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Neil Innes RIP

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Rambling

Rambling Report 30 Dec 2019 20:01

Sad to read of the death of Neil Innes, performer in The Bonzo Dog Doo dah band and The Rutles, writer for Monty Python, songwriter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsBRMhaKPps

Still remember this, it has been running through my head for a week for some reason,

"It's not much of a life when you're just a pretty face
Just to be whoever you are is no disgrace
Don't be scared if you don't fit in
Look who's in the reject bin

It's the Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Made imperfectly
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

So if you got a bump on your nose
Or a lump on your toes, do not despair
Be like the Raggy Dolls
And say "I just don't care"
Cause Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Are happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

Cause it's not much of a life when you're just a pretty face
Just to be whoever you are is no disgrace
Look around and you will find
People of every kind

Like the Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Made imperfectly
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

So if youre not at ease with your knobbly knees
And your fingers are all thumbs
Stand on your two left feet
And join our raggy doll chums
Cause Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Are happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Made imperfectly
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

Researching:

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 30 Dec 2019 20:28

Loved the Rutles

RIP Neil <3

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 30 Dec 2019 23:07

RIP <3

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842