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THE OLDHAM TINKERS

mossley corporation pop


Mossley Corporation Pop

Mossley Corporation Pop  Jan 2013 Gerry Kearns
Vocal & guitar Gerry Kearns; Chorus & banjo John Howarth; mandolin Dave Howard.


Chorus

Mossley Corporation Pop’s the common peoples tipple 
You can splash round yer sweaty ‘ead or rub it round your middle 
But better, get it down it’ll do you good it’s refreshing, that’s a fact
It’ll clean out all yer inards and yer urinary tract.


Mossley Corporation Pop’s been through the peat and grit
So when it comes out at the source it’s rid of all the bits,
It’s won all the competitions right from Blackpool  down to Hyde
It’s clarity and softness are proclaimed the whole world wide.

On a ramble up round Hartshead Pike on a sunny day in May
Quite lost and very thirsty for a drink we could not pay.
We asked a man from Mossley is it bottom or is it Top?
And can you tell us cock were can we find a Mossley pop stop cock?
​

So if your feelin’ pooly or just getting’ short o’ breath
It’s Mossley Corporation Pop could keep you from your death’
It’s supped by everyone in Mossley, what ever race or creed
​Their fathers and forefathers too God bless all them that’s deed.





This song was prompted when a younger relative on being offered a glass of water was unaware that it was commonly called corporation pop.

With regard to Mossley itself, most conversations here usually very soon mention ‘Bottom’ or ‘Top’, Mossley being among the hills.

Another story surrounding this song was the cry from a member of the audience at the end of this song at a concert of the Oldham Tinkers in Settle in North Yorkshire, “I’m a Doctor, drink more water!




MOSSLEY CORPORATION POP.
A LANCASHIRE GRACE’ LFCD031
THE OLDHAM TINKERS
LIMEFIELD
Recorded by Dave Howard at his studio in Bury, Lancashire
Mixed and mastered  by John Ellis and Will Falkiner at Limefield Studio, Middleton, Manchester
The words and tune are by Gerry Kearns.
Instruments: Instruments: John Howarth banjo, Dave Howard mandolin and Gerry Kearns guitar.
​Vocal:- Gerry Kearns. chorus Gerry, John and Dave.



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