comes through (and that I'm helpful).

She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the girl that (something) the City
Oh please, can you tell me who is she?

What I heard listening to the song is "she is the girl from Strumpet City", which would make sense when put with the rest of the Lyrics.

She’s a (something)
For kings and poets.
Poets?
(Something) You should see the things they write!

What I heard is "Poets? They're mad men! You should see the things they write!"


I hope this helps- Believe me, you picked out alot more than I did!

Sorry to not have responded back in February, but I did visit the site recommended in looking for those lyrics. Just thought of it all again when Halloween brought the song back into my heavy-play Mp3 list.

please visit http://www.theradiators.tv

I will try to remember to login when I post.

The chorus calling up the older "Tell Me Ma" is one of the things that helped me with that section. But there's obviously a twist in the traditional lyrics in "Kitty Ricketts" (no doubt a sinister twist).

There are all lyrics for the second Radiators LP in the Booklet of the Ghostown CD (Chiswick, 1989). I sold it when I got the Cockles & Mussles CD

Anonymous wrote:Chorus:
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the girl that (something) the City
Oh please, can you tell me who is she?

This is the chorus (or at least is very similar to) from a traditional song - "I'll Tell Me Ma."

http://scottishparodies.tripod.com/lyri ... /id41.html

Chorus
I'll tell me ma when I get home
The boys won't leave the girls alone
They pull my hair, they steal my comb
But that's all right till I get home
She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the belle of Belfast city
She is courting one, two, three
Hey, won't you tell me, who is he?