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The Jews Brothers Band on their South Island Tour

from Linn Lorkin's Kiwiana by Linn Lorkin

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Verse 1
In Katie the ambulance
We rode the Port Hills
And packed the Harbourlight Theatre
Our Lyttelton thrill
And the next night was Timaru
Where they danced more and more
And Neill played a tricky cowbell
Hersh got excited and fell
Off the stage still playing
As he hit the floor

CHORUS
They loved us in Lyttelton
And Timaru was fab
We dazzled Duned - In -vercargill
went mad
C-razy in Christchurch
And gorgeous in Gore
The Jews Brothers Band
On their South Island Tour

Verse 2
He was treated with comfrey
By Harmen our “vet”
And they carried him out
‘Cause he couldn’t walk yet
‘Twas the day of Yom Kippur
Down the Dunedin road
But old Katie sucked a kumara on the hill
We had to use the cell-phone to call
For a taxi while the ambulance got towed

Verse 3
They loaned us a Mitzi
To get us to Gore
And Neill had no sleep
On the night Harmen snored
Said Nigel “It’s a miracle!”
When Hersh first stood up
For an audience including Tim Shadbolt
And a good time was had
By the Southlanders getting half cut

Verse 4
We slept in an orphanage in Motueka
And in a nice log-house in Onekaka
And we hit all the op-shops
Around Golden Bay
And Neill scored an old Acetone organ
Which we loaded on board
In amongst all the instruments and Nigel’s PA

CODA TO FINAL CHORUS
And in Onekaka they swayed on the floor
We blew 'em away in Blenheim
They shouted encore
And in Alexandra we caused an uproar
We crossed on the ferry to Wellington's shores
And played in Bar Bodega and the synagogue before
We played for the rich and we played for the poor
And we never charged more than ten bucks at the door
And they wanted us in Wanaka
But we couldn't do no more
'Twas the only night off
For the Jews Brothers Band
On their South Island Tour

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from Linn Lorkin's Kiwiana, released January 1, 2006

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Linn Lorkin New Zealand

Brought up on farm in Tokoroa NZ, Linn Lorkin got her show-business start in Europe in the 70s. She started off singing in a low dive in Copenhagen and went on to play the prestigious Ronnie Scott's in London. She played piano-bar in NYC in the 80s and there became a prolific songwriter. Back in NZ she became one of the most versatile performers around, singing, touring and writing for many bands ... more

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